DTH Industry

With pay DTH subscribers down to 50 million in June, operators such as Dish TV and Tata Play are diversifying into OTT aggregation, broadband and devices to offset revenue decline

Sector is battling shrinking revenue and subscriber base; its representatives say ministry notices are not legally enforceable

Bharti Airtel and Tata Group have terminated discussions for a merger of their direct-to-home (DTH) business, according to a Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) filing on Saturday. In the BSE filing, Airtel said this was because the two sides were not able to find a satisfactory resolution. "This is in reference to our intimation dated February 26, 2025, wherein the company informed that it is in bilateral discussions with TATA Group to explore a potential combination of TATA Group's Direct To Home ('DTH') business housed under Tata Play Limited with Bharti Telemedia Limited, a subsidiary of the company," it said. "In this regard, we wish to inform you that after not being able to find a satisfactory resolution, the parties have mutually decided to terminate the discussions," Airtel added. On February 26, Sunil Mittal-led telecom services provider Bharti Airtel had said it was in talks with Tata Group for a merger of its loss-making direct-to-home (DTH) business. Airtel was holding ...

Tata Play cited declining popularity and cost savings for consumers as reasons for the removal of Sony channels, while Sony claims this to be retaliation from the DTH operator

The audit will be conducted to ensure that the amount to be submitted to the Centre in the form of the licence fee is "correctly assessed"

Direct-to-Home operator Dish TV India Ltd and four others have settled with markets regulator Sebi a case pertaining to alleged non-disclosure of voting results of the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on December 30, 2021. Apart from Dish TV, its promoter Jawahar Lal Goel, group chief executive Anil Kumar Dua, compliance officer Ranjit Singh and Ashok Mathai Kurien, who was the director of the company, settled the case. These five entities have settled the case after collectively paying Rs 65.34 lakh towards settlement amount, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in an order. This came after the entities proposed Sebi to settle the alleged violations of regulatory norms through a settlement order, "without admitting or denying the findings". Accordingly, Sebi, in its order passed on Monday, stated "the pending enforcement proceedings for the alleged defaults ...are settled qua the applicants." The regulator received complaints alleging that Dish TV, p

The telecom industry body was responding to a DOT consultation paper, which aims at reviewing the existing legal and regulatory provisions governing telecommunications

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The company had reported a net profit of Rs 86.41 crore in the October-December quarter a year ago, Dish TV said in a BSE filing

State broadcaster Prasar Bharati's free DTH brand is now at just over half of all pay DTH homes

The promoters had offered a substantial portion of their equity as security for the credit facilities availed of by Essel Group

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Direct-to-home operator Dish TV on Friday said it has received a demand notice from the government for payment of Rs 4,164.05 crore, which includes licence fee and interest.

The licence fee has also been lowered from 10 per cent of gross revenue to 8 per cent. The fee will have to be paid quarterly instead of annual payment as at present

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India issued a consultation paper seeking views and comments on regulatory framework recommended for direct-to-home (DTH) services

Additionally, pricing parity required as per new regulations meant a 30-35 per cent increase in cable TV tariffs, which eroded the price advantage cable TV enjoyed over DTH

TV distribution in India's Rs 660-billion television industry is fragmented and overregulated