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Zee-Turner channels now on Tata Sky

Tata Sky Ltd., the joint venture from TATA and STAR, announced the availability of the Zee-Turner bouquet as part of its service. This has enabled Tata Sky to expand its offering to more than 100 television channels and eight interactive services.

Tata Sky subscribers can now enjoy popular television channels from STAR, Sony, Zee, HBO, Cartoon Network, Discovery, Disney, MTV, NDTV, ESPN STAR Sports, National Geographic, Eenadu, TV Today, Asianet and many more in DVD picture quality and CD quality sound. The Tata Sky’s satellite television service is available at a special festive offer of Rs 200 p.m. (inclusive of taxes). Subscription to this introductory package enables subscribers to access all new channels and services available on Tata Sky for the following four months, at a bargain price.

Mr. Vikram Kaushik, Managing Director & CEO, Tata Sky Ltd. said, “We are delighted to offer the Zee-Turner bouquet to our rapidly expanding subscriber base. This addition reiterates our commitment to create a world-class satellite television service, by offering our subscribers quality entertainment that no other platform, whether cable or DTH, can match.”

In addition to popular television channels, Tata Sky also offers its subscribers a host of new-age interactive services. Its newest interactive service, ACTVE WIZKIDS is a first of its kind interactive educational service in the world. The service seeks to enhance a child’s classroom learning through entertaining, yet educational games. Currently, Tata Sky’s interactive services include ACTVE STARNEWS, ACTVE NEWSROOM, ACTVE KHABAR, ACTVE WIZKIDS, ACTVE SPORTS, ACTVE GAMES, SHOWCASE and an on-screen guide.

http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/pre.../article/242400

[sujith 0]

What abt radio on TATASky? is it available?

[goanguy 0]

What abt radio on TATASky? is it available?

Not Yet!

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Acer offers Tata Sky hardware, desktops, PCs

Leading personal computer and hardware maker Acer has tied up with Tata Sky to offer satellite connection hardware and antenna of the DTH service provider, along with its select brand of desktops and notebook PCs.

The offer includes the set top box and antenna free of cost with the purchase of select models of Acer desktop and notebook PCs till December 31, a company release said here.

"We have introduced this offer to our customers to further aid their quest for digital entertainment," Acer India General Manager S Rajendran said.

Tata Sky is a joint venture between the Tatas and the Star Group, offering Direct-to-Home satellite services in the country.

Acer also opened its brand retail shop in the city, in association with IT Park, which will showcase the entire range of Acer Desktops, Notebooks, consumer peripherals and home theatre solutions, Rajendran said.

http://infotech.indiatimes.com/Tech_News/N...show/126789.cms

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Reliance ADAG set to launch new technology, bets big

Press Trust of India

Wednesday, 01 November , 2006, 14:52

Bangalore: A media innovation company of Reliance ADA Group (Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group) is all set to launch a new technology - CHOIS - that could make Direct-to-Home (DTH) services obsolete and earn the company up to Rs 1,000 crore in revenue through royalty and fees in two years.

"CHOIS (Converged Home & Office Integrated Services) technology, which we have been developing for the last ten years, is ready for launch immediately... within a few days. We will license it to a few global operators," Mohan Tambe, Managing Director, Innomedia Technologies, said here.

CHOIS technology, which has been in the pilot stage with 5,000 users for the last four years, is capable of delivering digital TV channels, personal video recorder, video-on-demand, Internet browsing, VoIP telephony and video serving facility.

It is a complete end-to-end technology, which provides all the building blocks for constructing a fully dually- redundant, Ethernet everywhere, fibre-to-home network (called Netway), providing 100 Mb symmetric bandwidth to each home and office, he explained.

The Bangalore-based company said the technology's human interface is a set-side-box, called CHOISpad, a Hexa-play device for delivery of services to end-users.

"The global operators we are going to sign, in turn, are appointing franchisees which are the cable operators and they move into each and every home and office", Tambe said. "We are launching simultaneously in India and some other countries, including the US".

"In two years time, we expect some ten million (one crore) homes to be covered", he said. "Then, after three years, it's expected to be 100 million. It's an exponential kind of growth. The idea is to make it cost-effective so that no home is missed out".

The company would earn revenues through royalty and technology service fee. "We expect to take around USD 4 dollars royalty for all technology building blocks and a small technology service fee of 2.5 per cent. The idea is not to earn upfront but earn along with the success of the technology in the field".

Sounding extremely upbeat and excited, Tambe added: "This will work out to be a model which will get more than what any other company in the world gets from any services, because these (CHOIS technology) services are going all over the world... even a small fraction can add up to much bigger number".

From this technology deployment in the marketplace through global operators, the company expects revenues in the order of at least Rs 100 crore to Rs 1,000 crore in two years, he said.

Asked if the company expects to add Rs 1,000 crore a year to the Group revenue after two years, Tambe indicated that it could be much more. "It will be exponential thing. It (CHOIS technology) is just like any of those multinationals...the way they earn wealth outside (through royalty and technology services fee). We are earning in dollars from all over the world".

Tambe said most of the Multi System Operators (MSOs) in India want to sign up with the company, adding that some of the major MSOs themselves will become global operators because they have local cable operators as franchisees.

He said the company is launching the technology at the right time. "Right now, cable operators need to upgrade network. Otherwise, they will be obsolete. DTH (Direct-To-Home) threat is driving all cable operators to us. Because they (cable operators) know that they have to provide much more than what DTH can provide".

Tambe said the company invsted Rs 60 crore to Rs 70 crore to develop the CHOIS technology, which also uses CHOISpads for its head-end servers and streamers, allowing a world-class head-end to be made at one hundredth the cost elsewhere.

CHOIS technology, he added also has dually redundant routers and gateways, which are easy to install and use as amplifiers and splitters used by cable operators.

Edited November 2, 2006 by Arun

[shashank 8]

Any idea when it will be launched?

[cracker 0]

it is now under trial only for Anil ambani and dakc !

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RelComm to offer direct-to-home TV

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) is getting ready to launch its “Reliance Blue Magic”, direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting service in the country by March 2007.

The company had received the Letter of Intent (LoI) from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in September to offer these services in the country.

Sources in the industry informed that Reliance is planning to launch its DTH services across the country by March. However, company officials denied revealing the time frame to roll out the services, but sources said that they are targeting it early next year.

“There are currently four DTH operators across the country and with the launch of the Reliance DTH it will be the fifth operator. After the company received the LoI, the company has been planning to launch its services in a period of eight months time,” the source said.

Currently the DTH operators are Zee Group's Dish TV, Star TV and Tatas' - Tata Sky, Prasar Bharati's DD Direct Plus, and Sun TV.

The source also informed that Reliance would use its telecom channel to market its DTH across the country. The company is optimistic to boost its business in the broadcasting sector through its telecom platform.

http://www.ciol.com/content/search/showart...asp?artid=91325

[Arun 795]

After the company received the LoI, the company has been planning to launch its services in a period of eight months time, the source said.

So thats around mid 2007... still a long way to go

Hope they will be able to bring out something extra than what the early birds have launched.

[abhay 0]

After the company received the LoI, the company has been planning to launch its services in a period of eight months time, the source said.

So thats around mid 2007... still a long way to go

Hope they will be able to bring out something extra than what the early birds have launched.

lol i think its around a years time !! chote ambani ka koi bharosa nahin they just say and say and say

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Sun, Tatasky fail to resolve differences on pricing

Differences on pricing of channels persisted between South India-based broadcaster Sun Group and DTH operator Tatasky, which feels that rates quoted by Sun were fit for international channels but not regional.

The two parties failed to resolve the dispute through talks as suggested by broadcast tribunal TDSAT on November 21.

"Sun is not a channel like Star World, having universal appeal... Sun has dialect loyalty and would have limited appeal only," Tatasky's counsel Ramji Srinivasan said during proceedings today.

Sun Group submitted that it has three divisions -- Sun Limited, Gemini and Udaya -- with 14 channels in all on a-la carte basis at a price of Rs 85 per month.

To this, Tatasky's counsel that "Sun's 14 channels consist of Kannada, Telgu and Tamil channels. How can a subscriber of Karnataka be forced to view a Tamil channel?"

This, he said, went against the spirit of DTH platform that provides liberty to consumers to pick a channel of their choice.

Tatasky also raised objection on the price demanded by Sun Group for its free-to-air channels in the name of intellectual property rights.

Sun has demanded Rs 12 per channel and around Rs 6.25 for free-to-air channels.

http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?...=54&sid=BUS

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TRAI mulls replacing CAS with DTH

The tussle between cable operators and multi-system operators (MSOs) on implementation of Conditional Access System (CAS) may prompt broadcasting regulator TRAI to replace CAS with Direct-To-Home service.

TRAI has reviewed the progress among three parties -- broadcasters, MSOs and cable operators -- for offering CAS and has noted that the agreement between cable operators and MSOs is not "adequate" to ensure implementation of CAS by the January 1 deadline set by the Delhi High Court.

In such a scenario, TRAI is left with no option but to look for alternative rules and one of the options could be replacing CAS with Direct-To-Home (DTH) services.

As per the rules for CAS, notified by Information and Broadcasting (I& ministry, in case of any snag in the implementation of CAS, TRAI has to look for alternatives so that subscribers do not suffer.

According to the review undertaken by TRAI on preparation for CAS implementation, set top boxes have not yet been given to subscribers and even cable operators have not approached users in their respective areas as per the requirement.

Although the broadcasters and MSOs have reached an agreement for this, the tussle between MSOs and cable operators may derail the entire process.

Both TRAI and I&B Ministry have noted that CAS has to be implemented by January 1, 2007.

When contacted, TRAI Chairman Nripendra Misra said: "Everything is on radar" but declined to elaborate.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/In...show/653334.cms

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Allow broadband on DTH, VSAT: govt panel

A high-powered inter-ministerial committee has recommended that DTH and VSAT operators be allowed to offer wireless broadband for a much faster, especially in rural areas, using satellites. The committee has said that suitable regulatory and policy initiatives be devised for permitting VSATs and DTH operators to provide broadband connections.

The move will benefit DTH service providers Tata Sky and Zee group’s Dish TV. Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani has also announced a DTH venture while communications and IT minister Dayanidhi Maran’s brother Kalanithi Maran has plans to launch a DTH service under the Sun TV network.

Leading VSAT players Bharti, Hughes Network, HCL Comnet, and Essel Shyam will also gain from the proposal.

Currently, the scope of the VSAT licence is restricted to installing, operating and maintaining closed users group (CUG) domestic data network service via INSAT satellite system within the country. DTH is restricted to providing television feed to homes.

Broadband connections, at present, are primarily through terrestrial network. However, rollout is weak in several areas, especially far-flung rural areas like north-east, areas of Chattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal. Satellite mode can also be deployed in hilly terrains and forests. The committee believes these regions can be best served through the satellite mode.

While there is competition among the telecom service providers offering connectivity through terrestrial mode, there’s no competition as regard to the satellite bandwidth. However, the cost of satellite bandwidth is much higher as compared to the terrestrial bandwidth. The cost of international bandwidth of 2 Mbps for terrestrial network is Rs 9 lakh against Rs 20 lakh for satellite. Similarly, domestic bandwidth of the same capacity for terrestrial network costs Rs 8 lakh as against Rs 20 lakh for satellite.

The committee, comprising representatives from department of telecom, IT, planning commission, defence ministry, railways, PowerGrid and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, has said that the cost of satellite bandwidth should be reduced in cases where connectivity is being provided to far-flung rural areas, especially in schools located in remote areas.

Reduction in licence fee for VSAT users has also been suggested. At present, VSAT operators pay a one-time entry fee of Rs 30 lakh and Rs 10,000 per annum on every VSAT installed. The committee has suggested that the Rs 10,000 charge be waived off in respect of educational institutions in the remote regions.

OPENING UP

• The move will benefit DTH service providers Tata Sky and Zee group’s Dish TV

• Leading VSAT players Bharti, Hughes Network, HCL Comnet, and Essel Shyam will also gain from the proposal

• Broadband connections, at present, are primarily through terrestrial network

http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_st...ntent_id=148283

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Nothing conditional about the small screen

Delhi’s Gulmohar Park resident Namita Jain has finally asked her local cablewallah to fix a set-top box to her television set. She had a choice between buying a satellite-based direct-to-home (DTH) connection or getting a digital set top box from her cable TV supplier of 10 years. She decided in favour of a cable box for two reasons. One, the cablewallah is known to her. Two, it seemed to be the cheaper option.

If Jain had not acquired a set-top box, television viewing in her household, like lakhs of other houses in south Delhi, would have been chaotic after December 31. For, cable operators in some areas of Delhi cannot show pay channels without a set top box from January 1, 2007.

In other words, CAS or conditional access system must be implemented by that date in parts of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai that were notified by the government a couple of years ago.

Needless to say, consumer in CAS notified areas in the four metros are in a frenzy as without the set top box, they will have access neither to some of the better known niche channels nor the popular entertainment channels such as Star Plus, Zee and Sony.

But choosing between a cable box and a DTH box is not easy, especially, in view of the claims being made by the two television distribution platforms. To help consumers choose between CAS through cable or directly through satellite, here’s a lowdown on the prices that operators are offering as well as a sense of the advantages and disadvantges that each platform has.

A look at the pricing first

The cable operators are offering a price structure fixed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). There are two schemes, one with a monthly rental of Rs 30 per digital set top box plus a refundable deposit of Rs 999 per box.

Note, if you were to return the box, the refund will be made after deducting Rs 12.50 per month for use of the box. The second scheme comprises a monthly rental of Rs 45 per digital set top box and a refundable deposit of Rs 250 per box. In this, the refund will be made after deducting Rs 3 per month for use of the box.

If the consumer does not wish to take the box, the cable operator will offer him 30 free-to-air channels for Rs 77 a month. In fact, the set top box owners will also have to pay this sum every month and an additional Rs 5 per pay channel. So in case a consumer picks 15 pay channels, his monthly bill would be Rs 77 plus Rs 75 for 15 pay channels and, say, a monthly rental of Rs 30. That comes to Rs 182 a month.

This is lower than what the DTH operators charge. Tata Sky, for instance, sells the DTH set top box for Rs 2,999 and charges Rs 1,000 for installation. It’s monthly fee is Rs 300. Currently, it’s offering 107 channels. Zee-owned Dish TV, however, has introduced a new rental scheme for the CAS notified areas. The set top box and installation cost for a Dish TV connections is Rs 1,500.

On top of this is a monthly rental of Rs 35 plus a choice between two packages — at Rs 215 plus tax for 85 channels and Rs 240 plus tax for 125 channels. So your immediate outgo for the cheaper package will be Rs 1,750. The cost of equipment and installation for a Dish TV box continues to be Rs 3,150 in non CAS areas. Jawahar Goel, Zee group’s vice chairman who is also spearheading Dish TV says that one should not go by the current pricing of the cable box.

“These prices have been fixed by TRAI for a year. After that, TRAI says, tariffs will be left to market dynamics. Obviously, the prices will surge.” Cable Operators Federation of India (COFI) president Roop Sharma is quick to counter: “It is the DTH players who will raise prices. Their boxes are highly subsidised.”

Beyond pricing

For an informed choice, however, it is important to look beyond the price. DTH operators claim that they deal with their consumers directly. The middleman — the cablewallah — who is really the last mile operator for one of the larger multi-system operators (MSOs) is eliminated.

And that you deal with a large corporate house with high service standards. Local cable operator vehemently disagree. The consumers know them well, know their offices and even knock at their door in the middle of the night for faulty television reception. “Try getting in touch with a DTH operator. You will be talking to a recorded voice at a call centre and your complaint will be heard three days later,” challenges Roop Sharma.

But DTH operators claim they score over cable in terms of geographical mobility. If a DTH subscriber is moving house, he will just pick up his dish, set top box and re-install it in the new housecity.

DTH satellites have a national footprint and can reach you anywhere in the country. With a cable box, even if you are moving within a city you may have to switch your cable operator and, therefore, first return the box, get your refund and acquire a fresh connection.

But before you dismiss the cable box, hear what MSO heads say about their edge. The cable box does not require a dish set up. Cable can be received even in high rise building and basements. “DTH may have picture quality issues if the dish is not in the line of sight of the satellite. “Cable transmission is not susceptible to poor atmospheric conditions,” quips Ashok Mansukhani, director, Hinduja TMT which runs Incable.

The biggest advantage that cable has is the reverse path that does not exist in the satellite based DTH. Cable box is highly interactive and you can give commands for content that can be fetched from the server immediately. DTH operators will have to use a phone line for interactive commands. “The only trouble is that MSOs in India have no experience in building special content. So the reverse path advantage may be lost,” says a DTH and cable expert.

Several value-added services such as electronic programme guide, commercials-free films channel, gaming, may be similar in the two systems, but DTH operators are already providing multi-camera angle viewing facilities for sports and bulletins of your choices in news.

So while Delhi’s Namita Jain may have made her choice, lakhs of consumers are still sitting on the fence. “We expect boxes to fly off the shelf in the next few days and all through the first week of January. Consumers are yet to realise how life will change after December 31,” sums up Vikram Mehra, head of consumer marketing at Tata Sky.

http://www.business-standard.com/iceworld/...69035&tab=r

Pay channels to be encrypted from January 1

With just two weeks before the implementation of the Conditional Access System (CAS) in the city, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is making sure that the Delhi High Court’s order on CAS in cable TV is adhered to and local cable operators (LCOs) and multi system operators (MSOs) in the city are geared to meet the deadline of January 1, 2007.

As per the ruling, all pay channels will be encrypted from December 31,2006 and viewers in the CAS notified areas will have a choice between digital cable and direct-to-home (DTH) services like Dish TV and Tata Sky to receive the pay channels.

In a press conference held jointly by the MSO’s and LCO’s in the city yesterday, the cable operators clarified the status of the implementation of the CAS in the city. The conference was attended by Tony D’Silva – executive Vice president of STAR India, Anand Patwardhan – ex-president of the Consumer guidance cell, K. Jayaraman – CEO of Hathway cablenet and Jagjit Singh Kohli – CEO of Wire and Wireless.

“A trial run by MSOs, with channels being available both in encrypted and uncrypted forms, has begun from December 16, 2006. Out of 21 MSOs across the three cities, 10 are running the CAS trial. The number of set - top boxes (STBs) sold in the cities are definitely increasing but no number can be disclosed yet. However, Trai is expecting the demand for the STBs to increase by the last week of December. We have installed more than 70,000 STBs and more are being installed in the areas falling under notification,” said K. Jayaraman.

According to Jagjit Singh Kohli, MSOs have sufficient stock of Set Top Boxes. However, the concern is the lack of awareness among the public about the CAS. “People are hesitant and want to wait till the last moment. Between the two cities of Mumbai and Delhi, we have already deployed around 20,000 digital STBs under rental or outright schemes. 90 per cent of these are in CAS areas,” said Kohli.

However, Anil Patwardhan said, “I met Sushma Swaraj when she was the Information and Broadcasting Minister three years ago. She has also assured about the implementation of this system. This system is very efficient for viewers as they will have to pay only for the channels they view.”

http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.as...y_standard11716

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Bharti applies for DTH licence

The Bharti group has applied to the government for a licence to operate direct-to-home television (DTH) services.

The group’s application follows similar ones by Anil Ambani, Tata-Sky, Subhash Chandra and Sun TV.

Confirming the development, Mittal said, “Yes we applied for DTH at the time we decided to go for IPTV.” While Tata Sky and the Zee group have already started services, Anil Ambani is expected to hit the market some time in the middle of next year.

http://www.business-standard.com/iceworld/...69314&tab=r

[@ksh@T 20]

guys me wanna go for DTH which one to choose from, DISh or TATA, dish giving free 6 month package and tata 3 month!

a lil bit confused help me out

[Dj 25]

TATA SKY delivers better pic quality IMHO... i would suggest you to go with it... no use paying three months less rental on wasted pic quality... which tv do you use anyways?

Dj

[shashank 8]

I read that Sun channels will be available from today on TSky.So any updates?

[@ksh@T 20]

Well TATA sky has gone into its worse just as same like REliance had ......

guys zee channels (13) have been blocked out......

because they had no money.....

Tata Sky drops 13 channels from Zee

New Delhi April 21 Tata Sky has dropped 13 channels offered by Zee Telefilms on its Direct-to-Home platform. The move comes after the Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) gave a judgment on March 31 allowing Tata Sky to retain only 19 of the 32 channels being offered by Zee.

While Zee had said that Tata Sky would have to take the entire bouquet of 32 channels, Tata Sky wanted only 19.

The channels which have been discontinued by Tata Sky as a result of the TDSAT order are 24Ghante, Play TV, Zee Jagran, Zee Smile, Zee Music, Zee Kannada, Zee Telegu, Zee Sports, ETC Punjabi, ETC, Zee Premier, Zee Action and Zee Classic.

TDSAT has said in a crucial ruling that the DTH Company, Tata Sky, is in no way obligated to carry all the 32 channels from Zee on their service. Zee Turner had put this condition that Tata Sky would have to carry all their channels if they wanted to get any of their channels.

The tribunal in its judgment, in favour of Tata Sky, argued that if the DTH operator was forced to take all of the broadcasters channels, and pay for them, it would but naturally pass on the cost to the consumer.

"Competition has to be encouraged because it is in consumer interest," said the tribunal.

While the DTH operator was ready to take 19 of the broadcaster's channels offered in two bouquets at Rs 83.85 per subscriber per month, Zee had argued that Tata Sky could not `pick and choose' and that it had to carry all 32 of them, comprising five bouquets at Rs 149.85, excluding taxes.

can anyone let me know whay they are charging 300..pm....

they have just 2 music channels hindi channel V and MTV...

Main to TATA leke phass gaya.....!

[Dushie 30]

COMPARISION BETWEEN DISH TV AND TATA SKY

DISH TV Tata SKY

1.160 tv channel 1.105 tv channel

2.16 radio channel 2.No radio channel

3.Reactivation fee 112 3.Reactivation fee 500

4.News active service (8 screen) 4.Four screen

5.Better packages & payment options 5. only 2 voouchers 550 & 1000

6.Reinstallation fee Rs 200/- 6.Reinstallation fee Rs 1000/-

7.3 packages(Maxi, welcome & freedom )7.Only 1 package

8.MOD charges Rs 38 8.Flat rate Rs 70/-

9. online account access only for Dishtv

10. online plan changing only for dish tv

Hope this helps ...

[Puneet 0]

9. Tata Sky also has online access to account. https://selfcare.tatasky.com/. you can recharge your account online with a recharge voucher (no need to call STD phone numbers) and order showcase movies as of today. And online recharge for any amount up to Rs 9999 with credit/debit card is in the pipeline too.

Online plan changing should be accessible once variable plans are introduced, and as for number of channels - I guess no one watches more then 25 channels regularly. Discontinuing some Zee channels frees up the valuable transponder space for introducing some worthy channels, I hope we'll soon see some new channels on Tata Sky too.

[@ksh@T 20]

WAtch World Cup with Hrithik Winners announced ... dont get surprised,,,,,all winners have their starting names with A ,,,,.......... aint it amazing ...me too had but am not a winner....

[@ksh@T 20]

Packages announced by Tata sky a lil bit good ...bt ....

STARTER PACK (Rs. 160 per month)

DD1 ETV2 Telugu

Fashion TV TV9

DD Sports Maa TV

ESPN Amrita TV

STAR Sports Asianet News

DD News Indiavision

DD8 (Telugu) Kairali

DD Chandana Asianet

DD Marathi ETV Kannada

DD Bangla ETV Marathi

DD Gujarati ETV Bangla

DD Punjabi ETV Oriya

DD NE ETV Gujarati

DD5 (Tamil) ETV Urdu

Jaya TV STAR Ananda

ETV MH1

DD Malayalam STAR Vijay

FAMILY PACK (Rs. 250 per month)

STARTER PACK

+

Channel V Toon Disney (H), (Tamil) & (Telugu)

STAR Gold Cartoon Network (H) & (Tamil)

Set Max Disney Channel (H)

Sahara Filmy Shraddha MH One

Zee Cinema MTV

STAR Utsav Aaj Tak

Aastha STAR News

Sanskar National Geographic Channel (H)

SAB Discovery Channel (H)

STAR Plus Zee News

STAR One CNBC Awaaz

Sony Zee Business

Sahara One NDTV India

Zee TV The History Channel (H)

Ten Sports Zee Marathi

Nick (H) Zee Bangla

POGO (H) Zee Gujarati

Hungama Zee Punjabi

WESTERN PACK (Rs. 250 per month)

STARTER PACK

+

Nick (E) MTV

STAR Movies VH1

PIX POGO (H)

Zee Studio Animal Planet

HBO Ten Sports

STAR World Zone Reallity

AXN NDTV 24X7

Discovery Channel Travel and Living NDTV Profit

Zee Café Times Now

Zee Trends CNBC - TV18

Discovery Channel (E) CNN

National Geographic Channel (E) BBC WORLD

Disney Channel (E) CNN IBN

Toon Disney (E), (Tamil) & (Telugu) Animax

Cartoon Network (E) & ( Tamil ) Channel V

The History Channel (E) Headlines Today

SUPER SAVER PACK (Rs. 300 per month)

STARTER PACK

+

VH1 Disney Channel (H) & (E)

STAR Gold Toon Disney (H), (E), (Tamil) & (Telugu)

Set Max Cartoon Network (H), (E) & (Tamil)

Sahara Filmy POGO (H)

Zee Cinema Hungama

STAR Utsav Nick (H) & (E)

Aastha Shraddha MH One

Sanskar STAR News

Aaj Tak National Geographic Channel (H) & (E)

SAB Discovery Channel (H) & (E)

STAR Plus Zee News

STAR One CNBC Awaaz

Sony Zee Business

Sahara One NDTV India

Zee TV The History Channel (H) & (E)

Zee Bangla Zee Marathi

Zee Gujarati Zee Studio

Zee Punjabi HBO

STAR Movies STAR World

PIX Discovery Channel Travel and Living

AXN Animal Planet

Zee Café NDTV 24X7

Zee Trends NDTV Profit

Zone Reality Times Now

Ten Sports CNBC - TV18

Animax CNN

Channel V BBC WORLD

MTV Headlines Today

CNN IBN

Source: http://www.tatasky.com/packages.htm

[copperco2 24]

DTH is the happening thing but guys have yu realised how cost effective the local cable wallah STB is.

Flat rate of 1800/-p.a. including the STB and all the pay channels... at least most of them and if i want ALL then it too will not cost 2800/- including the STB, picture quality is also good.

[@ksh@T 20]

man but did u ever thought that not all india is having STB's frm cablewallah's ....even in powercut u can watch tv?

DTH is the best