DTH Companies In India

 There are seven companies giving DTH (Direct To Home) services in India now. The DTH companies in India are Zee TV’s “Dish TV”, followed by Doordarshan’s “DD Direct Plus” “Tata Sky” (Owned By two companies. Tata: An Indian company that famous in the production of steel  Sky: The company under STAR TV) “Sun Direct” under the Chennai based SunTV , Anil Deerubai Amabanies Reliance “Big TV”,  Barathi Airtels “Digital TV” and finally Videocons “d2h”  DTH.

Doordarshan DD direct plus considered as the worlds one and only free DTH service .It is under the control of Indian government. There are fifty nine channels available in “DD Direct Plus” service. Twenty three of them are channels of Doordarshan itself. Thirty four private channels are also available. Two channels are in test transmission. Indians can receive these channels from Insat 4b at 93.5 degree east with a Ku-band dish antenna and with a digital receiver with out paying a single Rupee. 

If it wants to receive sports channels and wants to see movie channels in Hindi or in English, it is better to approach the dealer of a private DTH company and ask for the channels they are transmitting now. Ensure the channels that you want have in their packages. Some DTH companies are not transmitting some channels .Some of these channels can receive even with a C-band dish antenna in the free to air (FTA) mode.

 To get the DTH service it wants to submit a passport size photo of you and submit Photostat copy of the identity card of you. Pay the initial charges for the connection, activation and installation. It is around IN RS 1990 to IN RS 3000 in south Indian state like Kerala, Tamilnadu etc...according to the company. Most of the companies are giving one year free subscription in selected states of south India.

 It must pay for the basic package to protect the connection from deactivation. It cannot subscribe another package of the company without paying for the basic package. The basic package generally contains channels in the free to air mode (FTA) in the C-band transmissions. Some DTH companies give some pay channels in their basic package. The monthly rent for the basic packages are different for different companies .It is start form IN RS 75 plus tax. Other packages like movie package, sports package can subscribe with the basic package by paying for it separately. All channels in the transmission of a DTH company can receive in their full package scheme. It can enjoy around 200 channels in the full package with an amount of IN RS 300 to IN RS 450 for a month. The “add on” services allow to watching new release movies in the home with family and play game on your TV. It wants to pay for the movies. Dish TVs "Movie on demand" is one of these types of services.

This blog is mainly for the C-band and DTH customers in India. You can ask the doubts about your dish antenna, turning of receiver etc to me by email. The selected questions and answers will publish in this blog. You can also send suggestions and information which you know to my email address. Send to Aruncherai72@gmail.com