People those live in valley or remote locations and not get strong TV signals where Cable TV solves their problem. Cable operator use to set antenna up on hill and then send amplified signal to various houses in valley. DTH stands for Direct To Home service. DTH service is terminology for Satellite Television.
These days, cable operators set up Big dish antennas to receive TV broadcast from channels and pays for us to TV channel network. By various dish antennas, Cable operator receives many channels and sets them into single wire with different frequencies. Through paying minimum charge, you can take the same cable to multiple TV sets to play different channels at home.
In India, roof top antennas made from aluminum catch nearby TV station signal without charge. Such free telecast is done by Doordarshan. Due to signal problem, the aluminum pipe antennas can not catch channels clearly. Hilly region, valley houses or remote houses do not get good signal quality. This old aluminum pipe antenna has not many channels available.
CAS (Conditional Access System) is set top box for conventional cable TV. Indian Government attempted to enforce consumer rights with the help of Conditional Access System before few years. In the year 2001 Government attempted to bring Free to Air channels to subscribers for as low as Rs. 80. Due to issues from cable operators, Satellite TV operators, set top box manufactures & political parties CAS did not succeed. Thus, Satellite TV operators got great chance to increase their penetration in ever growing Indian Television Market. It is possible to provide different set of channels for every consumer with the help of CAS on cable TV.
DTH Dish Television: DTH is personal equipment which allows you to tell to distributor directly through Satellite. Following the advantages and disadvantages of DTH Dish are provided.
Advantages of DTH:
- You may actually save money when compared to cable TV by going for Festival offers or Annual plans. Personal Equipment to directly speak to Satellite for TV Broadcast.
- Some DTH vendors also offer Radio services.
- Digital signaling gives you great quality when you connect your TV with AV cable or connect your 5.1 speakers with STB.
- Latest movies can be viewed at nominal cost in your Hall (Kills the piracy)
- Facilities like Movie on Demand and Active/Interactive Services.
- Personal Equipment to directly speak to Satellite for TV Broadcast.
Disadvantages of DTH:
- You will miss local news channel or music on demand channels usually offered by Cable TV vendors.
- During the monsoon season if there are thick clouds above your Dish Antenna, there will be reception problem.
- Television in multiple rooms will require additional Digicomp and service charge.
For DTH Dish (Satelite TV signal), you will require:
- Digicomp set top box.
- Dish Antenna (LNB).
- An account with Service Provider (Smart card)
About IP TV: Internet Protocol television (IP TV) runs on ethernet network. Few vendors have available IP TV to offer that are MTNL, BSNL, and Airtel. IP TV provides Internet and broadband Internet access networks, instead of being delivered through traditional radio frequency broadcast, satellite signal, and cable television (CATV) formats.
When DTH started its services in India, just only two DTH services providers at initial phase. But today there are so many DTH services providers available in Indian DTH market i.e. Sun DTH, Big TV, BSNL, Airtel, Dish TV, Reliance, Videocon D2H, Apna DTH, and Tata Sky. In all DTH service providers, you will find variations in the cost, features, quality of customer service, and monthly channel packages. When you compare one DTH service provider to other provider, you can decide about which provider provides best services and quality of the signals with competitively price. Information of some DTH services providers is given below.
1. Dish TV: Dishtv is a part of Zee Network Enterprise (Essel Group Venture). www.dishtv.in is official website of Dish TV. Dish TV is India’s first direct to home (DTH) entertainment service. It broadcasts high quality programs by satellite with control selecting channels services. Dish TV imparts DVD quality picture and stereophonic sound effects to the customers.
Equipment Cost: Rs. 1590- Installation Cost: -
- Radio: Not Available
- Minimum Plan: Rs. 113 / Mon
- Channels in minimum plan: 135
- Long term Plan: Rs. 3617 for 12 months (188+3 channels)
- South Pack: Available
- Active/Interactive Applications: Available
- Latest Movie releases with pay per view: Not Available
- Unique Selling Points:
- All Doordarshan channels available
- Cheap Monthly Plan
- Mobile STB for Cars/Vans
2. Tata Sky: Tata Sky is a joint venture of the TATA Group and STAR. Tata Sky DTH endeavors to provide Indian viewers a world-class television viewing experience via its satellite television service. www.tatasky.com is official website of Tata Sky. By Tata Sky, you will get more than 178 TV channels and services in DVD quality picture and CD quality sound. It provides 4-day listing of all programs in English and Hindi and also reminders for your favorite programs.
Equipment Cost: Rs. 1599- Installation Cost: Rs. 1000
- Radio: Not Available
- Minimum Plan: Rs. 125 / Mon
- Channels in minimum plan: 59
- Long term Plan: Rs. 1250 for 12 months Super Hit pack (60 channels)
- South Pack: Available
- Active/Interactive Applications: Available
- Latest Movie releases with pay per view: Available
- Unique Selling Points:
- Topper channel for 9th to 12th std students
- Active Darshan for religious people
- Active Games & Festival stories.
- Tie up with Global leader SKY Network
- Tata Sky+ gives pause, replay, recording option
3. Airtel: www.airtel.in/digitaltv is website of Airtel Digital TV. Digital TV DTH service is provided by Airtel with DVD quality picture and sound. With Airtel digital TV, you will change your viewing experience. Variety of channels and sports, Music and General entertainment to best on-demand content on Airtel Live are available on Airtel digital TV. IP TV is accessible in Airtel digital TV. Thus you can select best movies of Bollywood, listen to radio, play games, along with a host of other interactive features and change the way you watch television.
- Equipment Cost: Rs. 1750 (2 month service free)
- Installation Cost: -
- Radio: Available
- Minimum Plan: Rs. 185 / Mon Rs. 99 / Mon (South Value Pack)
- Channels in minimum plan:123
- Long term Plan: Rs. 1750 for 12 months Economy pack (123+6 Channels)
- South Pack: Available
- Active/Interactive Applications: Available
- Latest Movie releases with pay per view: Available
- Unique Selling Points
- Topper channel for 9th to 12th std students.
- MPEG 4 quality set top box.
- Worldspace Radio add on
4. Reliance: On Reliance BIG TV Digital Service, you can get experience spectacular entertainment, blockbuster movies, news, and your favorite programs. www.bigtv.co.in is official website of Reliance BIG TV. Reliance BIG TV Digital Service is powered by MPEG – 4 technology. Reliance BIG TV has many features such as pure digital viewing experience, more channel choice, many exclusive movie channels, easy programming guide, interactive services, parental control, 24×7 Customer Service.
Equipment Cost: Rs. 1490- Installation Cost:
- Radio: Not Available
- Minimum Plan: Rs. 90 / Mon
- Channels in minimum plan: 81
- Long term Plan: Rs. 4590 for 12 months Diamond Pack (152 channels)
- South Pack: Available
- Active/Interactive Applications: Available
- Latest Movie releases with pay per view: Available
- Unique Selling Points:
- MPEG 4 quality set top box
- Cheapest Monthly plan
5. Sun DTH: Sun Direct is one of the India’s youngest and most exciting state of the art DTH Companies. Its official website is www.sundirect.in .Sun Direct has the latest MPEG-4 based technology to increase broadcast capacity. Sun Direct will be supported by Irdeto’s conditional access solution to manage content and revenues in the satellite broadcasting venture.
- Equipment Cost: Free with minimum 6 month plan
- Installation Cost: Rs. 1250
- Radio: Available
- Minimum Plan: Monthly Plan not available
- Channels in minimum plan: 130
- Long term Plan: Rs. 440 for 6 months
- South Pack: Available
- Active/Interactive Applications: Not Available
- Latest Movie releases with pay per view: Not Available
- Unique Selling Points:
- Great channel offerings for Regional Channels South Indians and North Indians
- .No cost for dish and digicomp if you pay for 6 month pack
6. Videocon D2H: www.d2h.com is official website of Videocon D2H. Videocon D2H has a world of awesome digital entertainment, crystal clear pictures, ultra sharp sound and state of art technology which uses the revolutionary MPEG -4 with DVB S2. DTH Services of Videocon D2H will be available through Satellite LCD, Satellite TV, Satellite DVD as well as a Satellite Box (STB).
- Equipment Cost: Rs. 2590 for 3 month free Diamond pack.
- Installation Cost: FREE Installation worth Rs. 300
- Radio: Not Available
- Minimum Plan: Rs. 150
- Channels in minimum plan: 115
- Long term Plan: Rs. 1600 for 1 year Gold pack
- South Pack: Available as Add on
- Active/Interactive Applications: Available
- Latest Movie releases with pay per view: Available
- Unique Selling Points:
- DVD player with inbuilt set top box.
- Only set top box options also available
- Televisions and LCD with inbuilt set top box.
7. Apna DTH: APNA DTH is designed and developed by MCBS with world’s best and latest technology in antenna, LNBF and Set-top boxes (IRD). www.apnadth.com is official website of APNA DTH. This DTH product is based on open DVB standards and can be used for several DTH platforms with or without Conditional Access System (CAS). Range of models includes 1. Common Interface Slot (CI) for Conditional Access Module (CAM) 2. Free-to-Air (FTA) 3. Battery operation 4. FTA & DVD 5. Set-top box with positioner for multicast operation & moving vehicles. 6. Multisat antenna and Set-top box. APNA DTH system is planned for DD Direct Plus services of Doordarshan to receive 30 to 40 TV & some All India Radio channels.
- Equipment Cost: Details Not Available
- Installation Cost: Details Not Available
- Radio: Available
- Minimum Plan: FREE
- Channels in minimum plan: 57
- Long term Plan: Not Applicable
- South Pack: Not Applicable
- Active/Interactive Applications: Not Available
- Latest Movie releases with pay per view: Available
- Unique Selling Points:
- No Monthly burden.
- One time cost
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i have installed new dish on tv…Comparing to all DTH Dish TV Options, i preferred “Airtel”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! absolutely works good..