DTH Operators

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

Indian e-commerce major Flipkart on Wednesday said it has partnered with payment solutions company BillDesk to expand its digital payment offerings with five new categories. The expansion includes recharge and bill payment categories, including FasTag, DTH recharges, landline, broadband, and mobile postpaid bill payments, on the Flipkart app. The home-grown marketplace has partnered with BillDesk to help integrate the new services with Bharat Bill Payments System (BBPS), developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The new services are in addition to the existing electricity bill payment and mobile prepaid recharge options. "We have diversified our selection of services in line with Flipkart's vision to simplify the digital payments journey for customers and further the government's vision of a cashless economy. "From buying their favourite products to addressing digital payment requirements, this enhancement has created a one-stop destination for customers to .

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DTH players and local cable operators had pushed back on Trai's last directions for the sector

Dish TV on Tuesday proposed to appoint Manoj Dobhal as the new CEO of the company as incumbent Anil Dua has decided to quit the direct-to-home company. Dobhal is the current Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. Dish TV is embroiled in a tussle between its largest shareholder Yes Bank Ltd (YBL) and the promoter family led by its former chairman Jawahar Lal Goel over board representation in the company. The company is unable to pass its annual statements from the last two years and get approval from shareholders over the appointment of directors, leaving certain positions vacant. Leading stock exchanges BSE and NSE have fined Rs 10,000 each to the direct-to-home operator Dish TV over non-compliance over the composition of the board, Dish TV said in a regulatory filing. "BSE Ltd and NSE Ltd had issued communications dated May 22, 2023, to the Company, pertaining to Non-compliance with the requirements pertaining to the composition of the Board' for the quarter ended March 31

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 government on Friday capped the number of platform channels on direct-to-home (DTH) services at 5 per cent of the operators' total channel carriage capacity. The operational guidelines in respect of "licence fee", "platform services" and "sharing of infrastructure" for DTH services in India, issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), also bar the platform service channel from sharing content directly or indirectly with any other distribution platform operator (DPO). Platform service channels are programmes transmitted by DPOs exclusively to their own subscribers. The definition excludes Doordarshan and registered television channels as also the foreign channels not registered in India. "The content of the PS to be exclusive to the platform and is not to be shared directly or indirectly with any other Distribution Platform Operator," the guidelines said. The guidelines, which came into effect from Friday, mandate all platform service channels to carry a captio

Its revenue from the operation fell 16.73 per cent to Rs 608.63 crore during the quarter under review as against Rs 730.97 crore in the corresponding quarter.

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

Company plans to challenge bank over bid to sack board members

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

The new licensing guidelines could significantly increase the potential liabilities of incumbents when renewing their licences, it said

A sustained move above Rs 38 levels may see an aggressive upside in Hathway Cable and Datacom

Tata Sky said the government's decision to grant licences to the operators for a longer 20 years would provide certainty to the industry

The Union Cabinet approved revision in guidelines for providing direct to home (DTH) services in the country under which licenses would be issued for 20 years

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

Though TV viewership surged during lockdown, subscribers deleted channels from their package to cut costs

The TRAI's recent effort to micromanage India's television industry will end up hurting everyone - consumers, broadcasters and distributors