India adds nearly 3 million DTH subscribers in 2Q 2011
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today released the “Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report” for the Quarter ending June 2011. This Report provides a broad perspective of the Telecom Services and presents the key parameters and growth trends for the Telecom Services as well as Cable TV, DTH & Radio Broadcasting services in India for the period covering April to June 2011, and is compiled on the basis of information furnished by the Service Providers.
Broadcasting & Cable Services Summary:
Total Number of Registered Channels with I&B Ministry 715 Number of Pay Channels 158 DTH Subscribers registered with Pvt. SPs 38.5 Million Number of Set Top Boxes in CAS areas 811,507
Satellite (DTH)
Besides the free DTH service of Doordarshan, there are 6 private DTH licensees, offering their services to the DTH subscribers. As on 30.6.2011, their reported subscriber base is 38.5 million, up from 35.56 million as on 31.3.2011.
DTH Licensees:
Tata Sky Ltd., Dish TV India Ltd., SUN Direct TV(P) Ltd., Bharti Telemedia Ltd., Reliance Big TV Pvt. Ltd., Bharat Business Channel Ltd.
Cable TV Services
Number of Set Top Boxes (STBs) installed in CAS notified areas of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai increased from 804,837 at the end of Mar-11 to 811,507 at the end of Jun-11.
Number of set-top boxes:
CAS 2011 notified -------------------- area End-March End-June -------- --------- --------- Chennai 181,504 183,587 Kolkata 91,431 92,429 Mumbai 320,022 322,252 Delhi 211,880 213,239 --------- --------- TOTAL 804,837 811,507
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