Reliance Digital TV subscribers stable at 4.82 million

Thursday, August 14th, 2014
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MUMBAI — Reliance Communications Limited (RCOM) today announced its consolidated financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.

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Our Direct-To-Home (DTH) digital TV Business offers a full combo of Standard Definition, High Definition & High Definition-DVR STBs, along with largest channel bouquet. We also introduced a new technology advancement which made us the 1st operator to offer all 250 channels in HD like quality. Reliance offers nationwide Direct-To-Home satellite TV services, employing state-of-the-art MPEG4 technology.

Reliance Digital TV is available at more than 37,000 outlets across 8,350 cities in the country. The retail and distribution reach, as well as other elements of infrastructure established for our wireless network, have been leveraged to expand our DTH presence. Reliance Digital TV currently has 4.82 million subscribers, with 8% share of the DTH market in India. We launched India’s first High definition cum Advanced Digital Video recorder (HD DVR), offering 200 hrs of recording, trick play functions & universal remote for operating three devices.

We are also India‟s first DTH Player to offer “Consumer Loyalty Program”. This is the first time in Indian DTH industry’s history that the consumer will get rewarded for long term association. For every rupee spent on Reliance Digital TV subscription, the consumer will now earn reward points which can be redeemed against various Reliance Digital TV services.

During the past 12 months, there has been a significant enhancement in the, already stable product quality. Our Set Top Box (STB) Failure Rate is 0.57%, which is amongst the best internationally & by far the best in India.

Reliance Digital TV subscribers (millions)

                  2013        2014
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  1Q    2Q    3Q    4Q    1Q    2Q
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 4.6   4.7   4.7   4.7   4.8  4.82