Dish TV adds 23 channels, takes total count to 615

MUMBAI: Direct-to-home (DTH) operator Dish TV has added 23 new channels to its portfolio. With this, the total number of channels and services on Dish TV cross 615.
The new adds include nine high-definition (HD) channels and 14 standard definition (SD) channels.

With these additions, the company’s HD portfolio becomes stronger with 68 HD channels on its platform. The new HD channels are as follows: Maa HD 1605, Asianet HD 1901, Star Gold Select HD 381, Star Jalsha HD 1403, Jalsha Movies HD 1430, Star Pravah HD 1205, Star Sports Select HD2 646, Cineplex HD 383 and BBC Earth HD 828.


Adding further to the offering, Dish TV has added 14 SD regional channels. These channels are: Jonack TV 1511, Tollywood 1645, Andy Haryana 725, R Plus 1485, ETV News Haryana 721, Sangeet Bhojpuri 1573, Channel WIN 209, Jinvani 1105, BTV 1778, Chintu TV 1031, ETV Life 1617, Khushi TV 1021, News 18 Assam 1533 and IBC24 719.

 Moreover, to make HD more affordable, Dish TV has introduced HD a la carte (small HD entertainment add-on) packs to capture the interest of consumers in HD viewing by offering them more HD content and a mix of genres at Rs 86+ taxes per month

Dish TV CEO Arun Kapoor said, “TV viewing in India has undergone a sea change over the years. From the days when people had a handful of channels, today we live in an era where people are spoilt for choice. We, at Dish TV, have always been at the forefront of enhancing TV viewing experience and exploring opportunities to bring wholesome entertainment to the audience. With a sharp focus on regional-language content, the move aims at connecting strongly with the regional-language subscribers. The addition of these 23 channels will not only strengthen our presence in the HD and SD space but will also diversify our offerings.”

Resource :http://www.televisionpost.com/dth/dish-tv-adds-23-channels-takes-total-count-to-615/

DTH at a Glance: MAYEHEM

I'm happy to report that 1) I've returned from St. Petersburg in one piece, and 2) I'm awaiting my soul's return to my body after last night. To relive the most beautiful 0.3 seconds of our collective lives, check out Brendan's piece today on Luke Maye and The Shot Heard Round the World™.

I swear Carolina basketball has taken a decade off my life already.

— Danny

QUICK HITS

    Over the weekend, someone(s) chalked up campus with their sizzling hot takes, including "veganism is wrong" and "Trump wins." Groundbreaking.
    The Homestead Aquatic Center has finally located the leak that's closed their pool since mid-January. The invoice for repairs has been $20,000 so far.
    Former LSU quarterback Brandon Harris officially committed to UNC on Sunday afternoon.
    Carrboro recently opened up three new bike repair stations around town. You can find them at Libba Cotten Bikeway, Town Commons and Wilson Park.

IN DAILY CRIME

Someone tried to commit identity theft to open a Target credit card. Another person broke into a car on South Merritt Mill and stole an iPod nano. (the real news being that someone still has an iPod nano)

IN CAMPUS NEWS

This year's student body presidential race is finally over. We caught up with president-elect Elizabeth Adkins to discuss her victory, who she'll have in her administration and what their first steps are gonna be.

IN COMMUNITY

A local organization collected culturally appropriate foods at yesterday's Food Truck Rodeo on Rosemary to help out refugee families in the area. The drive raised more than 460 pounds of food.

IN TOWN NEWS

A nonprofit and a local food truck are partnering up to hold a "Pupusathon" to raise scholarship money for undocumented students. I still don't really know what a Pupusathon is, but I do know that I want 20 of them.

Resource : http://www.dailytarheel.com/blog/dth-at-a-glance/2017/03/dth-at-a-glance-mayehem

CABSAT 2017: du launches DTH delivery service via Eutelsat 7W

UAE telco du has expanded its capacity on Eutelsat 7W to provide broadcasters with a high definition (HD) direct-to-home (DTH) delivery service.

Du is aiming the DTH platform at free-to-air networks across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as well as international broadcasters. It will use du’s newly leased DVB-S2 transponder, optimised for the region’s high growth markets, on Eutelsat’s 7W satellite.


 “Our customer is at the core of all our operations, and we are wholly committed to innovating and working with various partners to create and deliver solutions that optimize the end-user experience,” said Fahad AlHassawi (pictured), chief commercial officer, du. “Through our New HD DTH Platform, we aim to enhance broadcast services for over 56 million homes across the Middle East and North Africa Region.”




Speaking with Rapid TV News at CABSAT 2017, Ghassan Murat, VP of business development & strategy at Eutelsat Dubai, said: “Eutelsat is dedicated to accompanying the uptake of HD and a diversity of free-to-air channels on our satellites.


Resource :  https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2017032446605/cabsat-2017-du-launches-dth-delivery-service-via-eutelsat-7w.html#axzz4cJSODii5


 Our 2016 survey in MENA confirmed the pole position of the 7/8° West neighbourhood we share with Nilesat, which serves 52.3 million homes, up from 49.7 million in 2014.”

DTH at a Glance: Flashback Friday

Danny already used this Shangela quote earlier in the week, but it's more appropriate for me: Halleloo, I'm back!

In case you forgot who I am, I wrote this thing regularly last semester and now I only write it when Danny is off being a young professional in St. Petersburg and I'm just here being young. But don't get too excited; this is only a one-night engagement. Marcus Paige and I have that in common — last night, he came back to North Carolina to play a game with his current team, the Salt Lake City Stars.

While I don't want the entirety of last year to return, I hope that getting Marcus back in the Tar Heel state is a reminder of where we've been for the basketball team as they take on Butler in the Sweet 16. As long as we stop getting those reminders by the Final Four I'm all good.

— Rachel

QUICK HITS

    Student Stores held a town hall on Thursday to see how they can make the space easier to hang out in. Somewhere from the beyond, The Daily Grind is very slowly shaking its fist.
    Want to help UNC win its game tonight? Eat some egg rolls, according to food delivery company GrubHub.
    A bill that would permit concealed handgun carry on college campuses has been proposed in the General Assembly.
    Craft brewers and wholesale distributors are debating a very different bill, also in the General Assembly, that would allow breweries to increase production without going through said distributors.

IN WRESTLING CONTROVERSY

Most people know, at least vaguely, that wrestlers compete in different weight classes. Most don't think about the process behind "making weight," which has claimed the lives of several college athletes over the sport's history. While NCAA regulations and coach attitudes have alleviated the issue, disordered eating and weight loss and gain still haunt athletes.

IN WEEKEND FUN

Plays, culture and nerds, oh my! UNC's weekend attractions include the opening of Company Carolina's "The Producers," the Vietnamese Student Associations keystone event "VietNite," and the continuation of "Geek Week," a collaborative event run by New Student and Carolina Parent Programs.

IN POLICE REPORTS

Somebody tried to steal two basketball jerseys valued at $150 from Johnny T-Shirt on Monday by putting them in their pants and walking out of the store. I'm not even mad because I honestly considered pulling this when I realized how much those jerseys cost. Other fun charges include fraud, alcohol and drug violations and noise complaints.

Resource :http://www.dailytarheel.com/blog/dth-at-a-glance/2017/03/dth-at-a-glance-flashback-friday

The rapid rise of Free to Air channels: FICCI-KPMG report

“The emergence of Free to Air channels as a major source of reach and viewership has the potential to translate into a large advertising market,” according to the FICCI - KPMG Media and Entertainment Industry Report 2017 that was launched at FICCI Frames 2017 in Mumbai today. However, the rise of free to air channels (FTA) would be accompanied with risks around cannibalisation of subscription revenues, the report warns. 

The rise of FTA genre has seen a commensurate increase in interest from advertisers in the last year as well. “Brands who have a substantial rural consumption base were now able to measure their spend performance, which resulted in sustained inflow of the advertising monies.



 The FTA channels garnered an estimated INR 400-500 crore of the overall TV advertising pie in 2016; which is expected to rise to INR 800-1000 crore in 2017, as the channels gain prominence in the upcoming annual budget planning exercise for advertisers.



The same could result in an adverse impact on subscription revenues in the long run with a material number of subscribers in Phase 3 and 4 and new additions to the C&S fold likely to find FreeDish as an attractive option as compared to Pay DTH and MSOs. “The increase in advertising revenue pie could compensate a part of negative impact on subscription revenues,” the report says.




 With a projected 30 million subscribers on the FreeDish platform by 2021, KPMG forecasts a net negative impact of INR 9,000-11,000 crore on the total industry revenues over 2016-2021. The FreeDish projections take into account upgradation of FreeDish subscribers to Pay TV each year, and a churn out factor from FreeDish is assumed to account for that. The report cites that it has “also taken into account the inflow of incremental FTA advertising revenues, to arrive at the potential impact of FreeDish”. “



The FTA market has seen a rapid growth in terms of advertising revenues in 2016 resulting in opening up of the rural markets for advertisers. Robust ratings of FTA GECs have seen advertisement rates rising to 1/5th of the Pay GECs, from 1/10th at the start of 2016. However, the threat to subscription revenues is real, and the onus lies with broadcasters collectively to ensure Pay channels remain relevant,” Ashish Sehgal, chief revenue officer, Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) was quoted as saying in the report.



“The content overlap with FreeDish is a serious concern. Concept of windowing and differentiated content needs to be thought through. We are cannibalising long term Pay TV market for easy short term money at the moment. With an estimated 150 million HHs for Pay TV market, each customer lost to FreeDish is a long term revenue loss for DTH and MSOs,” added Rohit Jain, deputy chief executive officer, Videocon D2H. Some of the measures devised by Pay TV platforms to counter the potential impact include aiming for a better share of the market in South India – as the success of FreeDish as a platform has been largely observed in the Hindi Speaking Markets.


 Almost all DTH players have launched INR 99 + (Add On) entry level packs to counter the FreeDish value proposition, with the FTA channels a part of this package.

 The FreeDish platform could also emerge as an intermediate medium for a subscriber coming into the C&S fold for the first time. Pay TV operators could use this opportunity to upgrade such potential users to a premium content viewing experience.

Resource : http://www.campaignindia.in/article/the-rapid-rise-of-free-to-air-channels-ficci-kpmg-report/434851

DTH at a Glance: Can you be your own problematic fave?

Good morning, and welcome to an eerily climate-changey Spring!

Rather than telling a regrettable story that is embarrassing and awful to the 3,000 of you today, I opted to tell one to about 10,000 in my column today. If you're interested in hearing about my dated, problematic views about gay politics from high school, here you go.

If you'd rather reminisce about d00k failing miserably over the weekend, 1) same, and 2) here you go.

— Danny

QUICK HITS

    While the Black Student Movement and UNC Muslim Students Association have their own spaces to coordinate on campus, Latinx students are still pushing to have their own meeting place.
    A new student-run business is charging $5 to $7 to clean peers' shoes around campus.
    Part-time athlete, full-time DTH Swerve writer Zach Goins discusses the meme that's dragging student-athletes across Twitter. And I continue to live in fear that this meme will eventually come for student journalists.

IN DAILY CRIME

Someone reported a person drawing obscene pictures on a whiteboard at Chapel Hill Public Library. Another person attempted a burglary but reportedly opened the front door and was scared away by the victim.

IN TOWN NEWS

Lifelong Chapel Hill resident Marian Cheek Jackson died at age 92 on March 4. She's remembered by loved ones as someone who would call the community center named after her in Northside to make sure someone was checking up on her neighbors.

IN UNIVERSITY NEWS

A Chapel Hill man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of UNC professor Feng Liu. Liu was found beaten and robbed on West University Drive on July 23, 2014. A second man is awaiting trial.

IN HILLSBOROUGH

Hillsborough police are selling #HillsboroughRocks T-shirts to help kids go to basketball camp, which just feels very right. They've sold about 450 shirts so far.

Resource : http://www.dailytarheel.com/blog/dth-at-a-glance/2017/03/dth-at-a-glance-can-you-be-your-own-problematic-fave

India’s largest DTH firm to begin operations from September 2017?

CHENNAI: With approvals proceeding apace and no hitches foreseen in the coming months, the roll-out of India’s new direct-to-home (DTH) behemoth is slated for no later than September. Dish TV Videocon Ltd., the result of a merger between two of the largest DTH players in the Indian market, will create the single largest DTH company in the country.

The company, however, has already announced that it will keep the Videocon d2h and Dish TV brands separate.

Confirming that the new company is expecting to begin operations by September, Dish TV chairman and managing director Jawahar Goel told Express that September was the outside margin for beginning combined operations. “We feel July or August is definitely doable. But we will begin operations by September,” he said. Sources in Videocon d2h also confirmed the expected timeline for launch.
The combined entity will, in one shot, become the largest DTH and media company in the country, boasting a subscriber base of more than 27.62 million (as on September 2016, Dish TV and Videocon d2h had a subscriber base of 15.1 million and 12.52 million respectively). Combined sales in financial year 2015-16 stood at Rs 5,920 crore.

While the merged company will be the largest media company in India, surpassing Zee Entertainment (Rs 5,850 crore) in sales, it will boast an even more impressive market share in the DTH market at 45 per cent, almost double that of its nearest competitor -- Tata Sky (24.2 per cent). It will also have more than a 15 per cent share in the 145-million Pay TV market.

The merged entity has set its eyes on the fast growing local and hyperlocal market, according to Videocon sources. Videocon d2h alone added a bouquet of 42 regional Tamil and Telugu channels in the last one week. “There is immense potential here,” pointed out one official.

According to Goel, who is slated to be the head of the combined venture, both brands will continue as they are, with neither narrowing focus to specific markets (urban or rural) once the new company takes over. “There is no such demarcation in the Indian market. What this will do effectively, is give us twice the reach in distribution and marketing strengths,” he said.

Earlier, during the announcement of the deal, Saurabh Dhoot, executive chairman of Vd2h, had expressed similar sentiments. “We are excited at how in the long term, the combination can unlock significant value for shareholders, and the synergies.” Dish TV promoter Essel Group, which also owns Zee Entertainment, will pick up an extra 5 per cent stake in the new firm.

Resource :http://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2017/mar/14/indias-largest-dth-firm-to-begin-operations-from-september-2017-1581059.html

CCI seeks Trai view on merger of Dish TV and Videocon d2h

CCI asks Trai to weigh in on whether the Dish TV-Videocon d2h merger will violate any anti-trust laws
The entity that will be formed after the Dish TV-Videocon d2h merger will be called as Dish TV Videocon Ltd. Photo: HT
xNew Delhi: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to weigh in on whether the merger of direct-to-home (DTH) firms Dish TV India Ltd and Videocon d2h Ltd will violate any anti-trust laws, three people familiar with the development said.

The Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd-owned DTH platform Dish TV and the DTH arm of Videocon Industries Ltd had announced their merger in November 2016. The new entity is to be renamed as Dish TV Videocon Ltd.

Dish TV will own 55% and Videocon 45% stake in the new company which will have a 45% share of the market.

A Trai official confirmed that CCI has asked the regulator for its view.

“CCI has reached out to us. We are still evaluating the case and haven’t reached a decision. We will respond to the request in a few days,” added this person who asked not to be identified.

Spokespeople for Dish and Videocon were not available to comment.

India has six private DTH firms—Dish TV, Reliance BIG TV Ltd, Tata Sky Ltd, Videocon d2h Ltd, Sun Direct TV Pvt. Ltd and Bharti Telemedia Ltd. State broadcaster Doordarshan also runs a DTH platform for free-to-air channels called DD Free Dish.

Dish TV is the market leader with a 25% share, followed by Tata Sky with a 23% market share, according to data from Trai. Videocon d2h and Bharti Telemedia have 20% market share each.

Together, Dish TV and Videocon d2h will serve 27.6 million customers (data as of 30 September), “out of a total of 175 million TV households highlighting significant room for growth”, the companies had said in a BSE filing at the time of the merger.

“The proposed transaction is expected to create a leading cable and satellite distribution platform in India. The combined entity would have a revenue of Rs5,915.8 crore for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2016, positioning it as a leading media company in India,” they added.

A CCI official who did not wish to be identified confirmed that the commission is looking into “whether the merger will violate anti-trust laws”. “TRAI has been consulted for an opinion on where the players stand in the market,” the official added.

ALSO READ | The importance of being Jawahar Goel

As per the Competition Commission of India Act, 2002, the regulator can seek opinions of other authorities. CCI is expecting a reply within 60 days.

An expert said consolidation is long overdue in the DTH business. “The dominant position of a company cannot be for long because one consolidation will not be enough for the industry” said Ashesh Jani, partner, Deloitte Haskins and Sells. Even if a merger creates a market leader, he explained, it will only be till the next merger.

According to a 2013 report on the Indian DTH market by Hong Kong-based research firm Media Partners Asia, revenues in the DTH industry are expected to touch $3.9 billion by 2017 and $5.3 billion by 2020, up from $1.5 billion in 2012.
 Resource :http://www.livemint.com/Companies/zcLYhUCe1crMTO8zlGnB9H/CCI-seeks-Trai-view-on-merger-of-Dish-TV-and-Videocon-d2h.html 

Even 12,000 new channels won’t save the DTH market

There should be no major surprise when a satellite research firm puts out a report claiming there will be more than 12,000 new linear channels in the next 10 years, but we do feel obliged to pick at its methodology and remind our readers that this is just another cover up for a market that is being devastated by OTT video.

 The 9th Edition of Northern Sky Research’s (NSR) Linear TV via Satellite report projects that 12,200 new channels will launch by 2026 to reach a total of over 53,600 channels being delivered over satellite by that time. All this during a time when more and more content will be consumed on demand. The report has somehow reached this figure…

Resource :http://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/even-12000-new-channels-wont-save-dth-market/

Zee channels added to TNTSAT, DStv in Africa

Indian broadcaster Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) has launched two channels on Mali’s TNTSAT and another on sub-Saharan pay-TV platform DStv as part of its African expansion.


The French-dubbed general entertainment channel Zee Magic joins Hindi channel Zee Cinema on digital terrestrial TV (DTT) network TNTSAT in Mali. While the customised, English-dubbed Bollywood film channel Zee Bollymovies will first be made available in South Africa by MultiChoice on its direct-to-home (DTH) platform DStv before being rolled out to subscribers across the continent.

“Sharing our existing channels - Zee Magic and Zee Cinema with new audiences is a huge achievement for us and we thank TNTSAT for allowing us to bring the best of Bollywood to all their viewers in Mali,” said Amit Goenka, CEO, international broadcast business, Zee Entertainment Enterprises.

Harish Goyal, CEO of Zee TV Africa, added: “In another major deal, within just four weeks of its launch, our 24-hour dedicated English-dubbed Bollywood movie channel, Zee Bollymovies will now be available on DStv, the largest DTH platform in Sub-Saharan Africa.

“ZEE has already witnessed tremendous success over the past two years on DStv with Zee World, its English-dubbed General Entertainment channel and with the addition of Zee Bollymovies on this platform, we hope to further raise the level of entertainment for our dedicated viewers.”

ZEE claims to now entertain over one billion TV viewers across 171 countries.


Resource http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2017030246370/zee-channels-added-to-tntsat-dstv-in-africa.html#axzz4aEj9X1Dp