Set top box

It has now included Netflix in its OTT offerings on the Binge service. Just yesterday, Tata Sky announced that it is rebranding itself to Tata Play, marking the company’s expansion beyond its DTH business into OTT and broadband. Its…

Tata Sky, Dish TV Will Only Use Make In India Set-Top Boxes: Price Will Come Down? Tata Sky and DishTV are all set to join the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ bandwagon as they plan on shifting set-top box manufacturing to India. …

#Lockdown: Cable Operators Will Remove Channel Packs If Users Are Not Paying Monthly Fees The Cable TV Operators complained that their customers are not crediting the payments since the lockdown period! Maharashtra Cable…

Your Set-Top Box Will Now Support More Than 1 DTH Operator; TRAI Gives 6 Months Deadline To Execute Interoperability The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has decided that set-top boxes will be interoperable from now on so…

Tata Sky Set-top box is now cheaper In order to entice new TV watchers, and to attract users of other DTH/Cable firms into their network, Tata Sky has decided to make set-top box cheaper. Prices of both SD and HD set-top boxes have…

Soon, DTH and Cable users will be able to switch their provider, like they switch SIM Cards!

TRAI has clearly told all DTH operators and Cable companies that interoperability of services needs to be implemented, as soon as possible. How will consumers benefit from this?

Information and Broadcasting Ministry, headed by Smriti Irani has proposed mandatory installation of a special chip inside every set-top box in India. This 'Surveillance' has been planned to monitor what Indians are watching, and which TV…

As per the replies received from the sample audience, set-top boxes are clearly more preferred. While 53% of the respondents shared that they watch TV via digital set-top boxes, 47% preferred DTH.

Reliance Jio has been working on disrupting the DTH space with its set-top box hosting Internet Protocol TV capabilities. Past leaks indicated that the company would launch the same in April, and it looks like the product is ready to…