Way back in the late 1990’s when the government of India was approached with the proposal to start DTH Services, it was rejected on the following grounds:-

• Its negative effect on the Indian culture
• There were concerns of national security

In 1997 when Indian Sky Broadcasting Company was ready to launch its DTH service in the country, the Government banned them from doing so.

Today there are about 6 major DTH operators in the country. The details are mentioned here with the market share of each of the operator as on 31.09.2017. The first 6 operators provide chargeable service with DTH recharge option for monthly renewals, six monthly renewals or yearly subscription.

1. Dish TV with 24{cfe981d9804e4c9f1651a7252fc708b8e97ef56de298ad19ded36936b9bd6343} market share. Owned by the Essel Group, it has 15.6 million paid subscribers till 2017.
2. Tata Sky with an equal market share of 24{cfe981d9804e4c9f1651a7252fc708b8e97ef56de298ad19ded36936b9bd6343}. Owned by Tata Sons, 21^st Century Fox and Temasek Holdings, it has about 14.3 million paid subscribers.
3. Airtel Digital TV (ADTV) with 21{cfe981d9804e4c9f1651a7252fc708b8e97ef56de298ad19ded36936b9bd6343} market share. Owned by Bharti Airtel Limited this one has about 12.5 million subscriber base.
4. Sun Direct, owned by Sun Network &Astro Group with 10{cfe981d9804e4c9f1651a7252fc708b8e97ef56de298ad19ded36936b9bd6343} market share has about 6.2 million subscribers
5. Reliance Digital TV (RDTV) with only 2{cfe981d9804e4c9f1651a7252fc708b8e97ef56de298ad19ded36936b9bd6343} market share
6. Videocon d2h, owned by Essel Group and the Videocon Group with 19{cfe981d9804e4c9f1651a7252fc708b8e97ef56de298ad19ded36936b9bd6343} market share.
7. There is also the DD Direct+ also called the DD Free Dish the subscriber base has not been considered in the report as it provides free-to-air-satellite service. It does not provide any HD channel. Operated by Prasar Bharati, this service provider has 22 million subscribers as per the last audited report from E&Y.

As on 22^nd March 2018, Dish TV and Videocon d2h has merged thereby making the new company the largest DTH service provider in India as on … Read More ...

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