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  • TataSky+ HD launched in India at a price of INR 3999

    We told you a few days back that TataSky was all set to launch their HD PVR set top box in India. Today, TataSky has launched their advanced HD PVR set top box at a competitive price of INR 3999 in India. The price is inclusive of installation charges. Here is how it looks like:

  • Doordarshan all set to broadcast CWG in HD

    Doordarshan is gearing up to broadcast Commonwealth games in High Definition to comply with the rules of the Commonwealth federation. The state run broadcaster has hired UK’s SIS Live to set up an International broadcast center at Pragati Maidan, Delhi to broadcast and relay games in HD.

  • Big TV HD DVR price dropped to INR 4990, may the price war begin

    Reliance’s Big TV launched India’s first HD DVR set top box a few months back at a retail price of INR 7490. With features such as 160GB HDD, universal remote, recording and live pause and rewind for HD channels, it was the only HD DVR option for Indian consumers.

  • DTH operators unleash HD price war in India

    DTH operators in India had planned to start HD transmissions ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth games. However, in order to milk the FIFA fever, they launched their HD services in a hurry. As a result, the pricing and plans are not made clear to the customer. We will try our best to simplify things.

  • TataSky launches India’s cheapest HD set top box

    Back in 2008, TataSky broke the 100 rupees subscription price barrier and sparked stiff competition in the DTH space. They have done it again by launching India’s cheapest HD set top box priced at INR 2599. The new set top box delivers HD signals at 1080i in 16:9 format with 5.1 channel Dolby digital surround…

  • Big TV launches High Definition DVR set top box in India

      Big TV, the DTH arm of Reliance Communications on 5th May 2010 launched India’s first ever High Definition (HD) set top box equipped with Digital Video Recorder (DVR) priced at INR 7,490. The set top box will be the first to bring recording facility to a High Definition set top box in India and…

  • Tata Sky+ launches three new features to compete with Airtel Digital TV PVR

    In an attempt to compete with Airtel’s Digital TV PVR with remote recording functionality, TataSky+ has launched the following three features on it premium PVR set top box: Video-on-Demand (VoD) service Dual access remote recording Auto standby

  • DTH Companies planning to launch HD Set Top Boxes this year

    With the 2010 Commonwealth games available for HD broadcast, the DTH companies in India (Dish TV, Reliance Big TV, Airtel Digital TV and Tata Sky) are planning to launch High Definition (HD) set top boxes (STB) this year. Sun DTH already has HD ready boxes and HD service in India. While Dish TV and Reliance…

  • Tata Sky+ Next Gen DTH services in India

    The TATA Group in a joint venture with STAR launched the Tata Sky DTH services in India on 8th August, 2006. Taking a majority of market share from DishTV, they have more of less monopolized the market until a few days back. With the launch of Reliance’s Big TV and Airtel’s Digital TV (and all…