Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal praises the government s decision to allocate spectrum for satellite broadband and backhaul spectrum for connecting cell sites.
According to the performance indicator report of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the total active subscriber base of the four pay DTH operators – Tata Play, Dish TV, Airtel Digital TV and Sun Direct – increased 0.38% quarter-on-quarter to 65.50 million.
Dish TV s OTT aggregator platform has amassed one million subscribers in recent months to take the total count of paid subscribers above three million. Watcho offers bundled packages of leading OTT platforms under a single subscription along with its exclusive content under ‘Watcho Exclusives.
The combined operating revenue of four private direct-to-home (DTH) companies in India, including Tata Play, Bharti Telemedia, Dish TV, and Sun Direct, declined nearly 10% in FY23 to Rs 11,072 crore, compared to Rs 12,284 crore the previous fiscal year. The four DTH companies incurred a net loss of Rs 2143 crore cumulatively, with Dish TV posting the biggest loss of Rs 1684 crore.