Reliance’s DTH Service

Reliance ADAG has finally started its Big TV DTH service with 60 channels form all major broadcaster. The service is currently available only to the employees of the company. Te company providing Set Top Box just Rs. 1000 with the monthly subscription of Rs. 325. Big TV will be offering MPEG4 technology for the first time in the country and has the capacity of up to 250 TV channels, which it claims is much more than any current DTH operator.
The latest regulation for the DTH sector recommended by the Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) says that all new connections would have to be on the MPEG 4 format and the boxes would have to be interoperable.It means that a subscriber can change a service provider without having to buy new equipment. Both Tata Sky and Dish TV have written to the government to remove this clause.