Numbers for the DTH market in India

Total subscriber base of DTH service in India: 10 million or 1 crore

The year of launch of DTH service launched in India: 2003

Number of set-top boxes imported by the DTH operators every year: 3 million or 30 Lakh

Share of South India in the DTH market: 35%

Players:

*Reliance ADAG:__________Big TV
*Bharti Airtel:__________Digital TV
*Dish TV
*Tata Sky
*Sun Direct

***Weakening of Rupee has made things difficult for DTH operators, as the set top boxes are imported. In addition, the price war introduced by Reliance and Bharti, who embarked the DTH bandwagon this year; plus the players going High Definition(HD) too; have also made the going difficult.
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