Videocon d2h offers maximum number of channels in country

[Sathish]

Mumbai, Aug 25 (PTI) Videocon d2h, a leading direct-to-home service provider, today said that it now offers the maximum number of channels and services in the country at around 266 channels and services overall. This includes the highest number of regional language channels like Marathi, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil, among others, a press release issued here stated. Videocon Group''s Director, Saurabh Dhoot, said "we are currently having 266 channels and services on our platform which is the highest in the DTH industry...regional viewing preferences are very important for us and we ensure every effort to provide more content for customers from different regions with entertainment suiting their needs." "We also have the highest number of sports channels across DTH platforms," Dhoot added. Customers can now enjoy a wide range of channels in any language of their choice. Videocon d2h is providing 10 channels in Marathi, 19 channels in Tamil, 18 in Telugu, 14 in Malayalam, 13 in Kannada, 13 in Bengali, 6 in Oriya and seven in Punjabi, the release said. "We also have five channels for our customers from the north-east," Dhoot said.

Source: Indian DTH Blog

[Aneesh]

Yeah this is come in the News today as well. Its really good to see Videocon d2h rise up so fast in this tough competition esp. with such reasonably priced packages. They have also been working on the HD DVR launch and had seen some updates on that as well. Its a good news for Customers of the DTH Service sector.. we will see lot of improvisation now and more competition... that is beneficial to the customer anyday

Here's the link to Economic Times article I saw this morning: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news...432361.cms