The television industry in India is very diverse and produces thousands of programs in many of Indian languages. More than half of all Indian households own a television. As of 2016, the country had over 857 channels of which 184 were pay channels. The Hindi, Tamil and Telugu language television industries are by far the largest television industries in India.
Tata Play is an Indian direct broadcast satellite (DTH) service provider using MPEG-4 digital compression technology, transmitting using INSAT-4A and GSAT-10 satellite. Incorporated in 2005, Tata Play is a joint venture between the Tata Sons and The Walt Disney Company with Temasek Holdings as a minor partner. It currently offers a total of 601 channels, 495 SD channels and 99 HD channels and services, along with many other value added services. As of March 2020, according to TRAI Tata Play serves 22 million subscribers which is 33.37% of total DTH users in India. Tata Play is the largest DTH service provider in India.
Sun Direct is an Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider. Sun Direct was launched in December 2007. It transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in India. Sun Direct uses MPEG-4 digital compression, transmitting HD Channels on GSAT-15 at 93.5°E and SD Channels on MEASAT-3 at 91.5°E. Sun Direct currently offers total 465 channels and services, along with many other active services. It is the first and No.1 service provider to launch HD Counterpart.
Chutti TV is a 24-hour Tamil cartoon television channel from the Sun TV Network in India. The target audience are children aged between 3 and 17. It was launched on 29 April 2007, making it Sun TV Network's first ever television channel for kids.
Bharti Telemedia Limited, doing business as Airtel Digital TV, is an Indian direct-broadcast satellite service provider owned and operated by Bharti Airtel. Its satellite service, launched in October 2008, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in India. It has a total subscriber base of 10.07 million as of 30 March 2015.
DishTV India is an Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider in India with Yes Bank as biggest stake owner. DishTV was launched by the Zee Group on 2 October 2003. It ranked #437 and #5 on the list of media companies in Fortune India 500 roster of India's largest corporations in 2011. Dish TV was also voted India's most trusted DTH brand according to the Brand Trust Report 2014, a study conducted by Trust Research Advisory. On 22 March 2018, Dish TV completed a merger with Videocon d2h, creating the largest DTH provider in India at the time of merger.
DD Sports is an Indian sports channel telecasting from Central Production Centre Delhi, India. It is a part of the Doordarshan family of networks, and is the main sports broadcaster in India.
Doordarshan Madhya Pradesh often abbreviated as DD Madhya Pradesh is a 24-hour regional satellite TV channel primarily telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Bhopal and is a part of the state-owned Doordarshan television network. It was previously known as DD-11 Madhya pradesh
Tarang Music is a 24-hour music channel owned by Odisha Television Ltd of India. The channel features Odia music from Ollywood and music videos from Odisha. Most of the shows in Tarang Music require call-in audience participation, where the callers speak to a video jockey and request songs that may be dedicated to their loved ones.
d2h (Formerly Videocon d2h) is an Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider owned by Dish TV. As of December 31, 2017, d2h has a market share of 19% among the pay DTH operators. Dish TV India and d2h merger has been concluded, which had created the largest DTH service provider in the country with a subscriber base of about 29 million at the time of merger.
Direct-to-Home (DTH) television is a method of receiving satellite television by means of signals transmitted from direct-broadcast satellites. The Government of India (GoI) permitted the reception and distribution of satellite television signals in November 2000. The first DTH service in the country was launched by Dish TV on 2 October 2003. DD Free Dish, the first free DTH service in India, was launched by public broadcaster Prasar Bharati in December 2004.
SUN Group is an Indian media conglomerate, based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by Kalanithi Maran in 1992. Sun Group besides television media has 48 FM Radio Stations, two Daily Newspapers, five Magazines, a DTH satellite service & an IPL franchise.
Raj News Kannada is a 24-hour Kannada news channel news presented by Chennai-based Raj Television Network in Karnataka.It is taken over by Shivashri media pvt ltd from January 2021.It is available on major DTH platform videcon d2h-2691,Tatasky-1658, Airtel-983. and all cable networks
Independent TV, formerly Reliance Big TV, was an Indian direct to home (DTH) television operator. It was a subsidiary of Reliance Communications till 2018 and after that part of Pantel Technologies & Veecon Media.
Eurosport India is an Indian sports channel owned by Discovery India. Launched as DSport in February 2017 with a partnership between Discovery India and Lex Sportel. In January 2020, Lex Sportel parted ways with Discovery, taking their event rights from and created their own channel 1Sports. On 17 March 2020, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting permitted Discovery to rebrand the channel to Eurosport.
News 18 Kerala is a Malayalam language news television channel headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram owned by Network 18. The launch in Kerala was part of an expansion plan of News 18 franchise in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam-North East. The channels are also available on leading DTH & MSO Platforms like TataSky, Asianet Digital TV, Airtel Digital TV, videocon d2h.
India Ahead is a nationwide English News Channel. It is promoted by Andhra Prabha Media Group and launched in June, 2018. The Channel carries news, current affairs, entertainment sports and business programming from Indian as well as International Perspective. It's the first English news channel to be beamed out of South India.
Sun NXT is an Indian video on demand service run by Sun TV Network. It was launched in June 2017 and has content in six languages - Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi. Sun NXT app is available for Android and iOS devices, Smart TVs and other devices.
Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment broadcast network owned by Viacom 18. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films.
