DTH
Tata Play becomes the first DTH player to carry 100+ HD and all DD channels
Mumbai: Tata Play, India’s largest content distribution platform, touches another milestone by becoming the first DTH player to carry 100+ HD Channels. This closely follows the brand’s recent success in launching the country’s first demand-driven satellite GSAT-24 which gave Tata Play the largest satellite bandwidth in the country.
Living up to its promise of catering to all subscribers, genres and languages, the 100+ HD channels available on Tata Play span across 17 genres and includes HSM as well as key regional markets like Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Odia.
Tata Play also onboarded all 44 Doordarshan channels to its ever-expanding portfolio. The sharp increase in the number of channels being offered occurred after its satellite bandwidth increased by 50 percent. Tata Play today operates on 36 transponders – which is by far the highest in the country.
Tata Play MD & CEO Harit Nagpal, sharing about the landmark development, said, “We’ve always been committed to delivering the ever-increasing infotainment needs of our subscribers with the best quality of picture and sound. We’d now urge the broadcasters to create more channels in HD for us to take to our viewers.”
DTH Operator
JC Flowers withdraws NCLT plea against Dish TV over EGM demand
Move eases pressure on DTH firm as long-running shareholder dispute cools
MUMBAI: In a breather for Dish TV India, JC Flowers Asset Reconstruction has withdrawn its petition before the National Company Law Tribunal seeking directions to convene an extraordinary general meeting.
The development was disclosed by Dish TV in a regulatory filing, confirming that the petitioner chose to withdraw the case during a hearing at the Mumbai bench of the tribunal. A detailed order from the bench is still awaited.
The petition, originally filed under Sections 98 to 100 of the Companies Act, 2013, sought to push for an extraordinary general meeting to address governance issues at the company. The case had its roots in a prolonged shareholder tussle dating back to 2021, when Yes Bank, then the largest shareholder, was at odds with the promoter group led by Subhash Chandra over board reconstitution.
JC Flowers had stepped into the picture as an assignee of Yes Bank’s stressed assets, effectively continuing the legal push initiated earlier. The withdrawal now signals a pause, if not a closure, to that chapter of dispute.
While the reasons behind the withdrawal have not been formally detailed, the move reduces immediate legal pressure on Dish TV, which has been navigating both operational and regulatory challenges in recent years.
For now, the focus shifts back to the company’s business fundamentals, even as the legal dust settles, at least temporarily, on one of its more closely watched shareholder battles.
