DTH
Tata Sky, Airtel Digital TV hike prices of traditional STBs
Mumbai: Direct-to-home (DTH) service providers Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV have hiked the prices for new SD and HD set-top-box connections. The gap in prices between traditional STBs and hybrid STBs was reduced considerably.
Tata Sky has revised its cost for new SD and HD connections and hiked the rates by Rs 200 and Rs 400 respectively. An SD connection that was previously priced at Rs 1499 now costs Rs 1699 and an HD connection priced Rs 1499 now costs Rs 1899. These costs include a one-time installation charge (Rs 350), activation charge (Rs 100) and accessories such as LNB, antenna and 10 metre cable. The new rates are published on the Tata Sky website. The price of the Tata Sky Binge Plus STB remains unchanged at Rs 2499.
Airtel Digital TV also published its revised STB rates after Tata Sky’s announcement. An Airtel HD STB connection that was earlier priced at Rs 1300 will now cost Rs 1850. The Airtel Xstream Basic STB and Airtel Xstream Premium STB are priced at Rs 2150 and Rs 2949 respectively. For customers based in Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad, Airtel HD STB costs Rs 1500.
It should be noted that subscription fees for pay-TV channels and network capacity fee will be charged separately.
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MUMBAI: In a breather for Dish TV India, JC Flowers Asset Reconstruction has withdrawn its petition before the National Company Law Tribunal seeking directions to convene an extraordinary general meeting.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.
