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Bhojpuri Cinema now available on Tata Sky and Den Network
The No.1 Bhojpuri Movie Channel – Bhojpuri Cinema,hasstrengthened its distribution with India’s leading Direct to air platform – Tata sky. With Tata Sky,Bhojpuri Cinema will now benefit with deep penetration across the regions of the country. This move will gradually fortify the channel’s position in other markets also, making it easily available for discerning viewers throughout the country.
Bhojpuri Cinema is now available on Tata sky Channel No. 1115.
Apart from the new DTH entry, the channel is also now available on Den network in the state of UP/Uttarakhand,Bihar & Jharkhand on channel number 827.
With these associations, Bhojpuri Cinema will mark the beginning of new prospects for the channel in terms of increased viewership, new audience base, robust expansion plan, etc. The channel will engage with viewers and trade partners locally and nationally through a multimedia campaign across multiple platforms.
Amongst the Bhojpuri regional channel in Bihar & Jharkhand, Bhojpuri cinema derives a 26 percent of market share in 4 plus TG.
Bhojpuri Cinema is the only Bhojpuri channel that delivers round the clock entertainment with the scheduling of 42 fresh Bhojpuri movies every week including world television premiers. Its library of over 350 Bhojpuri movies is the biggest Bhojpuri movie library of the world.
Bhojpuri Cinema is available across DTH platforms such as Tata Sky,Airtel, DD Free Dish, Dish TV along with all cable operators of the region.
Speaking on the occasion, Enter 10 Television Pvt. Ltd, Founder and Managing Director, Mr. Manish Singhal said, “We are happy to announce our availability on Tata Sky and Den Network, which allows the channel to immediately grow its reach across the geography. We are confident that our content will be thoroughly enjoyed by the new audiences, further enhancing our reach and position. Strengthening our distribution is a strategic move which will not only widen our audience base and popularity but will also give better value to our advertisers.”
Enter 10 Television Pvt. Ltd. (ETPL) is an Indian media and entertainment company based in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. The company’s founder and managing director is Mr. Manish Singhal. The Company has 4 channels serving Indian content across India. Enter 10 Television Pvt. Ltd. was incorporated 11 March 2004. Enterr10 Television, the flagship channel of Enter10 Television Pvt. Ltd. was launched in October 2006. Then it came out with three channels namely Dangal, which is a General Entertainment channel, Bhojpuri Cinema, which is a 24 hours Bhojpuri Movie channel &Fakt Marathi , which is a 24 hours Marathi Movie channel.
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India’s telecom subscribers cross 1.32 billion in February 2026
Broadband base swells past 1.06 billion as Jio and Airtel tighten grip on the market.
MUMBAI: India’s telecom sector is ringing in steady growth once again adding millions of new connections every month while the race for broadband supremacy continues to heat up like a fiercely contested cricket match. According to the latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 1 April 2026, the total telephone subscriber base in the country reached 1,321.31 million at the end of February 2026. This marked a net addition of 7.31 million subscribers during the month, translating into a monthly growth rate of 0.56 per cent.
Wireless subscribers (including mobile and Fixed Wireless Access) stood at 1,273.31 million, registering a net addition of 6.97 million and a growth rate of 0.55 per cent. Within this, urban wireless connections grew to 730.75 million (growth 0.70 per cent), while rural wireless subscribers reached 542.56 million (growth 0.35 per cent).
Wireline subscribers, though much smaller in scale, showed slightly faster growth. The total wireline base increased to 47.99 million, with a net addition of 0.34 million and a monthly growth rate of 0.70 per cent. Urban areas continued to dominate wireline connections with a share of 89.41 per cent.
Overall tele-density in India improved to 92.66 per cent. Urban tele-density stood at 150.68 per cent, while rural tele-density edged up to 60.02 per cent.
The broadband subscriber base crossed a significant milestone, reaching 1,059.05 million at the end of February 2026. This reflected a healthy net addition of 6.33 million subscribers and a monthly growth rate of 0.60 per cent from January’s figure of 1,052.72 million.
Segment-wise, mobile wireless access continued to drive the majority of growth with 996.52 million subscribers. Fixed Wireless Access (including 5G FWA) added 16.51 million, while wired broadband stood at 46.02 million.
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. maintained its commanding lead with 519.64 million broadband subscribers. Bharti Airtel Ltd. followed with 364.14 million, Vodafone Idea Ltd. with 129.36 million, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. with 28.70 million, and Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. with 2.38 million.
Together, these top five players command a massive 98.60 per cent share of the total broadband market.
In the wireless (mobile) segment, private operators continued to dominate with 92.59 per cent market share, leaving public sector undertakings (BSNL and MTNL) with just 7.41 per cent.
Out of the total 1,257.29 million wireless (mobile) subscribers, 1,177.60 million were active on the peak Visitor Location Register (VLR) date, representing an impressive 93.66 per cent activity rate. Bharti Airtel led in this metric with 99.42 per cent of its subscribers active.
Meanwhile, 14.47 million subscribers submitted requests for Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in February, indicating healthy competition and customer churn across zones.
While urban areas still lead in absolute numbers, rural connectivity is slowly catching up. Rural wireless tele-density stood at 59.46 per cent, compared with the much higher urban figure of 142.32 per cent.
Fixed Wireless Access using 5G technology also showed promising traction, growing to 11.93 million subscribers. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are the primary players driving this segment.
The data paints a picture of a maturing yet still rapidly expanding telecom ecosystem. With total telephone subscribers now well past the 1.32 billion mark and broadband users comfortably above 1.06 billion, India continues to solidify its position as one of the world’s largest and most dynamic digital markets.
From bustling city streets to remote villages, more Indians are staying connected than ever before proving that when it comes to telecom, the country’s appetite for growth shows no signs of hanging up anytime soon.
