Airtel digital TV
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Airtel digital TV is an Indian direct broadcast satellite
Direct broadcast satellite
Direct broadcast satellite is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception.A designation broader than DBS would be direct-to-home signals, or DTH. This has initially distinguished the transmissions directly intended for home viewers from cable television...

 service provider owned and operated by Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel Limited , commonly known as Airtel, is an Indian telecommunications company that operates in 20 countries across South Asia, Africa and the Channel Islands. It operates a GSM network in all countries, providing 2G or 3G services depending upon the country of operation...

. Its satellite service, launched on 2008, transmits digital satellite television
Satellite television
Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...

 and audio to households in India. It uses MPEG-4
MPEG-4
MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...

 digital compression with DVB-S2
DVB-S2
Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite - Second Generation is a digital television broadcast standard that has been designed as a successor for the popular DVB-S system. It was developed in 2003 by the , an international industry consortium, and ratified by ETSI in March 2005...

 technology, transmitting using INSAT 4CR 74°E and SES 7
SES7
SES-7 is a Dutch commercial communication satellite operated by SES World Skies.Originally launched by Boeing for ProtoStar Ltd and later purchased through auction by SES for SES WORLD SKIES unit for $180 million...

 108.2°E. Airtel Digital TV service was launched on 8 October 2008.

As of November 2, 2011, Airtel had 262 TV channels including 11 HD
HD
HD may refer to:- Science and technology :* High-definition, reference to:** high-definition video** high-definition television ** Intel High Definition Audio** HD Voice...

 channels.

Its primary competitors are cable television
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...

 and other DTH service providers—Reliance Big TV
BIG TV
Reliance Digital TV is one of the largest Indian pay TV providers, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to commercial and residential customers in India. It uses MPEG-4 digital compression technology,...

, DD Direct+, Dish TV
Dish TV
Dish TV India Limited is an Indian company engaged in the business of providing direct-to-home satellite television service, which includes teleport service, customer support and transponder space leasing. Dishtv is a division of Zee Network Enterprise . It uses MPEG-2 digital compression...

, Tata Sky
Tata Sky
TATA Sky is a direct broadcast satellite television provider in India, using MPEG-2 digital compression technology, transmitting using INSAT 4A at 83.0°E....

, Sun Direct, and Videocon D2H
Videocon d2h
Videocon d2h is one of the largest Indian pay TV provider, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to commercial and residential customers in India...

. It has a total subscriber base of 6.26 million as of 30 June 2011.

Technical information

Airtel Digital TV's standard definition broadcasts are in MPEG-4 with Interactive Service (ITV) and 7-day EPG (electronic programme guide). Interactive Service (ITV) of Airtel Digital TV includes an add-on service that allows a user to shop, book movie tickets etc. A universal remote is included in the package that can, over IR frequencies, control both the TV and the DTH box. Like other DTH service providers, it also provides a Video on demand
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...

 interactive service that includes a catalogue of movies in Hindi, English and Regional languages.

Recorder

A premium DVR Digital Video Recorder allows recording of live TV on a 160 GB hard disk with MPEG 4 picture clarity.

HD

Airtel Digital TV HD provides channels in their native resolution of 1080i or 720p with 16:9 aspect ratio. The STB is compatible with 7.1 CH Dolby digital Plus surround sound as well and is in fact the first HD STB in India to be compliant with Dolby digital Plus.

HD recorder

On 4 May 2010, Airtel digital TV from bharti airtel announced the launch of its 3D ready High Definition Personal Video Recorder (HD Recorder). Retaining its pioneering Remote Recording feature, airtel digital TV's HD Recorder offers unique features of Automatic Favourites, Search and Genre and Category sort and is 3D ready.

On 24 May 2011, Airtel announced that its digital TV HD and HD-DVR boxes are software-enabled to view standard definition (SD) content upscaled to 1080i HD.

Mobile vehicle solution

Airtel Digital TV on Oct. 2010 launched a new way for people to enjoy live TV on the move, in form of in-bus entertainment.A multi TV screen Mobile Vehicle DTH solution with installation of its connections in RSTC Super Luxury Volvo buses plying on Delhi – Jaipur Highway
Airtel Digital TV also Lunched HD DVR with 3D

Channel list

The following is the list of channels provided by Airtel Digital TV as of June 4, 2011.
Channel Name
Help Channel
100 Airtel Home
999 What’s On Airtel
Hindi Entertainment
101 STAR Plus
STAR Plus
STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel based in India. The channel is part of the STAR TV network's bouquet of channels...

102 Zee TV
Zee TV
Zee TV is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South Asia, Europe, the Middle East,...

103 Sony
Sony Entertainment Television (India)
This article is about the SET channel in India. For the Indian version broadcasted worldwide, see Sony Entertainment Television Asia.Sony Entertainment Television, or SET, is a Hindi-language based general entertainment television channel in India. It was launched in October 1996 and is owned by...

104 STAR One
STAR One
STAR One is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Hindi entertainment based in Mumbai. Launched on 1 November 2004 with its show, Remix, the channel gained in popularity with television shows such as Remix, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Nach Baliye, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai,...

105 Sahara One
Sahara One
Sahara One is an Indian Hindi general entertainment channel based in Mumbai. It is operated by Sahara India Pariwar, a company formed by Subrato Roy Sahara who is a managing worker and chairman of the Sahara India Pariwar....

106 Imagine TV
107 Enterr 10
108 DD National
DD National
DD National or DD1 is Doordarshan's flagship channel and the most widely available terrestrial television channel in India.-The Early Years:...

109 SAB TV
SAB TV
SAB TV is an Indian general entertainment television channel that is owned by Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd and based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was launched on April 23, 2000 by Sri Adhikari Brothers as a general entertainment channel. In 2003, it was repositioned as a comedy-centric channel...

110 Zoom
111 STAR Utsav
STAR Utsav
STAR Utsav is a free-to-air Hindi general entertainment channel based in Mumbai. It shows some of STAR Plus' popular programs.This channel is available in India. STAR Utsav caters to viewers who have recently entered the fold of cable and satellite television...

113 Home Shop 18
111 Colors
116 UTV Bindass
124 DD Bharati
DD Bharati
DD Bharati is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Delhi.-History:DD-Bharati Channel was launched on 26 January 2002...

125 Star Plus HD
English Entertainment
135 AXN
AXN (India)
AXN India is a pay-tv, cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.-Operating channel:AXN IndiaAXN Pakistan...

136 STAR World
STAR World India
STAR World India is an English language television channel, part of the STAR World network, owned by Star TV broadcast in India. It syndicates popular shows from U.S. and U.K. to appeal to the English-speaking population of India and other South Asian countries...

137 Zee Café
Zee Cafe
Zee Café is an Indian cable and satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched on 15 March 2000 as Zee English and known for general entertainment channel...

138 BBC Entertainment
BBC Entertainment
BBC Entertainment is an international television channel showcasing comedy, drama, light entertainment and children's programming from the BBC and other UK production houses...

139 Big CBS Prime
Big CBS Prime
Big CBS Prime is an India based English language television channel started as a joint venture between Reliance Broadcast Network Limited and CBS Studios International. The channel went on air and began telecasting from November 29 at 8:30 PM....

140 Big CBS Love
Big CBS Love
Big CBS Love is an English-language started as a joint venture between Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. and CBS Studios International.It is India’s first International Women’s Entertainment Channel that is targeting young women between 20-34 years of age. This channel was launched on 21st March 2011...

141 Fox Crime
Fox Crime (Asia)
FOX Crime Asia is an Asian entertainment TV channel, owned and produced by Fox International Channels and distributed by STAR TV. This channel focus on crime and investigation series programs.-Current Programs:* 9MM* Alfred Hitchcock Presents...

142 FX
143 Big CBS Spark
Big CBS Spark
Big CBS Spark is an entertainment channel which is a joint venture between Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. and CBS Studios International. It is India’s first International Youth Entertainment Channel which targets the youth between the age of 15-24 yrs....

150 STAR World HD
Pay Per View
155 Airtel Movies 1
156 Airtel Movies 2
157 Airtel Movies 3
158 Star Gold Hitz
Hindi Movies
159 SuperHITZ
160 SET Max
SET Max
SET Max is Sony Entertainment Television Network's channel that provides its viewers a mix of Hindi Movies and cricket based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Among Hindi movie channels it competes mainly with Zee Cinema and STAR Gold in India. An HD version of the channel was introduced in 2010.-External...

161 Zee Cinema
Zee Cinema
Zee Cinema is a Hindi satellite movie channel in India based in Mumbai. The channel is owned by the popular Zee Entertainment Enterprises which is a part of Essel Group, and broadcasts in many countries around the world. The channel was formerly a part of STAR TV channel umbrella.Zee Cinema was the...

162 STAR Gold
STAR Gold
STAR Gold is a Hindi movie channel that is part of the STAR TV network and is owned by News Corporation. It features a mix of contemporary as well as classic movies from the 1950s to the present time...

163 Filmy
Filmy
Filmy is an Indian Hindi language movie channel based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is owned by Sahara One Media and Entertainment Limited and was launched on February 12, 2006.-Programming:Besides movies, Filmy also airs some original shows....

165 UTV Movies
UTV Movies
UTV Movies is a Hindi movie channel in India based in Mumbai, Maharashtra and is owned by UTV. It airs blockbuster bollywood films from UTV's own library as well as other major movie studios in India....

166 UTV Action
167 Zee Classic
180 STAR Gold HD
English Movies
190 STAR Movies
191 HBO
HBO Asia
HBO Asia is a franchise of HBO in Asia. HBO Asia is now a joint venture of media giants Viacom and Time Warner . Sony Pictures Entertainment and Universal Studios exited the fifteen year-old HBO Asia premium movie joint venture on January 16, 2008....

192 PIX
SET PIX
PIX is an Indian movie channel under the Sony Entertainment Network umbrella based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It features English language content and competes primarily with HBO and STAR Movies in India. This movie channel is also available in Singapore separate from Indian feed.-External links:* ...

193 WB
WB Channel
WB is a cable and satellite TV channel launched by Time Warner and Turner International India Pvt Ltd exclusively for India. The channel is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The channel features a mix of Hollywood movies and TV series from the WB Vault...

194 UTV World Movies
UTV World Movies
UTV World Movies is a movie channel and is part of the UTV network. It broadcasts movies of several languages, along with English subtitles.-External links:**...

195 MGM
MGM (TV channel)
MGM Channel is a 24-hour global-based network that was launched in 1999 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that airs movies from MGM's celebrated 4,000-title library - the largest modern film library in the world, including West Side Story, Midnight Cowboy, The Pope of Greenwich Village, The Manchurian...

196 Zee Studio
197 Movies Now
Movies Now
Movies Now is an Indian English HD movie channel mainly featuring Hollywood movies. It is available in India. It was launched on 19 December 2010.It has a picture quality of 1080i and 5.1 surround sound....

210 Movies Now HD
211 STAR Movies HD
Sports
224 TEN Cricket
TEN Cricket
TEN Cricket is a 24-hour sports channel dedicated to cricket. The channel is part of Taj Television India, owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises which is part of the Essel Group. TEN Cricket was launched on August 10, 2010. TEN Cricket is one of the three channels broadcast by the network, the...

225 ESPN
ESPN Star Sports
ESPN Star Sports is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and News Corporation...

226 STAR Sports
STAR Sports
STAR Sports is a cable sports network owned by STAR TV and ESPN. It shows sports programs. In partnership with ESPN, its corporate name is ESPN STAR Sports. They are the official Asian station of the Barclays Premier League...

227 STAR Cricket
STAR Cricket
Part of the ESPN-STAR network, STAR Cricket is a 24-hour cricket channel targeting Indian audiences owned by STAR TV. A channel showcasing first-class cricket action from around the globe, it broadcasts live and prerecorded international and regional cricket events as well as programming customised...

228 NEO Sports
NEO Sports Plus
NEO Sports is an Indian pay television channel, which broadcasts sports entertainment programming. Launched on October 1, 2006.It has rights to air some Bundesliga and Serie A matches on their popular program 'Football Plus'....

229 NEO Cricket
NEO Cricket
NEO Cricket is a channel dedicated to cricket entertainment. Launched on April 2, 2008. It is a part of Nimbus Communications Ltd and is headquartered in Mumbai, India and broadcasts to 30 countries....

230 TEN Sports
TEN Sports
TEN SPORTS is a sports channel, widely broadcast in Asia. Its key programming includes Cricket, Football and sports-entertainment shows viz. WWE. Ten Sports was launched on April 1, 2002, and became the world's premier sports channel for South Asians, reaching over 55 million homes across the Arab...

231 TEN Action+
232 DD Sports
DD Sports
DD Sports is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Delhi. -History:DD Sports remains the country's only free-to-air sports channel...

News
275 STAR News
STAR News
STAR News is the Hindi language news channel of STAR TV based in Mumbai. The channel is a co-production of STAR Group and ABP Pvt. Ltd...

276 Zee News
Zee News
Zee News, the news and current affairs channel, is the oldest channel of Zee News Ltd, founded in 1992. It was the first 24-hour Hindi current affairs and news channel in India. In spite of being the only pay channel in its genre, it maintains its position among the top three Hindi news channels in...

277 Aaj Tak
Aaj Tak
Aaj Tak is a 24-hour Hindi news television channel owned by TV Today Network Ltd. Aaj Tak loosely translates as "Till Today" or "Up to the Minute". Watched by some 45 million viewers in India’s cable and satellite universe, Aaj Tak is one of India’s largest privately owned news channels...

278 India TV
India TV
India TV is a Hindi news channel based in Film City, Noida, India. It is a news channel that has appealed to the Indian masses for its unique style of presentation that is targeted at the common man and not at the elite unlike most news channels...

279 NDTV India
NDTV India
NDTV India is a premier Hindi language news channel in India that is owned by New Delhi Television Ltd. Noted journalist Vinod Dua has been associated with this channel.-History:...

280 DD News
DD News
The Doordarshan News, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "DD News", is a state-owned TV news channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Delhi. The Prasar Bharati Board approved the proposal to start a 24-hours news channel in place of DD Metro. This was subsequently approved by the...

281 IBN-7
IBN-7
IBN-7 is a Hindi news television channel owned by Network 18 Ltd based in Mumbai.IBN-7 - formerly Channel 7 was acquired from Jagran TV, owned by the Dainik Jagran group of companies, in 2006 and rebranded IBN-7. IBN-7 is the Hindi news channel of IBN18 Broadcast Limited, which is part of Network...

282 News 24
283 Lok Sabha TV
284 DD Rajya Sabha
285 CNBC Awaaz
CNBC Awaaz
CNBC Awaaz is a business news TV channel in India. The channel is a joint venture between CNBC and Television Eighteen IndiaLimited based in Mumbai.- Competitors :* ET Now* NDTV Profit* Zee Business* NDTV 24x7* Times Now* Headlines Today...

286 Zee Business
Zee Business
Zee Business is one of the fastest growing Hindi business news channel in India based in Mumbai. The channel has redefined business news, by its innovative programming and path-breaking strategy of making business news a 24/7 activity and not just limited to the stock market...

287 ETV Bihar
288 ETV Rajasthan
289 ETV UP
291 CNEB
292 ETV MP
ETV Network (India)
ETV2 is first 24-hour Telugu news channel in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of the many channels which telecast news in pure Telugu language....

293 Zee Chattisgarh
294 Total TV
295 Day & Night News
296 India News
India News
India News is a Hindi language Indian TV news channel. The Channel is run by Kartikeya Sharma. The Indian company ITV Media Group runs the channel.-About:The network broadcasts 24-hour a day, all throughout the year...

297 Live India
Live India
Live India is an Indian Hindi TV channel owned by Broadcast Initiatives Ltd., focusing on news and commentary. It was earlier known as Janmat, when it was focused on "views"; now the channel is sometimes called Live India .In a Rs...

300 Times Now
Times Now
Times Now is a 24-hour English language news channel based in Mumbai and broadcast primarily in the South Asian region. The channel was launched in 2006 as a joint-venture of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., the publishers of The Times of India and Reuters. Arnab Goswami is the Editor-in Chief and...

301 NDTV 24x7
NDTV 24x7
NDTV 24x7 is a premier English language television network that carries news and current affairs in India, it is owned by New Delhi Television Ltd. NDTV 24x7 won the Asian Television Award for Best News Programme in 2005....

302 CNN-IBN
303 Headlines Today
Headlines Today
Headlines Today is a popular 24-hour English language television network that carries news, current affairs and business programming in India, the channel is sponsored by TV Today Network Ltd. which is a part of the well-known India Today Group...

304 CNBC TV18
CNBC-TV18
CNBC-TV18 is a business news channel broadcast in India based in Mumbai. The channel was launched in India on December 7, 1999. It was the first business news channel launched in India and still the leads that genre....

305 NDTV Profit
NDTV Profit
NDTV Profit is a business news channel started by New Delhi Television in January 2005. Started to provide competition to the monopoly enjoyed by CNBC-TV18, the channel has managed to garner a decent market share....

306 Bloomberg UTV
307 BBC World News
308 CNN
CNN International
CNN International is an international English language television network that carries news, current affairs, politics, opinions, and business programming worldwide. CNN is one of the world's largest news organizations. It is owned by Time Warner, and is affiliated with CNN, which is mainly...

309 ET Now
ET Now
ET NOW is a business news channel in India, owned and operated by the Times Group. The news channel has a strategic partnership with Reuters, a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters....

311 RT
RT (TV network)
RT, previously known as Russia Today, is a global multilingual television news network based in the Russian Federation run by the state-owned state-run RIA Novosti....

Lifestyle
325 TLC
326 NDTV Good Times
NDTV GOOD TIMES
NDTV Good Times is an India-based lifestyle television channel that is owned by New Delhi Television. The channel is a joint venture between NDTV and Vijay Mallya's UB Group and it launched in September 2007....

327 FOOD FOOD
328 Zee Trendz
329 Fashion TV
Fashion TV
Fashion TV is an international fashion and lifestyle broadcasting television channel. It was founded in France in 1997 by its Polish-born president Michel Adam Lisowski, Fashion TV is the only 24/7 international TV network exclusively dedicated to fashion, beauty, glamour and style and has become...

Infotainment
338 Discovery World HD
Discovery HD
Discovery HD is the international name of the high-definition television channels from Discovery Communications.The international Discovery HD first launched in Korea on February 2005 as a programming block...

339 National Geographic Channel HD
340 Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...

341 National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Channel (Asia)
The National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated as Nat Geo, is an Asian subscription television channel that features non-fiction, factual programming involving nature, science, culture, and history, produced by the National Geographic Society, just like History and the Discovery...

342 Fox History & Traveller
343 Animal Planet
Animal Planet India
Animal Planet India is an Indian television channel.The channel launched on March 29, 1999. The launch was delayed by a few months. A Hindi language feed was introduced on April 1, 2008. The channel adopted its current logo on October 1, 2008....

344 DD Gyan Darshan
345 Topper
346 Discovery Science
347 Discovery Turbo
Discovery Turbo (Asia)
Discovery Turbo is a male oriented factual television channel devoted to programming about cars, bikes, boats, and planes. The channel is owned by Discovery Networks Europe...

Kids
354 CBeebies
CBeebies
CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...

355 Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (India)
Cartoon Network is a cable and satellite television channel created by Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner which primarily shows animated programming.-History:...

356 Pogo
357 Hungama
Hungama TV
Hungama TV is a TV channel for kids in India based in Mumbai. Originally a subsidiary of UTV Software Communications launched in 2004, the channel was sold to Disney in 2006. The channel retained its own identity and is helping to increase Disney's presence in India...

358 Nickelodeon
359 Disney XD
Disney XD (India)
Disney XD is a television channel broadcasting in India, owned by The Walt Disney Company. It is a merger between Jetix and Toon Disney as one channel, unlike Toon Disney which aired action shows under a block called Jetix and animated in the channel itself, Disney XD will have no action dedicated...

360 Disney Channel
Disney Channel India
For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel . For the original Disney Channel, see Disney Channel.Disney Channel India is an Indian television channel specializing in television programming for children through original series and movies as well as third party programming...

361 Animax
Music
380 MTV
MTV India
MTV India is the Indian version of MTV , a channel specialising in music and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 and is now part of the Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd based in Mumbai. . "MTV India" is one of the oldest Music Television Networks in Asia...

381 Channel V
Channel V
Channel [V] is the brand name for multiple international music television networks owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation.-Channel [V] International:...

382 9XM
9XM
9X Media Pvt. Ltd. is a prominent television network / broadcaster in India. 9X Media is owned by a consortium of Private Equity Fund investors.-Stations:...

383 B4U Music
B4U Music
B4U Music is a music-themed digital TV channel available on more than 8 different satellites, in more than 100 countries including the USA, UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Mauritius, Canada and India...

384 Mastiii
385 Zee ETC
386 VH1
VH1 India
VH1 India is a music channel in India. It is the sister channel to MTV India, which was launched in 2005. In December 2004, MTV India and Zee-Turner teamed up to bring VH1 to India. In India, VH1 is a 24-hour pay channel caters to the 13–35 age group. VH1 primarily focuses on international genres...

387 E24
Tamil
500 Sun TV
Sun TV (India)
Sun TV is a regional Indian cable television station. It is the flagship channel of the Chennai-based Sun Network. It was founded and currently owned by Kalanidhi Maran. It was the first fully privately owned television channel in India when it emerged in 1992...

501 KTV
502 STAR Vijay
STAR Vijay
STAR Vijay is a popular Indian entertainment channel broadcasting in Tamil. The channel is also available in several other nations as well. The channel is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation...

503 Kalaignar TV
Kalaignar TV
Kalaignar TV is a Tamil language satellite television channel based in Chennai, India.-History:After disputes between Kalanithi Maran and M. K. Azhagiri, Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi launched this channel on September 15 2007...

504 Jaya TV
Jaya TV
Jaya TV is one of the major Tamil language satellite television channels based in Chennai, India. Jaya TV is one of the early Tamil channels to entertain the Tamil audiences spread across Globe....

505 Sun Music
Sun Music
Sun Music is a 24-hour music channel led by the well-known Sun Network of India. The channel features Tamil music from Kollywood...

506 Chutti TV
Chutti TV
Chutti TV is a 24-hour Tamil language television channel owned by the Sun Network. The target audience are children aged between 3 and 14. It was launched in 2007, making it Sun TV Network's first ever television channel for kids....

507 Raj TV
Raj Network
Raj Network is a South Indian satellite television network and is based in Chennai, India. The Raj Television Network was started in 1994 to provide wholesome entertainment for the entire family. The Network runs a number of serials, chat shows and game shows...

508 Sun News
Sun News (India)
Sun News is a part of India's largest media conglomerate, Sun Network, based in Chennai,India having a reach of more than 95 million households in India...

509 Jaya Plus
510 Isai Aruvi
511 Polimer TV
512 Sirippoli
513 Makkal TV
Makkal TV
Makkal TV is a Tamil language TV channel. It was launched on 6 September 2006 and is promoted by Makkal Tholai Thodarpu Kuzhumam. Pattali Makkal Katchi leader Ramadoss is the founder of TV, Venu Sanjeevi is the Managing Director .- External links :...

514 Angel TV
515 Jaya Max
516 DD Podhigai
Podhigai TV
DD Podhigai is Doordarshan's Tamil language regional channel. It is broadcast both terrestrially and via satellite.-History:Doordarshan Kendra Chennai's Regional satellite Network, DD-5, was launched on 15 April 1993. This service is viewed in India and some parts of the world...

517 Adithya TV
Adithya TV
Adithya TV is a 24-hour comedy channel from the Sun TV Network in India. The channel also plays Telugu music from Tollywood. The songs are in large part played by audience request....

518 Captain TV
Captain TV
Captain TV is a 24-hour television channel started on 14 April 2010 by Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam which is a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The managing director of Captain Media is LK Sudish, brother-in-law of Vijayakanth who is the party's president and a Tamil actor....

519 Vasanth TV
Telugu
520 Gemini TV
Gemini TV
Gemini TV is a Telugu language Indian Television channel offered by Sun Network. The channel's programming includes serials, films,interactive film-based programs, game shows and News....

521 ETV Telugu
522 Gemini Movies
Gemini Movies
Gemini Movies is a Telugu language Indian Television channel offered by Sun Network. It was previously Teja TV. It is the only 24 hour movie channel in Telugu. It also telecasts movie based programs, songs and film news.-External links:**...

523 Maa TV
MAA TV
Maa TV is a Telugu-language television channel based in Hyderabad, India.MAA TV was founded by PENMETSA MURALI KRISHNAM RAJU.It is one of the leading Telugu-language TV channels in Andhra Pradesh, India....

524 Zee Telugu
Zee Telugu
Zee Telugu is a Telugu-language cable television channel in India. It is offered by Zee Network, part of the Essel Group.By 2004, the Zee Network already had a strong presence in northern and eastern India, with channels in Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, and Punjabi; their proposed Telugu-language...

525 ETV 2
526 TV9 Telugu
TV9 (Telugu)
TV9 is a Telugu news channel started in January 2004 by a team of journalists led by Ravi PrakashIt gained instant popularity among the masses with the punchline "మెరుగైన సమాజం కొసం". Currently it is no 1 telugu news channel in India...

527 Gemini Music
Gemini Music
Gemini Music is the first non-stop Telugu language music channel, operated by the Sun TV Network in India. It was initially launched as Adithya TV, but was later renamed Gemini Music. It is popular for live, interactive shows....

528 NTV
NTV (India)
NTV is an Indian regional news channel launched on August 30, 2007 along with South India's first devotional channel Bhakti TV by Rachana Television Private Limited . It is described as South India's first devotional channel. NTV stands for Next Generation TV...

529 ABN Andhra Jyothi
ABN Andhra Jyothi
ABN Andhra Jyothi is a Telugu News Channel which was launched on 15 October 2009 from the stable of the Telugu daily – Andhra Jyothi.The company has received the permission to launch ABN Andhra Jyothi. ABN stands for Amoda Broadcasting Network, the company that will bring out this news channel....

530 SVBC
SVBC TV
Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel is first 24-hour Telugu devotional channel dedicated to broadcast hindu devotional programmes and live telecasts of poojas perormed in Tirumal tiupati devastanam from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, India....

531 Subhavaartha
532 Gemini News
Gemini News
Gemini News is a 24-hour News Channel from the Sun Network of India. Though the channel was launched in May 2004 with much publicity, it failed to attract the viewers. Critics have blamed poor technical standards for the channel's lack of popularity. Now, the Sun Network is planning to revamp the...

533 Gemini Comedy
Gemini Comedy
Gemini Comedy is a 24 hour comedy channel from the Sun TV Network....

534 Sakshi TV
Sakshi TV
Sakshi TV is a Telugu news television channel. It belongs to Sakshi group. The channel's ceo is Priyadarshini Ram, under the chairmanship Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy.-History:The channel started airing on March 1, 2009....

536 TV5 Telugu
TV5 (India)
TV5 is a 24-hour Telugu language news channel in India. It was inaugurated on October 2, 2007 by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy. The channel's Output Editor is Mr. Brahmananda Reddy and Input Editor is Mr. Venkata Krishna...

537 Maa Movies
538 Maa Music
Bengali
539 Kolkata TV
Kolkata TV
Kolkata TV is a 24-hour Bengali news channel launched by SST Media in 2006. Now owned by Associated Broadcasting Company Limited which had purchased 86% stake in Kolkata TV. The channel is now a part of TV9 network of channels. It is being run by its 171 employees. The headquartered of the channel...

540 Zee Bangla
Zee Bangla
Zee Bangla is a Bengali language cable television channel in India. It is offered by Zee Network, part of the Essel Group.It was actually first launched in the year 1996, but was taken off air within two months due to its poor popularity. It was relaunched as Alpha Bangla in the year 1999. It ran...

541 ETV Bangla
ETV Bangla
ETV Bangla is a popular 24-hour, Bengali language, television channel. It is a part of the ETV Network group of channels owned by the Ramoji Group of Hyderabad, India...

542 Akash Bangla
Akash Bangla
Akash Bangla is a famous Bengali television station that displays daily soap operas, serials and movies for the common people in India and abroad. Some of the famous daily serials are listed below -- Popular programmes :...

543 STAR Ananda
STAR Ananda
STAR Ananda is a Bengali language 24-hour cable and satellite television news channel. The channel is a joint venture between STAR Group and Anandabazar Patrika...

544 24 Ghanta
24 Ghanta
is a 24x7 Bengali news channel, covers local news of West Bengal, India as well as other national and International News, owned by the Zee Akaash News Pvt. Ltd.. The channel believes in Leftism...

545 STAR Jalsha
Star Jalsha
STAR Jalsha , the newest Bengali General Entertainment channel, owned by STAR TV.STAR Jalsha sets itself with the philosophy of 'celebrating a better tomorrow'. In line with the aspirations of millions of households in the new Bengal, STAR Jalsha is poised to be the brightest star in Bengali...

546 Sananda TV
547 Sony Aath
Sony Aath
Sony Aath is a Bengali Language Movie Channel from Sony. It was formerly owned by Ashok Surana, founder of Channel Eight group...

548 Rupashi Bangla
549 Sangeet Bangla
Sangeet Bangla
Sangeet Bangla is a national Bengali Music Entertainment Channel in India. This channel is co-production of Media Worldwide. It is a 24-hour free-to-air channel, and was launched in 2005.-Programmes:*Baap Re Ki Shooting *Chal Dhannooo *Tawk Jhal Aunty...

699 DD Bangla
DD Bangla
DD Bangla is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Kolkata.-History:DD Bangla is the Bengali language satellite channel supported by Doordarshan studios in Kolkata, Shantiniketan and Jalpaiguri, which are small regions near Kolkata...

Marathi
550 Zee Marathi
Zee Marathi
Zee Marathi is India-based satellite television channel, which carries broadcasts in Marathi. Zee Network, India's leading infotainment network launched it in the year 1999. It is the most viewed television channel in Mumbai...

551 ETV Marathi
ETV Marathi
ETV Marathi is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Marathi entertainment based in Mumbai.The Channel gained popularity with its Longest running Daily Soap Char Diwas Sasuche that has completed 5 years & more than 1200 episodes...

552 STAR Majha
Star Majha
STAR Majha is a 24-hour free-to-air Marathi news channel broadcast in India based in Mumbai. It was launched on 22 June 2007 and delivers news in the Marathi language. The channel is a joint venture between STAR Group and ABP Pvt. Ltd, which also runs two other news channels: STAR News and STAR...

553 Zee Talkies
Zee Talkies
Zee Talkies is a Marathi television channel broadcasting Marathi movies by Zee Entertainment. Its the only Marathi movie channel broadcasting old classics and latest Marathi movies 24 hours a day. Zee Talkies was launched on 25 August 2007 by Zee Network with the sole objective of maximising the...

554 Saam TV
555 STAR Pravah
STAR Pravah
STAR Pravah, the new Marathi General Entertainment TV Channel launched by STAR Entertainment Media Private Limited. Featuring innovative programs with the amalgamation of realism and wholesome family entertainment, STAR Pravah aims to capture the essence and cultural depth of the Marathi hinterland...

556 Mi Marathi
Mi Marathi
Mi Marathi , is an entertainment television channel owned by Shri Adhikari Brothers in Marathi language.Mi Marathi programming primarily consists of family dramas, Cookery shows, News and Movies.-Important shows on this Channel :* Avaaj Maharshtracha* Nana-O-Nana...

557 IBN Lokmat
558 Zee 24 Taas
Zee 24 Taas
ZEE 24 TAAS is a 24-hour Marathi news channel broadcast in India based in Mumbai. It was launched on 12th Feb 2007. Zee 24 Taas created history by becoming the first 24/7 Marathi News Channel of India. Since its inception Zee 24 Taas has always been ahead in delivering quality and hardcore news...

559 DD Sahyadri
DD Sahyadri
DD Sahyadri is an Indian Channel displayed on TV in the state of Maharashtra. It shows serials meant for older women and programs such as Gotya for children's Entertaintment....

Kannada
560 Udaya TV
Udaya TV
Udaya TV is a regional Kannada language Indian cable television station. It is also the very first Kannada satellite channel in India.The channel is part of the Chennai based Sun Network of Tamil Nadu....

561 ETV Kannada
562 Udaya Movies
Udaya Movies
Udaya Movies is an Indian regional cable television station in the Kannada language and is part of the Sun Network.The channel is broadcast in several nations including India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia...

563 Zee Kannada
Zee Kannada
Zee Kannada is a 24 hour Kannada-language channel that launched in May 2006 and is owned by Zee Network. It features a wide array of programming including series, movies, soap-operas, gameshows, talk shows and current affairs programmes. It is a subscription channel that is available via cable and...

564 TV 9 Kannada
TV9 (Kannada)
TV 9 is a 24 hour Kannada language news television channel that was launched on 22 June, 2006. The channel is owned by Sneha Television network, which also operates a Telugu news channel. TV9 Kannada has a wide range of programmes ranging from hourly news, analysis of major news events and...

565 Asianet Suvarna
Asianet Suvarna
Asianet Suvarna is a Kannada language channel owned by Asianet Communications Limited, aimed at the Kannada-speaking population in the south Indian state of Karnataka and neighbouring regions. Launched with the tag line "24 carat manoranjane", the channel airs soap operas, talk shows, news...

566 U2
U2 Kannada Music TV Channel
U2 is Kannada music channel which is a part of the Sun Network.-Shows:-External links:*...

567 DD Chandana
DD Chandana
DD Chandana is a Kannada TV channel owned and operated by Prasar Bharati under Doordarshan, supported by Doordarshan studios in Bangalore and Gulbarga. Launched in 1994 DD Chandana has entertainment serials, infotainment programmes, news and current affairs, social programmes and film programmes...

568 Kasthuri TV
Kasthuri TV
Kasturi is a 24 hour Kannada language television channel that was launched on 26 September 2007. The channel is owned by Kasturi Media Private Limited, which is managed by Anitha Kumaraswamy, wife of the ex-chief minister of Karnataka, H D Kumaraswamy.It is the only kannada channel owned by...

569 Udaya Varthegalu
593 Udaya Comedy
594 Suvarna News 24x7
Suvarna News
Suvarna News 24X7 is Asianet’s second channel in the Kannada speaking market. In June 2007, it launched Suvarna TV, a Kannada GEC. It was launched on 31 March 2008. The positioning line for the channel is Nera Ditta Nirantara...

Malayalam
570 Asianet
Asianet
Asianet Communications Limited is an Indian media conglomerate jointly owned by STAR TV and Jupiter Entertainment. Formed in 1991 and headquartered in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in the south Indian state of Kerala, the company owns several television channels including Asianet, the first...

571 Surya TV
Surya TV
Surya TV is a Malayalam television channel in India. Established in 1998 October 7, Surya TV is the first digital channel of India and now the channel is telecasted in MPEG4 format. The channel is in the second position among Malayalam channels. The channel is part of Sun Network and telecast...

572 Kiran
Kiran TV
Kiran TV is the second Malayalam channel from Sun Network, which is based in Trivandrum, Kerala, India. It is a 24 hour Music channel, with more than 12 hours of live film songs and SMS messaging facility. The channel also airs one movie everyday and plays film songs regularly.Vijith NairArun...

573 Manorama News
574 Kairali
Kairali TV
Kairali TV is an Indian television channel broadcasting in the Malayalam language catering to the Malayalam speaking population in Kerala as well as abroad . The channel, headquartered in Trivandrum, has studio facilities in Trivandrum as well as Kochi. Malayalam Communications Limited is the...

575 Asianet Plus
576 Amrita
Amrita TV
Amrita TV, launched in 2005, as a 24-hour Malayalam, general entertainment & news satellite channel with a global footprint, has been honoured with 54 State Awards for Excellence in Television—the only channel in India to be bestowed with such a recognition in just two years since inception...

577 Asianet News
578 Indiavision
Indiavision
Indiavision is an Indian news channel in Malayalam language based at Kochi, Kerala state. Founded in 2003, it was the first exclusive news channel in Malayalam. It has its registered office at Edappally in Kochi and its telecasting studio is located at Padivattom, Kochi. Indiavision started...

579 Kairali We
588 DD Malayalam
589 Jeevan TV
Jeevan TV
Jeevan TV is a 24 hour Malayalam television channel, with its headquarters at Palarivattom, Kochi, India. It uses the slogan "The complete family channel". Further it is a semi news channel. It is promoted by Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur. Andrews Thazhath, Metropolitan Arch Bishop...

Punjabi
580 ETC Punjabi
581 mh1
ATN MH 1
ATN MH 1 is a Canadian Category B Punjabi language specialty channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It broadcasts programming from MH1 and Canadian content...

582 Zee Punjabi
583 PTC Punjabi
PTC Punjabi
PTC Punjabi is a popular Punjabi television network from India and is owned by PTC Network. It features general interest programming including news, dramas, comedies, music and talk shows...

584 PTC News
585 DD Punjabi
DD Punjabi
DD Punjabi is a state-owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Jalandhar, India.-History:DD Punjabi Channel was launched in 1998, and it became a 24-hour service within two years...

586 Time TV
587 PTC Chakde
Gujarati
590 ETV Gujarati
ETV Gujarati
ETV Gujarati is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Gujarati entertainment based in Ahmedabad.The Channel gained popularity with its Longest running Cookery Show Rasoi Show that has completed 5 years & more than 1200 episodes.ETV Gujarati is the first private owned successful...

591 DD Gujarati
592 TV9 Gujarati
Oriya
600 ETV Oriya
601 Orissa TV
OrissaTV
Orissa TV or OTV is a regional Oriya language Indian cable television station. It is the flagship channel of the Bhubaneswar-based Orissa Television Network.It was started and promoted by Mrs Jagi mangat Panda...

602 DD Oriya
DD Oriya
DD Oriya is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Bhubaneshwar.-History:DD Oriya is a leading round the clock satellite channel broadcasting in Oriya language. It was launched in 1994. DD Oriya broadcasts serials, cultural programmes, infotainment programmes, news and current...

603 Tarang TV
Tarang TV
Tarang Television, commonly known as Tarang TV, is one of the Orissa’s most popular Oriya-language based general entertainment channel. Based in Bhubaneswar, India, it is owned by Orissa Television Ltd. Tarang is a digitally encrypted 24x7 Oriya entertainment channel. It gives viewers family...

604 Tarang Music
Tarang Music
Tarang Music is a 24-hour music channel led by the well-known Orissa Television Ltd of India. The channel features Oriya music from Ollywood and Various other music video from Orissa...

605 Prarthna TV
Urdu
610 ETV Urdu
611 DD Urdu
DD Urdu
DD Urdu is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra in Delhi.- See also:* List of programs broadcast by DD National* All India Radio* Ministry of Information and Broadcasting* DD Direct Plus...

612 DD Kashir
DD Kashir
DD Kashir is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar, Jammu and Leh.-History:DD Kashir is the Kashmiri language satellite channel supported by Doordarshan studios in Srinagar, Jammu and Leh...

North East
620 NE TV
621 News Live
News Live
News Live is a 24 hour satellite channel of Assam, northeast India. Newslivetv.com is the official portal of the news channel. This is second satellite news chennal of northeast India. News Live broadcasts news in Assamese & English language. It was launched on 21 January 2008.-Bureau:News Live has...

622 Nepal 1
Nepal 1
Nepal 1 is the first Nepali language Satellite Channel from India. Nepal 1 is primarily targeted towards homes of the Nepalese community in North Bengal, Sikkim and North Eastern States in India, the whole of Nepal, Myanmar, and Malaysia, right up to Hong Kong....

623 DD North East
DD North-East
DD North-East is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra in Guwahati, Agartala, Kohima, Imphal, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Tura, Aizawl, Itanagar and Shillong.-History:...

624 DY365
625 Rang
Rang (TV Channel)
Rang is an Assamese language general entertainment television channel owned by Pride East Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. of Guwahati, Assam. It is a sister channel of popular Assamese news channel News Live.-Drama and Comedy:*Anuradha*Adhikar...

626 NE Hi-Fi
Bhojpuri
630 Mahuaa TV
Mahuaa TV
Mahuaa TV is the first of its kind Bhojpuri channel which unlocks the Bhojpuri heartland.Now Mahuaa TV is expanding. This 24 Hr Bhojpuri General Entertainment channel, seeks to identify with and meet the needs of the Bhojpuri Community through its programs which have a strong local essence and the...

631 Magik TV
Punjabi
658 DD Punjabi
659 9X Tashan
Devotional
690 Aastha
Aastha TV
Aastha TV is India’s No. 1 spiritual TV network, Established in 2000 it is owned by 'Aastha Broadcasting Network Ltd.', which is listed at Bombay Stock Exchange and has Santosh Kumar Jain and Prabhat Kumar Jain as its Directors...

691 Sanskar
Sanskar TV
Sanskar TV is an Indian television channel that is primarily dedicated to broadcasting Hindu spiritual programmes....

693 Mh1 Shraddha
694 Shalom TV
Shalom TV India
- History :Shalom television broadcasts Christian programming in the Asia, UK, Europe and the US.Shalom is a non-profit organization with publications; Shalom Times, Shalom Tidings and Sunday Shalom.- Network :...

695 GOD TV
GOD TV
GOD TV is an international Christian television broadcaster that transmits the GOD Channel from Jerusalem.The network’s Free-to-air signal is carried via multiple satellites 24-hours-a-day providing programming at no charge to viewers. This ranges from Bible teaching to motivational seminars,...

696 Paras TV
Paras TV
-'Paras tv channel' - Acclamation of Ahimsa:This is an Indian tv channel based on Jain Religion.Which is telecasting across the world.In INDIA* Videocon D2H channel no. 681* Airtel digital TV on channel no. 696...

697 Sadhna TV
Sadhna TV
Sadhna TV is an Indian spiritual television network owned and operated by Sadhna Group. It was launched on 18 April 2003.-Availability on DTH providers:The following is the list of DTH providers...

698 Bhakti TV
Bhakti TV
Bhakti TV is a devotional channel in Telugu which caters to the people of all religions. It is a sister channel of NTV. It was launched on August 30, 2007, the same day when NTV was launched officially. Its south India's first Telugu devotional channel....

699 Sananda TV


Reviews and Recognition

  • Rated as the best DTH service in India in a review by Living Digital Magazine on December 2, 2008.

  • Tagged as "the most tech savvy operator" and recommended as the most technically advanced service by Times of India in a DTH review dated August 14, 2011.

  • Airtel Digital TV [HD] Recorder was rated as the best HD DVR in India over Tata Sky+ HD in an independent comparison carried out by Techwek.com. Airtel's HD DVR was rated 9/10 overall in the review.

See also

  • DD Direct+
  • Dish TV
    Dish TV
    Dish TV India Limited is an Indian company engaged in the business of providing direct-to-home satellite television service, which includes teleport service, customer support and transponder space leasing. Dishtv is a division of Zee Network Enterprise . It uses MPEG-2 digital compression...

  • Reliance Big TV
    Big TV
    Big TV! is the working name of film directors Andy Delaney and Monty Whitebloom. They are employed by DNA, Inc. and are known for their commercials and music videos....

  • Sun Direct
  • TATA Sky
    Tata Sky
    TATA Sky is a direct broadcast satellite television provider in India, using MPEG-2 digital compression technology, transmitting using INSAT 4A at 83.0°E....

  • Videocon D2H
    Videocon d2h
    Videocon d2h is one of the largest Indian pay TV provider, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to commercial and residential customers in India...

  • Bharti Airtel
    Bharti Airtel
    Bharti Airtel Limited , commonly known as Airtel, is an Indian telecommunications company that operates in 20 countries across South Asia, Africa and the Channel Islands. It operates a GSM network in all countries, providing 2G or 3G services depending upon the country of operation...


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