3 DTH operators in talks to form JV for content and carriage

[jayanji]

MUMBAI: Three leading direct-to-home (DTH) operators are in talks to form a joint venture that will seek to reduce their content costs and demand higher carriage from the broadcasters. Dish TV, Videocon d2h and Airtel Digital TV are in discussions to set up a JV where they will have equal stakes, according to a source familiar with the development. The broad intent of the three DTH companies is to have a structure similar to the channel distribution companies. This will allow them muscle power to negotiate with the broadcasters on content and carriage deals. “We are in talks with two other DTH companies to form a JV that will work on content and carriage agreements with broadcasters. The idea is to float a combined entity with equal stakes of the three partners,” Dish TV chief executive officer R C Venkateish told TelevisionPost.com. Venkateish, however, declined to divulge the names of the two partners with whom Dish TV is in talks. Videocon d2h CEO Anil Khera and Airtel Digital TV CEO Shashi Arora were not available for their comments.

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[people]

Dish tv only always initiate the issue,after Entertainment tax now handle the carriage fee issue.good work dish tv (leader of DTH).

 

[DestinyAwaits]

If they are allowed to form a JV..
Will they be sharing channels between them... means the sats..

 

[Anirudha]

Great news for all the customer of D2H, Dish Tv, Digital Tv

 

[Pugazhbalaji]

Good news

 

[people]

If they are allowed to form a JV..
Will they be sharing channels between them... means the sats..

not possible,dish and airtel can merge.
but the above news not related to merging companies,they are combined together and fighting for carriage fee issue.

 

[jayanji]

If it's a success, then there are chances of the 3 DTH having same channel line up

 

[shawl_who]

The major problem for all DTHs is that they have to shell out huge money for TP space, and with growing no. of channels, no sat. space is big for them.

But, I think it wont be a feasible venture, if all 3 of them decide to go through it. :u

 

[Karthik]

What will happen with this JV ?

 

[SUNIEL]

What will happen with this JV ?

when a channel want to carry it on any dth [in case of fta channels]. Channel give more carries fee to one particular dth and get popularity hence other dth user force to add that channel and in this case channel not ready to pay carries fee to other dth. This is the main issue.
What can do dth by Jv?
Simple no dth[if they unite] will carry a channel till channel ready to pay carries fee for all dth. Very simple.