Tata Sky does the same thing flawlessly. It's a shame that Airtel couldn't handle such a simple thing after years of experience in DTH industry. And saying it's not a bug doesn't make sense, it's absolutely a bug and it's very annoying one at that period
We all know bhai Tata Sky is ahead in technology implementation. Afterall all the past years they got fixed long term deals with broadcasters at lower price and charged max from subscribers, profit margin was high and surely they have invested part of it in building good infrastructure.
Airtel has had tough times bcoz of Jio but still managing quite well. Honestly we cannot expect them to be at par with Tata Sky despite all the issues they had to encounter. For example i want to have dosa then some regular famous shop will offer the same at Rs. 120 but maybe not offer standard of service or facilities which a 5 star hotel would provide by charging around Rs. 300 for it. As i said its upto consumer which options suits him or her the best.