India has 186 pay TV channels, says TRAI

[Dileep Kumar]

→ MUMBAI: There are a total of 186 pay channels in the country, as per the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator report.

The number of pay channels has been arrived at based on the wholesale channel rates provided by broadcasters to the TRAI.

During the quarter ended June 2014, the distribution of Fox Sports News was discontinued by Star India.

Broadcasting & Cable Services

No.of private satellite TV channels registered with Ministry of I&B
797

Number of private FM Radio Stations
243

Registered DTH Subscribers
67.57 Million

Active DTH Subscribers
38.24 Million

Digital cable is offering a maximum of 386 TV channels.

In conventional analogue form, the maximum number of channels being carried by any reporting multi-system operator (MSO) is 100.

The report also states that there are 243 private FM radio stations in operation till June-end. Prior data showed 242 stations, as per the information received from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

India has 186 pay TV channels, says TRAI | TelevisionPost.com

 

[SarFa]

Good Informative Share @Dileep Bro.

 

[sukhsandhu]

in india.if there is pay channel then why they stil.show adds??

 

[sukhsandhu]

in india.if there is pay channel then why they stil.show adds??

 

[SarFa]

To earn more money from the advertisers.