Tatas, Bharti on a call to explore joint front in telecom and DTH

[Sarkar]

80cr profit against 6700 cr debt

Situations are not much different in other sectors also. Atleast they hv the capability to repay bank emi unlike many companies like Rcom, Sahara, kingfisher etc

 

[Vishnu777]

If Airtel and Tata sky merges then they can destruct the DTH Industry....becoz now they are the powerful DTH at the moment.

 

[Vishnu777]

Will Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV merge?

MUMBAI: After the merger pact between Dish TV and Videocon d2h, it is the turn of Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV to explore the possibility of a deal.

The two direct-to-home (DTH) companies are in exploratory talks for a merger. This is part of a broader discussion between the Tata Group and Bharti Enterprises to evaluate an alliance that would also involve their telecom, overseas cable and enterprise services.
While there is a need for the Indian telecom market to consolidate in the wake of an aggressive pricing strategy rolled out by Reliance Jio, the DTH sector also needs to narrow down the number of players to offer better scope for profitability.

Dish TV and Videocon d2h are merging their assets to create the largest DTH company in India and the second-largest in the world by subscribers. While Dish TV ended FY17 with 15.3 million net subscribers, the DTH arm of Videocon Group had a base of 12.91 million. The combined strength of the merged entity would thus be a whopping size of over 28.31 million subscribers.

If Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV decide to merge, it will further narrow down the private DTH operators from six to four. Sun Direct and Reliance Digital TV also could combine, thus reducing the DTH players to three.

Will Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV merge? | TelevisionPost.com

 

[Sai Jai]

Airtel & Tata Sky :sp

The discussions are still at a preliminary stage and there is no certainty that this will lead to any deal.

But bound to happen to counter jio in all division

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[akshayprabhu]

whoa! what a news this is! a JV!

A merger will give satellite boost to the merged co as one needs to have just one licence for a particular channel compared to two before.. more channels, more free TPs. damn!

looks like the companies now believe in
United we stand
divided we fall!

 

[Sai Jai]

it will further narrow down the private DTH operators from six to four. Sun Direct and Reliance Digital TV also could combine, thus reducing the DTH players to three.

These sentences are wrong in the article how can we assume players get reduce though all are agree with their own name ??

It just a alliance .. not sure abt sdirect & rdtv .. spoke only abt dish , d2h , TS & Adtv

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[Digital Mastermind]

Its a join Alliance, where they will use a common resources, i feel their brands will be intact

 

[Bishnu15]

May be Tatatel or Airsky.

 

[akshayprabhu]

These sentences are wrong in the article how can we assume players get reduce though all are agree with their own name ??

It just a alliance .. not sure abt sdirect & rdtv .. spoke only abt dish , d2h , TS & Adtv

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When two entities merge, they operate as one and thus reduced the total number by one..
Currently there are 6 entities operating solo

4 decide to merge (2 different mergers) thus reducing the total by two - finally we'll have 4!

 

[Sai Jai]

May be Tatatel or Airsky.

No bro not like that dth names will be same as they have now ..

When two entities merge, they operate as one and thus reduced the total number by one..
Currently there are 6 entities operating solo

4 decide to merge (2 different mergers) thus reducing the total by two - finally we'll have 4!

Right but name not going to change dish TV will be dish TV , d2h will be d2h , TS & Adtv as same also

So it's only a alliance not a merger after an alliance also still people can able to d2h instead of dish TV same as TS & Adtv

So It just a revenue sharing .. competitions & name will remain same

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