Tata Sky DTH Service Launch in INDIA

Tata Sky DTH Service in INDIA.

Features of Tata Sky

1. 101 channels (as of October 2006)
2. DVD quality picture and CD quality sound
3. Fixed channel positions and uniform volume levels across all channels
4. 7 day programme schedules for all channels
5. Ability to set upto 50 reminders for favourite programmes
6. Ability to find out what's playing on all channels without changing the channel
7. Synopsis of programmes
8. Parental controls
9. Audio-only music channels

Interactive channels

1. 7 interactive channels
2. Interactive television features: Choice of commentators, highlights on demand and player statistics for sports channels.
3. Ability to watch four news channels simultaneously on one screen (Picture in picture)
4. Video on Demand: Newly-released films / sporting events can be ordered and viewed at home without commercial breaks.

Interactive channels

* Active Newsroom
* Active Star News
* Active Khabar
* Active Wizkids
* Active Sports
* Active Games
* Showcase


List of channels

* Star World
* Star Utsav (Hindi)
* Star Movies
* Star Gold (Hindi)
* Star Plus (Hindi)
* Star News (Hindi)
* Star Vijay (Tamil)
* Star Sports
* Star Ananda (Bengali)
* ESPN
* Star One (Hindi)
* Channel V
* MTV
* National Geographic
* AXN
* Ten Sports
* History Channel
* Sony Entertainment Television (Hindi)
* SAB TV (Hindi)
* Sony PIX
* SET MAX
* Animal Planet
* Discovery Channel
* Discovery Travel and Living
* MH One
* ETV Bangla (Bengali)
* ETV Gujarati
* ETV Kannada
* ETV Marathi
* ETV Oriya
* ETV (Telugu)
* ETV Urdu
* ETV 2
* Nickoledeon
* Fashion TV
* Animax
* Toon Disney
* Disney Channel
* Hungama TV
* Aastha
* Sanskar
* Jaya TV (Tamil)
* Aaj Tak (Hindi)
* Headlines Today
* NDTV Profit
* NDTV 24x7
* NDTV India (Hindi)
* DD News
* Times Now
* Sahara One
* Sahara Filmy
* Asianet (Malayalam)
* Asianet news (Malayalam)
* Kairali (Malayalam)
* Indiavision (Malayalam)
* Maa TV
* Amrita (Malayalam)
* DD 1
* DD Sports
* DD Chandana (Kannada)
* DD Bangla
* DD Malayalam
* DD Telugu
* DD Tamil
* DD Marathi
* DD Gujarati
* DD Punjabi
* ETC Punjabi
* VH 1
* Zee TV
* Zee Smile
* Play TV
* Zee Jagran
* Zee Café
* Zee Trendz
* Reality TV
* Zee Telugu
* Zee Marathi
* Zee Kannada
* Zee Bengali
* 24 Ghanta TV (Bengali)
* Zee Gujarati
* Zee Punjabi
* Zee Cinema
* Zee Premier
* Zee Action
* Zee Classic
* HBO
* Zee Studios
* Zee Sports
* Zee News
* Zee Business
* Awaaz
* CNBC
* CNN
* Cartoon Network
* Pogo
* ETC
* Zee Music
* TV9 (Telugu)
* Neo Sports


Equipment

Tata Sky provides four pieces of equipment:

* A minidish to receive signals from the satellite,
* A set-top box called DigicompTM
* A card which is inserted into the set-top box, called the DigicardTM
* A remote control for the set-top box.