The DTH subscriber base in India increased by 134.44% in a period of two years. As on March, 35.56 million DTH subscribers are registered with private service providers. December 2010 encountered a 21.21% increase in terms of subscriber base which is the maximum for the given time period. The average growth rate has been 12.99%. Major DTH service providers include Dish TV, Airtel, Reliance, Tata Sky,Videocon and Sun Direct TV. Recent developments: - Dish TV added 725,000 new subscribers in the quarter ended June 30, 2011, taking the total number of gross subscribers to 11.2 million and net subscribers to 8.9 million. - At the end of Q1FY12, Reliance Digital TV has 3.7 million subscribers, with an 11% market share in the Indian DTH market. - Videocon d2h claims to have reached a subscriber base of 4 million. - Tata Sky claims a subscriber base of over 75 lakh or 7.5 million users (as of August). - Airtel Digital TV reported a subscriber base of 6.26 million, at the end of Q1FY12. Data Source: TRAI Share data sources with us: contact nikhil@medianama.com Advertise: To advertise on Chart of the Day, contact sales@medianama.com. Daily and segment-wise options available.
