Industry experts are unanimous that both platforms have their unique appeal — one excels in mass exposure, the other caters to urban audience preferences ...

Industry insiders believe that broadcaster exits, lack of genre-hopping and disqualification of R1 bucket are responsible for the pubcaster's Rs 300 crore revenue loss in the MPEG-2 slot auctions ...

ICRA report predicts 1-3% revenue decline for pay TV due to OTT competition, but ARPU growth expected in FY26.

MUMBAI: Pubcaster Prasar Bharati has successfully concluded its annual DD Free Dish MPEG-2 slot e-auction, allocating spaces to 60 television channels for the period of 1 April 2025, to 31 March 2026.

Indian pay-TV industry revenue is expected to decrease by 1-3% in FY2026. This is due to subscribers moving to OTT platforms ...

Despite the decline in pay-TV subscriptions in the Hindi speaking market due to the rise of OTT platforms and DD Free Dish, ...

"DD Free Dish has a strong presence in Hindi-speaking markets. As the platform's subscriber base continues to grow, we see significant potential in regional language markets, including southern ...

New Delhi: Smarting from lower revenues from the 7th annual e-auction for DD Free Dish compared to the past couple of years, Prasar Bharati is allegedly planning to probe the possibility of ...

MUMBAI: Leading broadcasters have secured slots in Prasar Bharati's 85th e-auction for DD Free Dish, with the public broadcaster earning Rs 208.10 crore from eleven slots in the first two days of ...

The government also intends to boost the amount of channels available on "DD Free Dish" and extend its reach to adjacent nations. By adding more than 1,000 media outlets, including international ...

Development comes at a time the DTH business is feeling the pinch of streaming platforms and DD Free Dish, a free DTH ...