Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Dish TV Sri Lanka launches

After years of planning & months of testing, Dish TV Sri Lanka have officially commenced operations in Sri Lanka. The website reported earlier www.dishtv.lk is now operational & the customer care hotline is (011) 5 111 222.

However the channel list leaves much to be desired with mainly Indian channels & not many Tamil or popular Hindi channels either. It's surprising that even parent company operated Zee Channels have not been included in the lineup. The package costs Rs 317 inclusive of taxes which is nothing compared to the rentals of other local providers but in terms of channel lineup (http://dishtv.lk/pack.html) too Dish TV offers nothing except for the few local channels provided.

The launch offerings have fallen well short of expectations & to survive in the market the offering should be made more attractive. With this lineup they will not be able to lure local Dish TV India subscribers to shift either.

Hopefully more channels will arrive soon & better sooner than later.


19 comments:

  1. Exactly..dialog per day TV also give more than this .dish TV India has more than 40 HD Channels.good zee channel ..up to now dish TV Lanka ..far behind to dialog PEO TV LBN..I believe they will offer other good packages

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  2. PEO TV 590 rental pack is the best in the island. I hoped dish TV would do something than this. Hope so in the future.

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  3. PEO TV 590 rental pack is the best in the island. I hoped dish TV would do something than this. Hope so in the future.

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  4. At least add few more zee channels and educational (discovery) for the line up

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  5. why they all want to add more channels !. they already have more than 300 channels and at least two hundred thousand customers !

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  6. In India they have more than 300 channels. This is about Sri Lanka.

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  7. In India they have more than 300 channels. This is about Sri Lanka.

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  8. Just seen their website, the national channels are at very high numbers (Rupavahini is on channel 2506, ITN on channel 2517, Eye/Nethra on 2572, Swarnavahini on 2516, and so on) probably because they couldn't afford a separate channel numbering for the country. Also most of the channels are Indian, and this provider only appeals to those who were used to illegally install Indian providers.

    Seriously, if you want Asian feeds you should stay on Dialog or PEO TV.

    Greetings from Portugal.

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  9. is it ture that Dish tv sri lanka having truble with getting approval by TRC ,I ve found that that once thay tried to postpone tha lanuch

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  10. It is better if you can add sports channels to this line up. They can add even DD Sports. Because local channels are boring now.Anyway wish for a Bright Future for New Channel Line up away from common Indian channels.

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  11. Good news

    Issuance of DTH Licence to MTV Channel (Pvt.) Ltd

    The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) (“the Commission”) was established under the Telecommunications Act as amended, and is responsible for regulating the telecommunications sector and managing the radio frequency spectrum in Sri Lanka.

    MTV Channel (Pvt.) Ltd. has applied for a licence under Section 17 (2) of the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act, No. 25 of 1991 (“the Act’) to operate a telecommunications system to provide Direct to Home (DTH) services in Sri Lanka in pursuance of the requirements set out in the Guidelines and Procedures for issuing, renewal and modification of licence under the Act, published in Gazette No. 1435/20 dated 10.03.2006.

    Licence will be issued after one month notice on 12th July 2015

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  12. Why is this good news? It's just news

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  13. Why is this good news? It's just news

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  14. It is a good news because we will have another option soon...if you are not a DTH customer, then it is just a news for you....

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  15. I am a dialog TV customer but who cares about MTV?

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  16. I am a dialog TV customer but who cares about MTV?

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  17. Then you should feel happy...because of the competition, dialog will give additional channels and keep the price at reduce level....

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  18. Yeah!! They need to come up with better packages with good sports channels in order to capture the market.

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