Eurosport & HD pack single channel offerings

Well let's start with the good news first, as of last night Dialog TV have started offering the channels on the HD pack as single channel offerings. This means that those who are in possession of the new HD enabled decoder can activate a few channels of their choice. Those who don't own a HD enabled TV can now activate the SD bonus channels on the HD pack list. We believe that Dialog have now completed the switch  over of all premiere package subscribers to the new HD decoder. We hope Dialog takes steps to switch a few other packages too, so that the switch to MPEG4 broadcasting can be carried out.

Given below are the channels and the rates associated with them. It is our opinion that certain non HD channels should have been placed in the Rs 49/= category & certain HD channels should have been placed in the Rs 99/= category.

AXN HD - Rs 149/= + Tax
Nat Geo HD - Rs 149/= + Tax
Discovery HD World - Rs 149/= + Tax
ESPN HD - Rs 199/= + Tax
Star Movies HD - Rs 199/= + Tax

Fashion TV - Rs 99/= + Tax
Comedy Central - Rs 99/= + Tax
History Channel - Rs 99/= + Tax
Ten Action - Rs 99/= + Tax

In other news this new "offering" hasn't taken away the displeasure caused to sporting fans about the removal of "Eurosports". This so called temporary replacement is one of the worst ever decisions made by Dialog TV. Shradda TV should have been moved to the empty channel slot, it was totally unnecessary to replace Eurosports.

We hope that the "temporary" removal is not made "permanent". Usually when it comes to Dialog TV, most temporary moves are usually permanent in nature.

Please keep us updated on the latest on Dialog TV as the days progress.

MTV India replaced by Eurosport

n the ever continuing game of Dialog TV musical chairs. Dialog TV have replaced MTV India with Eurosport. It should be stated that since MTV India is the only proper music channel on the platform, the move is perceived to be rather controversial and is not being received well by subscribers.

Having said that Eurosport which was replaced several days ago has made a return to the platform in couple of days to the delight of sports fans, this is largely owing to the constant bombardment of Dialog TV hotlines by subscribers. It's a very well known fact that sports channel subscribers outnumber any other category on Dialog TV.

We hope that Dialog TV return MTV to the platform possibly to the blank channel slot which is still unused and is a waste of resources. Hopefully it will return not as MTV India but a better version which caters to the tastes of international audiences.

We commend Dialog TV for returning Eurosport quickly to the platform but sadly it's at the expense of another channel. We hope that the MPEG4 switch over is carried out a.s.a.p to facilitate better use of Dialog TV transponders by increasing channel capacity.

In other news Shradda TV was added to the Dialog TV platform today. This channel occupies the slot formerly occupied by Eurosport.

Please keep us updated on the latest on Dialog TV as the days progress.