DTH stands for DIRECT-TO-HOME Defined as reception of satellite programs with a personal dish in an individual home

Invented by SIR ARTHUR CLARLES CLARKE in 1946In 1996, DTH service was proposed in India. But, approved in 2000It costs upto 2.15 million rupees to introduce DTH services in India

Low noise amplifier

Down converter

Down converter

BPF

Demodulator

TV set

Tunable local

oscillator

Channel selector

Tuner Demodulator Decoder Amplifier

Micro Controller

Dish TV(27%)

Tata Sky(24%)

Sun Direct(21%)

Airtel(12%)

Videocon(11%)

Others(5%)

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Subscribers(millions)

0.06

37.8