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List of Pay and FTA channels, Kannada and others
STAR
Including its subsidiary Asianet Communications, Star India has a total of 51 pay channels, out of which 23 channels are priced at Rs 19 each. Only five are priced at Rs 1 each (see charts below).
If you tried to purchase all of Star-Asianet’s pay channels one by one, it would cost you a whopping Rs 646 per month.
ZEE
Following closely on the heels of Star is Zee Entertainment, the entertainment focused division of Zee Group. Zee Entertainment has a total of 41 channels, out of which 19 are priced at Rs 19 each.
The average price of a Zee Entertainment pay channel is Rs 12.32 per month (see chart above).
If you purchased all of Zee Entertainment’s pay channels one by one, you would end up spending Rs 505 per month.
SONY
At the third place in terms of average price is Sony Pictures. The company has declared 25 pay channels with an average price of Rs 12 per month.
Together, they cost Rs 301 per month if purchased individually.
SUN
At the fourth place in terms of average pricing of channels under the new scheme is Sun TV.
The Chennai-based broadcaster has a total of 33 channels priced at an average of Rs 11 per month. The total cost of the individual channels works out to Rs 362 per month.
VIACOM 18
The last major network is Viacom 18, a joint venture of Reliance Industries’ controlled TV18 and Viacom of the US.
Viacom18 has a total of 32 pay channels. However, unlike the other four companies mentioned above, the pricing of Viacom18’s channels are considerably lower.
The average price of a Viacom18 pay channel is only Rs 7.80 per month. The total cost of all 32 channels is Rs 250 per month.
OTHERS
Other broadcasting companies, such as the Times Group, Turner, Discovery, TV18 News, Zee News and NDTV all charge much lower for their channels.
Times Group, for example, charges an average of Rs 7 per month for its 11 channels, followed by Turner at 6.4 rupees.
National Geographic and Discovery Communications are the cheapest providers of pay channels, at just Rs 3 per channel on average.
Discovery has a total of 13 pay channels in India and it would cost you Rs 36 to subscribe to all of them individually. Discovery also has among the cheapest channel bouquets as well.
It’s competitor National Geographic has 9 pay channels under the new system that comes into effect on December 29.
The total cost of these 9 channels works out to Rs 23.
Among news channels, NDTV’s average price is Rs 2, while that of TV Today is Rs 1.3 and News18 has an average price of Rs 0.90. Zee News’ average price is 50 paise per month.
It should be noted that most of the news channels are free.
OVERALL NUMBERS
Out of the estimated 800 or so TV channels in India, around 332 have already declared their prices.
The remaining 470 or so channels can be assumed to be free, also known as free-to-air or FTA.
Within the 332 pay channels, 232 are transmitting in standard definition or SD, while the remaining 100 are HD channels.
Out of the 232 SD channels, 57 are priced at Rs 10 or more, while the remaining 175 channels are priced at Rs 9 or lower.
Within this 175 channels, 108 channels are priced at Rs 2 per month or below.
In other words, 75% of the standard definition channels are priced at Rs 2 or below per month.
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STAR
Including its subsidiary Asianet Communications, Star India has a total of 51 pay channels, out of which 23 channels are priced at Rs 19 each. Only five are priced at Rs 1 each (see charts below).
If you tried to purchase all of Star-Asianet’s pay channels one by one, it would cost you a whopping Rs 646 per month.
ZEE
Following closely on the heels of Star is Zee Entertainment, the entertainment focused division of Zee Group. Zee Entertainment has a total of 41 channels, out of which 19 are priced at Rs 19 each.
The average price of a Zee Entertainment pay channel is Rs 12.32 per month (see chart above).
If you purchased all of Zee Entertainment’s pay channels one by one, you would end up spending Rs 505 per month.
SONY
At the third place in terms of average price is Sony Pictures. The company has declared 25 pay channels with an average price of Rs 12 per month.
Together, they cost Rs 301 per month if purchased individually.
SUN
At the fourth place in terms of average pricing of channels under the new scheme is Sun TV.
The Chennai-based broadcaster has a total of 33 channels priced at an average of Rs 11 per month. The total cost of the individual channels works out to Rs 362 per month.
VIACOM 18
The last major network is Viacom 18, a joint venture of Reliance Industries’ controlled TV18 and Viacom of the US.
Viacom18 has a total of 32 pay channels. However, unlike the other four companies mentioned above, the pricing of Viacom18’s channels are considerably lower.
The average price of a Viacom18 pay channel is only Rs 7.80 per month. The total cost of all 32 channels is Rs 250 per month.
OTHERS
Other broadcasting companies, such as the Times Group, Turner, Discovery, TV18 News, Zee News and NDTV all charge much lower for their channels.
Times Group, for example, charges an average of Rs 7 per month for its 11 channels, followed by Turner at 6.4 rupees.
National Geographic and Discovery Communications are the cheapest providers of pay channels, at just Rs 3 per channel on average.
Discovery has a total of 13 pay channels in India and it would cost you Rs 36 to subscribe to all of them individually. Discovery also has among the cheapest channel bouquets as well.
It’s competitor National Geographic has 9 pay channels under the new system that comes into effect on December 29.
The total cost of these 9 channels works out to Rs 23.
Among news channels, NDTV’s average price is Rs 2, while that of TV Today is Rs 1.3 and News18 has an average price of Rs 0.90. Zee News’ average price is 50 paise per month.
It should be noted that most of the news channels are free.
OVERALL NUMBERS
Out of the estimated 800 or so TV channels in India, around 332 have already declared their prices.
The remaining 470 or so channels can be assumed to be free, also known as free-to-air or FTA.
Within the 332 pay channels, 232 are transmitting in standard definition or SD, while the remaining 100 are HD channels.
Out of the 232 SD channels, 57 are priced at Rs 10 or more, while the remaining 175 channels are priced at Rs 9 or lower.
Within this 175 channels, 108 channels are priced at Rs 2 per month or below.
In other words, 75% of the standard definition channels are priced at Rs 2 or below per month.
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