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Airtel digital TV expands channel bouquet to 164 channels
TT Correspondent |  New Delhi |  01 Aug 2009

Bharti Airtel’s DTH subsidiary, Airtel digital TV announced the addition of 14 new entertainment as well as news channels to its bouquet thereby taking its total channel offerings to 164 channels in 11 languages across the country.

 

The service provider now offers 45 Hindi, 45 English, 6 Punjabi, 3 Oriya, 13 Tamil, 9 Malayalam, 9 Kannada,  Bengali, 3 Gujarati, 7 Marathi, 2 North East and 10 Telugu channels.

 

Announcing this development Mr. Sugato Banerji, VP Marketing -DTH, Bharti Airtel said, “We remain committed to offering magical entertainment to our customers across the country and are pleased to announce an additional twelve new channels to our bouquet – offering a good mix of news, entertainment, music and movies – something for every member of the Airtel digital TV family.”

 

 The 14 new channels include News Channels - ET Now, DD Bangla, DD Oriya, CNEB News, India News, ETV UP, Asianet News, Indiavision; Movie Channels - Bindaas Movies; Music Channel - ETC Punjabi; Entertainment Channels – Bindaas, Amrita, Kasthuri, Siripolli. These channels will be added automatically to the subscription plans for all new Airtel digital TV customers across the country. Existing customers will have to add the relevant top ups.

 

    
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01 Aug 2009(IST)  
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