The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today released ‘The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators’ data for the January- March’20 quarter. Sustaining its growth pace for three quarters in a row, Tata Sky has solidified its lead yet again in the DTH and Pay TV category clocking in a market share of 32.33 per cent and a growth of 2.1 per cent in the quarter ending March’20.
According to the report, the Indian DTH service has displayed phenomenal growth since its launch in 2003. The total number of active subscribers with pay DTH operators (Tata Sky, Airtel, Dish TV, Sun Direct) in India in the quarter ending March 20 is 70.26 million. This is in addition to the Tata subscribers of DTH Free Dish (free DTH services of Doordarshan).
While there is a slight decline in the subscriber base of Tata sky’s close competitor Dish TV, Airtel Digital and Sun Direct have registered a slight growth. The data reveals that Tata Sky is leading with 32.33% market share while Dish TV recorded 29.43%. Airtel digital got 23.65% share and Sun Direct is with 14.53% share.
