How Rural Audience has More DTH Subscription in India?
by Himani Sharma WriterGone are the days when entertainment was limited to only urbanites. With the availability of the internet, entertainment mediums are expanding faster in rural areas. However, there is a huge untapped rural audience who are still looking for a better cable connection. Soon after India permitted to start DTH network, many major players are often targeting the Tier II and Tier III cities.
One of the leading DTH players ran a campaign lasting
for 30 days and notched up 5,000 subscribers, in a rural area in Andhra
Pradesh. If you live in the Tier II or Tier III cities and looking for a new
DTH connection, consider Dish TV, the leading DTH provider in India. If you
want to watch your favourite channels in HD, buy Dish TV HD online.
Check out the key expansion strategies of major DTH players in India:
Regional Channels to Appeal to More Audiences
Tata Sky shifted its strategy to focus on the rural markets,
instead of capturing a larger urban audience. Tata Sky's Active English service
is promoted to make it available for people in rural areas of India. These
kinds of campaigns are beneficial and promote education through various
mediums.
Identifying the Niche in Rural Viewership
For the last few years, all the DTH operators in India have been
aggressively marketing their products in non-metro cities. Of the total 134
million TV households in the country, 50% are in the rural areas, as per the
figures released by television audience measurement agency TAM Media Research.
Also, 30% of the 70 million TV households in rural India do not have access to
cable and satellite TV. This data further revealed that the market for digital
TV is bigger in rural areas and is growing at a much higher rate than in urban
areas.
Dish TV India penetrated the rural market early on. It set up a
distribution network in small towns and cities to capture the regional market.
Among the various packages and recharge options, It began in the year 2000 when
the government approved DTH services in the country. The cost of a DTH license
was $2.14 million and the operator also had to pay 10% of its gross revenue as
an annual license fee to the government. Currently, there are six players in
the market with a combined subscriber base of around 20 million and nearly 1
million new subscribers signing up every month. Besides Dish TV, Tata Sky,
Airtel Digital TV, there’s Sun Direct, which has primarily concentrated on the
DTH market in the south. Interestingly, all of them have a
broadcasting/entertainment business or a telecom company, the benefits of which
are being leveraged to the maximum.
While the DTH subscriptions are increasing in
both rural and urban India, it is interesting to note the increase in rural
areas.
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