Exchange 4 Media

FTA channels gaining ground; should Pay TV take stock?

A quiet shift is underway in the Hindi General Entertainment Channel (GEC) landscape, with Free-to-Air (FTA) channels steadily climbing the viewership charts — a trend underscored by the BARC ratings ...
Business Line

Falling revenues prompt FTA channels to seek a waiver of carriage fees

A consortium of Free To Air (FTA) channels has appealed to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to have their channels placed on Prasar Bharati’s DTH platform DD Free Dish. As the advertising ...
Independent.ie

End of an Aerial: ways to get more channels without paying fees

Ahead of the launch of Saorview, the official free-to-air digital TV service, there are ways to get more channels without having to pay fees to commercial providers, writes John Cradden Thu 20 May ...
Zawya

Egypt & Saudi Arabia, followed by the UAE, host the highest number of FTA channels broadcasting in the Arab World.

The number of FTA satellite TV channels in the Arab World increased by 10.5% between April 2010 and April 2011 to reach 538 channels broadcast on Arabsat, Nilesat and Noorsat (fully operational ...