Dish D2H adds new HD channels from Disney Star
In a completely unexpected move, Zee-owned sister DTH operators d2h (focused on South India) and Dish TV (focused on the Rest of India, or ROI) — which have always lagged behind Tata Play and Airtel Digital TV in adding new channels — have added seven new HD channels that were launched by Disney Star in 2022 and 2023.
On Wednesday (2 August 2023), d2h added Asianet Movies HD (Malayalam) and Vijay Super HD (Tamil) — two new regional HD movie channels from India’s largest broadcaster — on LCN 3152 and 2868, respectively, thereby becoming the first DTH platform to add either of these two channels since they were launched on 15 March along with several other Disney Star channels.
The following day, on Thursday (3 August), it also added Star Sports 1 Tamil HD on LCN 2950 and Star Sports 1 Telugu HD on LCN 2432. These channels are also available for Dish TV customers in South India who have tuned their boxes to the ST2 satellite also used by d2h, with the same channel numbers.
On top of this, on Friday (4 August), Dish TV — more specifically, the SES8 and NSS6 satellites used by Dish TV for its non-South Indian customers — added two other HD channels from Disney Star which had hardly been added by anyone before: the Marathi movie channel Pravah Picture HD (LCN 1232) and the Odia GEC Star Kiran HD (LCN 1308).
To round off the additions, Dish TV went further and added the kids’ channel Disney Channel HD, also launched in March, on LCN 976 — which was thus far available only on Tata Play — on Saturday (5 August). Note that none of these three channels are available on either d2h or Dish TV’s ST2 customers, reiterating the segregation between the two types of offerings for South and ROI subscribers.
On Wednesday (2 August 2023), d2h added Asianet Movies HD (Malayalam) and Vijay Super HD (Tamil) — two new regional HD movie channels from India’s largest broadcaster — on LCN 3152 and 2868, respectively, thereby becoming the first DTH platform to add either of these two channels since they were launched on 15 March along with several other Disney Star channels.
The following day, on Thursday (3 August), it also added Star Sports 1 Tamil HD on LCN 2950 and Star Sports 1 Telugu HD on LCN 2432. These channels are also available for Dish TV customers in South India who have tuned their boxes to the ST2 satellite also used by d2h, with the same channel numbers.
On top of this, on Friday (4 August), Dish TV — more specifically, the SES8 and NSS6 satellites used by Dish TV for its non-South Indian customers — added two other HD channels from Disney Star which had hardly been added by anyone before: the Marathi movie channel Pravah Picture HD (LCN 1232) and the Odia GEC Star Kiran HD (LCN 1308).
To round off the additions, Dish TV went further and added the kids’ channel Disney Channel HD, also launched in March, on LCN 976 — which was thus far available only on Tata Play — on Saturday (5 August). Note that none of these three channels are available on either d2h or Dish TV’s ST2 customers, reiterating the segregation between the two types of offerings for South and ROI subscribers.