Thursday, December 18, 2008

Sun Direct goes Pan India

Source: Moneycontrol.com

Sun Direct Pvt Ltd, a leading direct-to-home (DTH) service provider has announced a Pan India launch of its services in Mumbai.

Sun Direct is the fastest growing DTH service provider. Having garnered over 1.9 million subscribers since its launch in December 2007, Sun Direct aims to become one of the leading players in the DTH space by the end of this fiscal. Sun Direct adds a substantial number of subscribers every month and the company is confident of gaining further momentum with its launch of second phase in other locations of the country.

Speaking on the occasion Mr Tony D’Silva, COO of Sun Direct said “Our vision is to make SUN DTH the most preferred DTH platform in the country. Our services and bouquet of packages are value for money as we have custom designed packages for every state and region. We spent considerable amount of time since our launch last December, understanding the customer appetite for entertainment and how best we can cater to their entertainment requirements and also by putting our distribution and post sales services in place.”

Sun DTH offers 200 plus channels which includes 23 radio channels and video on demand. Sun bouquet has all the most viewed and prominent channels broadcasted in the country.

Sun Direct offers a basic package of over 130 + channels for a reasonable introductory offer of Rs. 499 (5 months subscription) along with free Dish and Set top box and Rs 1000/- towards installation charges. In addition to the introductory offer Sun Direct offers the biggest spread of 36 add on packages ranging from Rs 6 to Rs 195 per month of the most viewed channels. Sun Direct’s packages are customized in such a way that the subscriber pays only for what they see.

Salient features of the various packages

Hindi Basic Packs

499 - Shine Pack - Available All India for 5 months
999 - Shine Pack - Available All India for 10 months
299 - My Pack - Available in Punjab / Gujarat / WB / Orissa / Maharashtra - for markets with strong regional affinity – for four months

South Packs
499 / 999 - Tamil Basic / Telugu Basic / Kannda Basic / Telugu Basic - Available All India

Jumbo Pack for South and North– Rs 300 per month, the content will vary according to region.

Add on Packs - Available All India
Highest no. of add on packs in the DTH Industry with 36 nos. Price starting from Rs. 6 to Rs.195

Unique bundling of channels and effective price packaging plans has established SUN Direct as the de facto leader in the four southern states. In the second phase during September 2008 Sun Direct launched its services in Gujarat, Rajasthan, HP, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi & NCR as part of the Pan India expansion program. With its unique bundling of channels and regional content, pricing and packaging model Sun direct has been making significant inroads into the new markets and the responses are overwhelming.


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