Thursday, 26 November 2015

What happens when you miss your payment deadlines? In many cases, you will end up paying late fines or reconnection charges, but even without those extra charges you will be inconvenienced by a break in your TV viewing experience. To keep all interruptions out of your TV experience plan your payments. Here are some simple tips.

Make Your Recharges Online 

Payments can be made offline at stores or online. An average TV viewer makes cash payment at a recharge store. There is absolutely nothing wrong about that but that way you will never be able to avail of DTH recharge offers. When you make your payments online you can get discount coupons, cash back on your payment and other great incentives. Also, you can make your payments online at your own convenience.

Set Auto-Pay with Your Bank

Banks let you set automated payment options. With that you can set up vendors and earmark amounts and dates and your bank will take care of the payment depending upon the availability of funds in your account. This is perfect if you are bad at remembering dates. Set your payment instructions once and forget about it. Changing payment amounts or dates is easy and you can do that should you need to update your automated payment instructions later.

To prevent subscribers from forgetting their payment deadlines, service providers send reminder text messages. Get in touch with your DTH service provider to set your reminder preferences and update your mobile phone number to get timely reminders.



Monday, 28 September 2015

DishFlix – For 356 Million Indian Youth Who Hate Family Dramas on TV

Can’t stand watching queasy, monotonic & completely predictable family dramas on TV? I can relate to that. In fact, several millions of Indian youth will relate to your pains of watching programs that clearly use no imagination because whoever makes those would rather milk the ‘daughter-in-law vs. the entire world’, ‘reality TV’ or the ‘singing-dancing’cow to death than do better.

And you can’t blame them because the formula still works, or does it?

If you can’t wrestle for the remote with your wife/sister/mom, better watch YouTube!

I am willing to wager (and I’m backed by YouTube’s data1) that anyone below the age of 24 would rather watch movies &seasons of old but popular American TV shows on YouTube than accompany family members watching TV.

If you think that doesn’t happen, and a huge fraction of 356 million2Indian men & women (age group: 10-24)‘choose’ to watch kids singing or women bickering over family issues while their on-screen husbands watch on haplessly, then well, good for you. Keep believing that while I, along with a few million victims of family drama on TV, check out what’s new on YouTube.

Now, if I sound like someone who ripped my own clothes to appear like a victim, you don’t feel my pain. Let me put it to you differently. I spent hours comparing features & choosing the Best Set Top Box, I picked the best DTH package with movie channels in it but I don’t get to watch anything because someone’s favourite serial is on TV. And so all I get to watch is the lousy news with dad! Why? I am young and I don’t care how costly onions are or even if I do it’s tiring to watch journalists flog the dead horse forever. Just give me movies!

The smart compromise: The one Dish TV gave me

The only time TV makes sense to me is when there is a good blockbuster on air. But again, the staleness of repeated movies is sickening. If that’s aploy to make young viewers ditch TV in favour of online video streaming alternatives, it’s working great!

Back on topic, Dish TV actually did something different and very smart with their DishFlix product. I always had the option of recording TV programs (every DTH provider gives you that)however, plugging in a USB drive, keeping the channel tuned to what I want to record - that’s too much work!

Easy does it for me, and there isn’t anything easier than DishFlix in the market if you love watching movies. The initial cost is Rs.5990with monthly subscription cost of just Rs.100 and for that I get 50 movies, 15 of which gets refreshed every month! Now I get to watch movies at my convenience.

Call 18002749000 if you are interested in knowing more about DishFlix.


1: Forbes India Magazine– September 16, 2015: (http://forbesindia.com/article/recliner/sticking-to-the-basics-always-helps-on-youtube/39723/1)

2: The Hindu (UN Report)– November 19, 2014: (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/india-has-worlds-largest-youth-population-un-report/article6612615.ece)

Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Tired Of Countless Repeats Of Old Action Movies? It’s all about to Change!

Switch on the TV expecting to see something new and exciting and what meets your eyes is an old Chinese action movie that has been dubbed funny to English! What! You don’t want that for the money you pay every month; and English GEC channels have probably realized that TV viewers are frustrated with old movies and they want some freshness and real entertainment for the money they pay – increased entertainment taxes and all!

So the good news is launch of movie channels that will premiere movies so fresh you will want to record them all. We will come to that shortly, but let’s first see how the ‘TV premiere’ segment is poised.

Whooping 30 Premieres a year!

Sounds too good to be true, but yes that’s what’s going to happen, or should we say has started happening. Start Movies Select HD is a new channel that is going to show a new movie every night at 9 and you will see a premiere twice every month.

It’s hard to believe such a thing has come to pass in India where we are used to seeing one channel playing the same movie a gazillion times, even after it goes stale!

The channel will compete with other similar English movie channels such as HBO Ad Free Hits & HBO Ad Free Defined. MN+ of the Times Now Network is also in the fray, but it won’t offer anything as radically fresh as the others in the list.

You are going to Need Help

There will be tons of new movies, new movie stars and new movie plots to take in. You probably will need to re-watch the same movie more than once, but the channel won’t play it to staleness – so what you need is the best DTH connection that not only lets you watch the premiere in HD, but also lets you record unlimited hours of movies to your external hard drive.

Call the best in business for a new DTH connection right away. And before you call here is a hint: look for a DTH provider with maximum number of HD channels on offer, wink!






Monday, 29 June 2015

Tips on How to Watch TV without Wasting Time

TV watching can become so addictive that very soon it may start messing with your lifestyle and severely impede your social life too. And since kids love watching TV you need to plan things out and prevent TV watching from becoming the sole activity you or your kids do at home.

TV Watching Is Necessary, But! 

TV watching has it benefits. Very few other medium offers as much information and entertainment than your TV. There is lot to learn from programs on TV and let’s face it; your kids are getting smarter by watching TV. On top of that, your kids deserve a few moments of entertainment in their lives as much as you do.

But that said you can help them choose good programs to watch and get smarter. That can be done by finding out what is on TV. For instance, you can find out what’s to be broadcast during the day and schedule the day for you kid between studies, physical activities and TV watching. That way you will achieve the right balance and keep your kids happy too.

Where you need to draw the line

You cannot have your kids have a free run with the TV. There are times when you will have to put your feet down and ask them to turn it off! Ideally there shouldn’t be any TV during mealtime. This is one of those moments during the day when you expect to interact with your kids. Encourage them to take part in the conversation. Similarly, TV watching isn’t ideal when there are guests. Lastly, there shouldn’t be any distraction when kids are at their study desks!

Recording feature to the rescue!

Sometimes there are programs you simply cannot miss! For instance if there is an awesome movie premiering on TV and its mealtime, you can make use of the innovative recording feature on your set top box. The Best HD set top boxes in India come with recording built in. DishTV offers recording capability with all its set top boxes. Just plug in an external hard drive or a USB stick and you will be able to record your favourite program. Your Dish TV customer care executive should be able to guide you better on this matter. 

So, where does that leave you? Well, now with a DishTV set top box you can have quality time with your family, ensure that your kids are not missing out on their studies and yet enjoy every program on TV you want. That’s win-win for everyone!

Monday, 25 May 2015

DishTV - Your Best Choice for Staying Updated with Latest News

Recently DishTV announced that it added CNBC Bajar, a Gujrati news channel to its distinguished list of great regional, national & international channels. Now, if you live in a different part of our culturally diverse nation DishTV - has the best news channels for you too!

The launch was graced by DishTV CEO, Mr. Salil Kapoor who expressed his delight in adding the new channel and said that the effort to provide wholesome entertainment is a never ending process and it continues with the addition of CNBC Bajar.

The Best in News 

We all depend on our daily dose of news. If you cannot live without your fix of the most updated news in your region, nation and the world, DishTV - has got you covered. There are dozens of channels that offer up-to-date information & analysis of events happening in your locality and elsewhere.

CNBC Bajar is another proof of how dedicated DishTV - is to bring you the very best of regional news. The channel will serve the demand for business news to the Gujarati community. It must be noted that the western Indian state of Gujarat has produced some of the finest entrepreneurs ever. The demand for business updates and analysis continues as budding talents take on the world of business – and that is exactly what this new channels aims to deliver.

Adding CNBC Bajar to Your Subscription

Assuming that you have an HD set top box or a standard definition set top box and an active subscription with DisHTV, all you need to do is SMS: DISHTVADD893 to 57575
To know more do visit the official DisHTV website: http://www.dishtv.in/





Tuesday, 24 February 2015

Top Apps That Help You Avoid the Queue

Standing in a queue is the worst thing to do, we all love to be instantly gratified; but there are certain times when there is no alternative to standing in a queue. For instance, when it comes to boarding a bus or a train, you cannot help but stand in a queue, but there is absolutely no need for that when you have a TV to recharge, Online DTH recharge is possible and it has become quite common. And if logging onto a website was not convenient enough, today there are apps for everything –even to recharge your mobile phones. Here are some for your perusal.

Dish TV – My Account 

Yes people, there is a dedicated application for android device that makes recharging your TV easier than ever before. This app is truly a great help for DishTV subscribers, there is everything you will ever need to keep your account updated and manage your sub scrimption directly from your phone! What more can you wish for? But once again, this app is exclusively for DishTV consumers only, so if you have a different subscription check out the other apps below.

Paytm 

Beyond doubt the best application for anyone who is not a DishTV subscriber. The Paytm app is great for all recharges, you can do more than just Online DTH recharge with it. Toll cards, mobile payments, prepaid mobile recharges – you name it and Paytm has you covered. Recently, the company has begun offering deals on home equipment and electronics right from the pages of the website and the app.

There are many more that we did not add to this list for the sake of brevity, but you get the idea. If you have an Online DTH recharge to make, check out these mobile apps.