Airtel Digital TV Offers Hybrid Set-Top Box to New and Existing Users Airtel Digital TV started offering hybrid Set-Top Box to the customers back in 2017 itself. Airtel Internet TV was the company’s first smart STB that offered both Satellite TV and OTT app content. However, the company did not stop right there. In September this year, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel introduced new Android TV-based STB called Airtel Xstream Box priced at Rs 3,999. Airtel Digital TV Charging Rs 80 as NCF for Multi TV Connections Another advantage for Airtel Digital TV over Tata Sky is the cheaper Multi TV charges. Tata Sky’s major disadvantage is the pricier Multi TV policy it has in place. In fact, Tata Sky is calling its Multi TV policy as Tata Sky Room TV service and the DTH operator is charging Rs 153 Network Capacity Fee (NCF) for every secondary connection from the customer. For example, if a customer has two Multi TV connections, then for each connection, he/she will have to pay Rs 153 NCF every month along with with the primary connection NCF charges. On the brighter side, Tata Sky is finally allowing its users to choose different channels on secondary connections. Earlier, this wasn’t the case as Tata Sky just allowed the customers to mirror channels of primary connection on secondary connections. Even if a Tata Sky customer chooses one a-la-carte paid channel on the secondary connection, then the full Rs 153 NCF charges will have to be paid. On these two fronts, Airtel Digital TV is ahead of Tata Sky. Also, Airtel DTH is providing better long-term channel packs to the customers. After the new tariff mandate by Trai came into effect, Tata Sky entirely removed long-term channel packs, but that’s not the case with Airtel Digital TV as it’s still providing six months and annual packs to the customers which are detailed here.
