Dish TV has been India’s one of the most prominent DTH service providers and has always been coming up with new plans and packs to engage users with entertainment. For the unaware, Dish TV also offers FTA or Free to Air packs to each and every customer. The dishNXT Set-Top Box (STB) is surely to open a world of entertainment for the users and can also be used with Free to Air channel packs. Free to Air packs include channels that cost no money to get access.
In-Depth About FTA Packs
The dishNXT, which is a set-top box launched by Dish TV will give users access to Free to Air channels that they can stream and enjoy. Free to Air packs offered by Dish TV include a variety of options from regional packs like BST Telugu Add On, BST Tamil Add On, BST Odia GEC, BST Gujarati Add On, and more to music channels such as BST HSM Music. Users can find movie packs like BST HSM Movies and news packs like BST HSM News. All these packs consist of a wide variety of channels individually that can be enjoyed by the users. Although Free to Air packs are completely free and do not cost anything to gain access, the users do need to pay a Network Capacity Fee (NCF) to subscribe to these packs. An NCF is paid regardless of what packs a user chose whether it is FTA or not. NCF charges may differ from condition to condition. When the total number of channels is up to 200, NCF will be Rs 130 + GST. For the number of channels from 201-220, NCF will be Rs 150 + GST. For the number of channels >220, NCF will be Rs 160+ GST. The NCF is capped at a maximum amount of Rs 160 + GST. In addition to this, dishNXT will also have various other benefits such as stereophonic sound and digital picture quality. Users will also be able to add reminders using dishNXT and it would support multilingual channels as well. The new dishNXT is currently available at a discounted price of Rs 1,490.
