Direct to home player Dish TV announced digital entertainment at cable TV prices. The ‘family pack' offering over 186 channels would be available at Rs 176, according to a release. How the DTH player would be able to offer digital viewing on cable TV rates was not clear.

For new connections, Dish TV would be offering special pricing of Rs 1,399 with two months of the ‘family pack' including UTV and India Cricket pack. Family pack will have 15 Hindi general entertainment channels, seven Hindi movies channels including three break-free cinema channels, 18 news channels, nine devotional channels and others such as Cartoon Network, Discovery, NGC Wild and ZEE Salaam.