From yesterday we are receiving news reports that the Star TV channels are not operational on Comet Cable anymore. It seems that initially Star Movies, Star World and Star Plus were taken off air but then Star World returned but Star Movies and Star Plus did not return.
According to unconfirmed information seems that due to non payment of dues the channels have been disconnected and it seems that Star World is being telecast via a Tata SKY connection that is owned by Comet Cable. Customer Service says that due to a technical problem the channels Star Movies and Star Plus have been taken off air.
We are unable to ascertain the true cause and the above is from unconfirmed sources. We hope that our fellow bloggers will be able to update us via comments on the true cause of the channels being taken off air.
According to unconfirmed information seems that due to non payment of dues the channels have been disconnected and it seems that Star World is being telecast via a Tata SKY connection that is owned by Comet Cable. Customer Service says that due to a technical problem the channels Star Movies and Star Plus have been taken off air.
We are unable to ascertain the true cause and the above is from unconfirmed sources. We hope that our fellow bloggers will be able to update us via comments on the true cause of the channels being taken off air.
19 comments:
Aney apita mey mokada wenney?
Admin Please delete the 2nd comment he is needlessly copying comments from the Dialog Blog and pasting here
This can also be an act of sabotage from someone at comet cable.
Can you guys see Star
thawa tika dawasakin penei...mey dawas wala wahina nisa pain na..
very funny that all star channel give technical problem same day. At the airport today I saw 2 peoples from star coming to colombo. Must have come to chek this starworld problem.
If comet cable is re broadcasting tatasky starwolrd signal why cant they do the star plus??
This is a payment issue and we as subscribers should not pay this months rental or the management should tell us to pay only for the channels they are shwing.Why should we pay 1600 if they are not showing all 18 channels
agreed with the above comment. We should not pay for any channel hereafter until they confrim the real status
Guys i was a comet user from their inception but recently moved to DTV
since i got a corporate connection for 8900/-. I still have my comet connection which i hope to dispose of next month
Belive me when i say it if you are only a comet subscriber you will be overwhelmed once you made the move and seen the picture quality
I am not here to promote DTV but just giving my opnion the only minuses i can see is that they have got star yet and signal fade during rain but i havent experinced it yet even during yersterdays heavy wind and rain
This is my frank opinion if you want value for money i think its better to go for LBN they give almost all the channels of DTV and HBO family. The only notable exception is ABC which will have the Tri Nations RUgby. but LBN is not available in my area hence i had no alternative but to go to DTV
I wish all the comet subscribers well and hope the new owners try to do something. I only hope that the buyer is not an individual who bought the company without knowing about all the issues connected with comet ownership ,broadcast frequency....etc as everybody will up the shit creek if that happens
alf said...
You fools,I told youll to throw that away and get dish tv,Now i am watching 162 channels for 900.00 rupees,no discrimination,no scrambled testing and ydont have to pay 1400.00 to watch 50 channels.Now you guys are fighting for nothing and we are enjoying everything.
Its not late to buy a dish tv connection,contact the telecave guy and you can get this for a reasonable price.
kaluperuma - hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
June 21, 2007 12:02 PM
alf said...
CALL ROSHAN 0724219804
FAROOK 0777-634136
TELECAVE - 4515798
TO WATCH 162 CHANNELS FOR 1000/- ON DISH TV PACKAGE.
AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTER FOR SATNET AND MR.LAKSHMAN HULUGALLA THE FATHER OF DTH IN SRI LANKA.
June 21, 2007 12:08 PM
AMD said...
@ ALF,
Does Dish Tv have HBO, HBO HITS, HBO SIG, HBO FAM, CMAX, NEO , NEO + ????
Ya 162 channels,, but 1/2 are all hidi crap...
Check it for urself:
http://www.dishtvindia.in/default.asp
June 21, 2007 12:11 PM
Jesika said...
alf
I think you ave a good knowledge in these languages...
Hindi
Punjabi
Gujarati
Oriya
Tamil
Malayalam
Bangla
Marathi
Telugu
Kannada
Good you can start tuition classes for those languages
June 21, 2007 12:23 PM
cableguy said...
Adoooo Alf
You are back huh???
Looks like one by one the senior bloggers are voicing their opinion.
Machang Kalu... Oyage parana yaaluwa ayeth podi saddayak daanawa. Kiyapang ko hondawayn dekak.
To all new Bloggers.....
Get ready for some good blog entertainment.
Its all good. Please dont take anything said on this blog personally (except when DTV steals your money)
June 21, 2007 12:24 PM
alf said...
# amd
DISH HAVE HBO,STAR MOVIES,MGM,TCM AND SONY PIX, NEO WILL BE THERE VERY SOON.
BUT WHOLE 162 CHANNELS ARE GIVEN FOR 900.00 AND WHAT DO YOU GET IN DIALOG 900.00
ITS YOUR CHOICE,I DONT FEEL DISCRIMINATED,OLD AND NEW ITS TREATED SAME BY DISH
June 21, 2007 12:28 PM
Jesika said...
By the way
what is your favorite language?
Gujarati ? Malayalam ?
OR
i THINK Telugu
Give regards to your GRAND FATHER OF DTH IN SRI LANKA!!
June 21, 2007 12:29 PM
Lightning_Struck_Tower said...
alf,
On Blogger Since June 2007
Profile Views 1
This is some new whacko who just created a blogger account not the old Alf.
By the way, why would anyone pay Rs 1000 for Dishtv while it's actually Rs 750? Rest goes to 'the father of srilankan DTH' just like he earns Rs 600 monthly from EVERY satnet customer ? Yeah, he's your daddy
June 21, 2007 12:30 PM
Dude said...
"MR.LAKSHMAN HULUGALLA THE FATHER OF DTH IN SRI LANKA" - My Ass.
"Mr." is not worth it, he should
be "PISSA LAKSHMAN HULUGALLA THE PROSTITUTE OF DTH IN SRI LANKA"
June 21, 2007 12:31 PM
Dude said...
@@ LST
He could be the old Alf since, he must have created a new account because he could not upgrade his previous one into a Google Account from a Blogger Account.
Even I had to create a brand new one and name it as Dude because I could not upgrade my previous one.
June 21, 2007 12:40 PM
alf said...
# LST , I THOUGHT YOU WERE USING A DISH TV CONNECTION AS PER SOME PREVIOUS COMMENTS MADE IN THE BLOG AND WHY ARE YOU RUNNING IT DOWN.
YES,I WAS OUT OF THE BLOG FOR SOME TIME,BECAUSE I DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH DIALOG TV PROBLEMS.I ONLY THOUGHT OF COMMENTING AFTER SEING THE WAY OLD CBNSAT CUSTOMERS ARE TREATED AND I HAD TO CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT AS MY OLD ONE WAS NOT WORKING.
ITS UPTO YOU TO DECIDE
June 21, 2007 12:47 PM
Vishkid said...
Ignore this new Alf profile and lets concentrate on getting our 'test' channels back.
This DishTV promoter should notice that NO WHERE in this blog we have mentioned a worthy competitor to DTV even if we hv some issues with them. DishTV is NOT an alternative to DTV and I think this is old hat we hv discussed and discarded a long time back.
So that's not a fact. The fact is we must continue to wait till we get official confirmation from DTV as to how they are going to assign these channels to packages.
My humble appeal to all (and inform your offline friends too) is NOT to change or upgrade your packages at this juncture just to watch new channels for a handful of days. If you do - you are loosing to a marketing tactic. Wait till the launch date and make up your mind. Also hang on to see how DTV combines the existing two package structures. IMO, there is NO WAY that they can take off existing channels from any subscriber. So new DTV subscribers are set to benefit as they will get to see more channels (ESPN, POGO on 900 package).
Also, thanks Admin about the news on Subscribers Unite.
June 21, 2007 12:49 PM
Lightning_Struck_Tower said...
alf,
of course i'm using a dishtv connection. But I'm not obsessed with it or i havent forced anyone to buy one so far. I have my own reasons for using dishtv but dude... calling Hulla 'the father of DTH'...
Dish has 2 million customers but DTV with it's small 25k customer base have made some giant leaps and if it enters Indian market, i'm sure more ppl will abandon tatsky and dishtv and switch over.
June 21, 2007 12:53 PM
AMD said...
Alf -
as per the comments in this blog, u can see that ur not wanted here, so please take ur hindi crap dish tv and ur father of DTH and keep both for urself ok.
This is a DTV blog not a DISH TV or any other blog.
June 21, 2007 12:55 PM
alf said...
DISH HAS ACTIVE SERVICES ON MANY CHANNELS,GAMING,EPG FOR ONE WEEK AND THEY HAVE AQUIRED THE TRANSPONDERS VACCATED BY DD ON NSS6 AND THEY WILL HAVE CHANNELS WHICH YOU CANT EVEN IMAGINE.
IF YOU GUYS ARE REALY SATISFIED IN PAYING 1400.00 TO SEE 50 CHANNELS YOU MUST BE OUT OF YOU MIND WHEN YOU CAN SEE 162 FOR 900.00
# JESIKA - I AM VERY GOOD AT SINHALA,TAMIL AND ENGLISH AND KEEP DAY DREAMING AS YOU WANT GET GOD TV ON YOUR 900.00 PACKAGE.
June 21, 2007 1:05 PM
AMD said...
@ Alf,
Which part dont u get ???
THIS IS A DTV BLOG. WE DO NOT NEED TO PAY 900 AND GET 1/2 HINDI CRAP. SO WE PAY 900 or 1400 FOR QUALITY CHANNELS.
REMEMBER ITS NOT QUANTITY BUT QUALITY.
PLEASE DONT USE THIS BLOG TO PROMOTE UR FATHERS DISH TV CONNECTIONS.
June 21, 2007 1:13 PM
cableguy said...
Hey Guys
We need some good entertainment on this blog while most of us patiently wait until June 30th for DTV to get their act together.
And what better way to entertain the blog than to have Alf around. So let him have his say. After all, its a "Free and Democratic" blog.
Kalu...where are you?????
Alf avilla visit ekak daanna...
June 21, 2007 1:19 PM
alf said...
JESIKA AND LOT OF BLOGGERS USED TO MAIL ME AND ASK HOW TO GET DISH TV CONNECTIONS,AND WHAT A CHANGE OF HEART FROM THE OLD BLOGGERS WHO CAME AFTER ME.
WHAT IS DTV,DISH HAVE NOW SURPASSED 3 MILLION USERS,DTV DONT EVEN HAVE 30K.
DISHN TV HAS NOW INTRODUCED A FUNCTION WHERE YOU CAN SELECT THE CAMERA ANGLE OF CRICKET MATCH,DTV WILL TAKE 10 MORE YEARS TO INTRODUCE THOSE,AND FOOLS LIKE KALUPERUMA,JESIKA, AMD,VKID AND DUDE WANT COME OUT OF THE WELL.EVEN THOUGH LST DOESNT ADMIT HE IS WISE ENOUGH TO STICK WITH DISH TV.
June 21, 2007 1:43 PM
D.L.R. said...
Alf is back with Huluballa
But Kalu is not coming to screen.
He may know what will going to happend to CBNSat customers in future.
Machan Kalu, Apita sorry weida?
Yesterday cus care guy said 1350+ people will get all channels but we (850+) will get only what we can see during test period.
another funny thing in FUTURE TODAY
you can listen to ICC worldcup jingle two months after the worlcup. it says buy paying additional 200 you can upgrade to watch icc world cup.
FUTURE TODAY
June 21, 2007 1:44 PM
Priyantha De Silva said...
ALF,
Very much thanks for your advice & dedication of your time for us & making sympathy,
This is the DTV blog.We all believe DTV is the Best. That's why we pay for that.
Not others. This is the DTV blog.We all believe DTV is the Best. That's why we pay for that.
Our intention is to rise up DTV not others. We don't want crap Hindi channels with adds anymore. Then, we don't want Dish TV.We're much satisfied with DTV compare to Dish. This is a struggle in the HOUSE to build up comfortably. Not to live in a neighborer's house when angry with own home.
@ HBO Hits,
I think HBO Hits & Family must add to the subscribers who pay below 900 rupees. Because all the Films that has been shown, did broadcast some tomes back on HBO , Signature. ( See the schedule of them )
@ ABC,
Also since ABC is a FTA channel it must come to the lowest Package.
If, Not,
DTV's very unfair , not even for whom that bought DTV, For the future buyers .
@ Test,
There isn't any software problem regarding the test channels.If anyone Upgrade , How it works in few hours to get the Test channels back.It's marketing,
The Sri lanka's Most successful traders TACTIC.
@ AMD,
( Repeat from a past post )
really really there was a IRD Upgrade.
If any one say NO,
How could this happened ?
*After IRD Upgrade,
1.Time GMT is +0530h. Before +0600h ,
2.Password was 9949, Now 1234.
3.If we use Antenna in to give signal to the TV set, It'll get Black & White Colors.Before the IRD Upgrade there were Multy colors.
Then, there is something wrong with Upgrade., Because anyone can't see the channels in COLORS using antenna position. But Can , using AV inputs .
*******
* ALF must be LAKSHMAN HULUGALLA ,
Himself. Any other in this world not barking for him, Even His Own Dog.He is crying to sell Dish TV.....................)Like going to Die when DTV market develop.
so.. so.. sorry.. Hulugalla alias ALF.
June 21, 2007 1:51 PM
laksirif said...
Alf,
Don't remind us about that name Hulugalla. He is the one who deprived many of us to suffer without the facility for 6 mths. Hulugalla's idea was to entice us to abandon CBN Sat & join his facility. Fortunately, many of us didn't fall in to his trap. Neither do we wish to waste our time about that guy.
Our main idea is to get a good & reasonable deal from DTV. Many of us who have Dialog Mobile phones would know that if you keep silent with Dialog they will think that they can have their way. Therefore we need to voice our protests. That's all.
As suggested by Ricky lets wait until 30th.
BTW my attempts to contact Kasun to get his response what I gathered last night, have failed so far. In one instance when asked for Kasun, I overheard some guys at DTV talking in Tamil(I can understand Tamil to a fair extent) that its a another complain & to transfer my call to C/Care.
June 21, 2007 1:58 PM
Kasun said...
Hey Guys,
Why are we care about what this stupit ALF say. Lets Talk about DTV. DTV is the Best for us. So Lets Talk about it not those Hindi Crap.
June 21, 2007 2:04 PM
Lightning_Struck_Tower said...
"WHAT IS DTV,DISH HAVE NOW SURPASSED 3 MILLION USERS,DTV DONT EVEN HAVE 30K."
Yeah. And India has 1 billion population while SL has 20 million. Do the math.
"EVEN THOUGH LST DOESNT ADMIT HE IS WISE ENOUGH TO STICK WITH DISH TV."
I'm keeping it coz it has Classic Cartoon channel Boomerang with them. Otherwise i'd have switched do DTV long ago. But honestly, when you take the overall content, DTV is way ahead of dish.
btw u are wasting ur time here mate. U cud have sold a few connections through the blog when there was cable tv blackout but i dont think anyone will buy dishtv now.
June 21, 2007 2:11 PM
Hanees said...
BEFORE TESTING CHANNELS WE HAVE 36 CHANNELS.
FOR 900/- , 32 CHANNELS , 47%
FOR 1400/- , 36 CHANNELS , 53%
CONSIDERING THESE PERCENTAGE,
NEW 18 CHANNELS SHOULD/MUST BE AS FOLLOWS
FOR 900/- , 16 CHANNELS
FOR 1400/- , 18 CHANNELS
I THINK THIS IS FAIR ENOUGH
WHAT DO YOU THINK ?
June 21, 2007 2:20 PM
D.L.R. said...
I hate DTV's marketing strategies,
and the way they treat us (CBNSat customers)
But remember, it doesn't mean that we like Huluballa's coment in our DTV Blog. This is DTV blog, We r strugling to strengthen DTV's quality & future , same time customer's benifits & rights.
June 21, 2007 2:26 PM
Sumzy said...
DTV will be increasing their charges and the will be having a new package for expensive channels
As far as I know Nimbus charges 100 SL Rupees for both neo channels (Neo Sports and Neo Sports+) per each DTV subscriber.
And paying that is crap since it only telecasts matches that india plays in India only. Getting Star Cricket will be a good investment as the 20/20 world cup is also in there. But I doubt DTV getting it
June 21, 2007 2:31 PM
alf said...
WHO IS THIS PRIYANTHA DE SILVA,HE WAS NOT EVEN BORN WHEN GUYS LIKE JESIKA,LST WERE BLOGGING HERE AND WAS TRYING TO GET DEFUNCT CBNSAT BACK.PRIYANTHA DE SILVA DONT TALK NONSENSE WITHOUT KNOWING HOW THIS BLOG CAME INTO BEING,I DONT MIND JESIKA,DUDE,CABLEGUY,AMD,ROB,LISURU,CBNSATVICTIM,MICHLE,JOKIYA,VKID AND EVEN KALUPERUMA CRITISISING ME,BUT NOT THESE GUYS WHO HAVE LANDED TWO OR THREE DAYS BACK.
BUT WITH THE 6 NEW TRANSPONDERS AQUIRED BY DISH,YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THE CHANNEL LINE UP IS GOING TO BE,THEY WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANNEL LINEUP IN ENTIRE ASIA,ITS GOING TO BE QUALITY AND QUANTITY,DONT REGRET AFTER THAT
June 21, 2007 2:32 PM
Sumzy said...
I have both Comet and Dish TV and I think Dish TV is far better. There are several channels that are Hindi and Other languages as Jesika told, but I don't mind those as I only watch English Entertainment and Sports
Who cares Hulugalla, Dish TV is his property it's indian. And I don't care anyones openion. If I can get Dish TV and use it here, If I can pay the money there, who cares ?
They have acquired 5 new transponders from NSS6 and will be adding some new channels. and Cricket+ from ten sports and Star Cricket is in that list !
That's it
June 21, 2007 2:38 PM
soorapappa said...
I also agree with sumzy regarding NEO channels. Those are bad channels, whenever I put those... it shows Indian matches. Seems like nothing else :-(
About Dish. Ya man... it's also a bullshit. Most of it will have non english channels with tons of adds and english ones also an indian feed. You'll break your remote soon due to frequent channel changes.
Channel change time 30%
Watching time 70%
DTV lath hama jaraawama deela honda channels walath quality anagaththo me tikama thamai kiyanna wenne.
June 21, 2007 2:44 PM
Vishkid said...
@ Sumzy - so what the fuck? Go and say that in DishTV blog (if you can create one that is).
We don't wanna hear about Dish or LBN or Comet - if we want well hv a look at those blogs.
And so sir .. you can just f* off.
June 21, 2007 2:47 PM
nimal said...
Ara cableguy kiwwa wagey meka "Free and Democratic" blog ekak.
@AMD umba gihin Comet & LBN blog ekey comments dammeth e freedom eka nisamai..eka nisa alfwa pan nana hadanna epa..apita thaamath mathakai Kalugei Alfgeyi parana waada tika
@alf
Hulla kohomada bang umbey bosa uney...a dawas wala umba thaniyen neda business kaley? Besides how come hulla may indutry ekey father wenney? ai ethkota srinimal gey bosa "baluwardena" ..U MOKADA?
wadak naha habai Kaluwath dan ambarena paart...
Common Kalu ...keep this blog alive until we get the new channels
June 21, 2007 2:48 PM
riky said...
ABC will be there in the 500/-pack,but honestly what hanees thinks is not going to happen and only a few channels will be available on the 900/-pack.
I can confirm that DTV did not do a IRD upgrade other than testing the software(iderto).
As sumzys price increase,its not going to take place other than getting the packages in to a commen platform (not having 875/- and 900/- ,but having only 900/-)
June 21, 2007 2:57 PM
soorapappa said...
@ Riky,
What will happen to existing 500 pack. Will it remove/change any channels ? will AXN removed from 500?
Because I've planned to go to 500 and get others extra.
June 21, 2007 3:07 PM
Dude said...
@riky
Does this mean that the only packages will be Rs 500/=, Rs 900/=, Rs 1400/=. Dialog will not increase rental more than Rs 1400/= is it?
One more thing riky, Admin has posted here that a channel called "The Buddhist" is also to be introduced. Does this mean that "God TV" will be also available with this transponder launch.
June 21, 2007 3:10 PM
elakiri said...
According to my friend having comet, star channels off air from comet. Interesting comment from Comet blog (posted here because it will have a effect on monopoly).
" Anonymous said...
Star world,star movies and star plus i out due to non payment.James scobie has tranffered everything back to australia and is missing.The star world signal is from tatasky.Comet cable is re broadcasting tatasky star world signal.I doubt they will activate start movies today.
The new owners are sri lankans.I do not wanna tell you guys more about this cos im scared of the white van.They are very well connected to the most powrerful group.As said they are the agents for the newest port project which is coming up as well as the brokers for airbus deal which went through mihin air.DTV guys are trying to create a stroy by saying comet is now owned by an indian company.This is bullshit.Lets wait for few more days.The battle for supremacy will begin.DTH service will hot up soon.
Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:19:00 PM "
June 21, 2007 3:19 PM
arnold perera said...
One thing is very clear, DTV will make money playing the fool with customers. Other than the religious channels, nothing will be added to 900 package.
You can think of any coonection whis legal and worthy for the money you pay.
You do not have to promote any service provider, try to get the best service for the money you pay.
June 21, 2007 3:20 PM
AMD said...
Riky,
If there was no software update,
how did the new menu come, the password change and my epg menu also change ? before i did the update my s/w date was june 2005, now it is June 2006.
June 21, 2007 3:27 PM
laksirif said...
Managed to speak to Kasun 15mins ago. He confirmed that they have not yet decided about the new channels. DTV Snr. Management including himself will be having a meeting at around 3.30pm and he said the issues about old CBN customers will be taken up, with due consideration for the letter DTV sent us after the take over in Dec 2006. Further, he said the final decision will be taken tomorrow & he took my contact no: with a promise to call me back.
Shall update friends if I hear anything new.
June 21, 2007 3:29 PM
riky said...
They will have 500/-,900/-,1400/-,but i dont know which of the channels will be added to 500/- and 900/- from the new content.
Yes they will have the "The Budhdhist" and "God TV" in their lineup.
June 21, 2007 3:40 PM
riky said...
amd
What i am telling is the confirmation i got from the engineering guys,They confirmed that they did not do an IRD upgrade.
How you got and what you got,I dont know how and why.
June 21, 2007 3:45 PM
Amalka said...
@ Riky
any thin know about STAR CRICKET
June 21, 2007 3:51 PM
cbnsatcustomer said...
@riky
Normally IRD Upgrade option is disabled in the menu. But one night it was enabled. So some of us including me selected that option and software was downloaded and upgraded to 01 June 2007 version. Next day it was disabled again. With that upgrade our old cbnsat customers decoder software became up-to-date with new DTV customers as far as I can understand.
June 21, 2007 3:56 PM
Jesika said...
Riky
as ams says IRD update was available for few days. but i couldn't able to do it. I think DTV guys just did check. They didnt officially did a s/w upgrade.
will God Tv in the lineup when DTV officially lunch on 30th?
June 21, 2007 4:01 PM
TERRY said...
Didnt i tell you about Gamini,The bugger is missing from the day he got to see the test transmission and untill they came he was a pain in the ass.Cant we get his account number deactivate the test and get all the other guys ones activated,Then the bugger will be commenting here untill we get irritated.
June 21, 2007 4:02 PM
riky said...
cbnsatcustomer/jesika - It would have happened on the day tested (They did a test without checking the software from iderto),They will officialy do the upgrade when they get the ok on software.
God TV is scheduled prior to the launch and it will be there if everything goes to plan and i am unware for which package it will be available.
June 21, 2007 4:09 PM
elakiri said...
Jessika,
Ammapa me GOD Tv ekata wada ekak attema nedda. Blog gaanak purama mekata maragatta neda. hamadaama zee studio eke 7.30-8.30 wage baluwanam oyata ati wenna god gana ahaganna puluwanne. Oita wada entertainment channels oone taram tiyenawa neda. Kaman ne eka oyage choice ekane. eetha itin oka gana ahanawa iwarayakma nene. Dan ekasarayak riky kiuwane god tv and buddhist dekama denawa kiyala. tawa monawada ?
June 21, 2007 4:12 PM
TechnoGuy said...
DialogTV against DishTV and Tata Sky
+ Non-Indian channel feeds of AXN, HBO, Zone Reality and STAR (as said by Riky) which have less ads and better programming (and do not get banned by the government all the time)
+ No problems and disagreements with any content providers, and therefore provides everything at equal quality.
Zee channels are owned by the same as DishTv. Therefore Tata Sky (owned partly by STAR) gets a low quality feed of Zee channels, and only a few of them.
Similarily, until recently DishTV did not get the STAR channel. Even now they are in low quality on DishTV.
+ Better customer support, becuase DishTV (mostly) has awful customer support
+ Better contact with the customer through places like this blog. Tata and DishTV hardly notice the customers except for the money.
+ Radio channels at high quality.
- Less total channels
- No multiple audio feeds
- Channels all come from abroad, not local (excpept radio and free local channels of course). Therefore the price is higher. It can't be helped, but DTV should reduce it as much as possible.
June 21, 2007 4:12 PM
TechnoGuy said...
@ Riky
Thanks for all.
the upgrade we got was: JUNE 1 2006
not 2007!
@ Elakiri and Jessika
The channels will probably be available at your own choice.
So Jessika can have it. Elakiri can scramble it. All will be happy.
Just don't bring up th religious issues again.
@ Alf
Hi! Goodbye! For Ever, please!
You are only a clown in this place. What you say or do will only be taken as a joke.
@ Admin
Can you delete these comments by Alf, Arnold Perera and other idiots. Get rid of them, please. They disfigure this blog.
If you don't have time (most people dont; what a busy life), maybe you can trust another friend to watch the blog and delete the shit. It'll be a help for everyone!
June 21, 2007 4:18 PM
AMD said...
@ Riky - Thanks.
@ Admin - I 2nd that statement by Tguy. Please delete those comments. They hav nothing to do with the issues we are discussing here.
June 21, 2007 4:21 PM
Priyantha De Silva said...
Are you not born yet ? Don’t behave like a child in the Womb.
Don’t measure people from Ages , do from what they’re doing.
You can’t market your things here. In vain you are wasting time with arguing.
I wish all the success, Mr. Hullugalla. But not here. You can’t afraid me anyway. If you want anything I can do it. Do your own work . That’s kid’s work measure people from there Age. Then give the Presidency to Rathnasiri Wikramanayake, ‘Cose he is older than Mahinda.
Also, Tell Kinsly to resign from Sirasa. To give the post Anyone older than Him, Idiot !
Even, CBN time I was here, But didn’t participate for a reason. Then I know who are the real ones & “Kalakannis”( Wasting Timer )
June 21, 2007 4:24 PM
Priyantha De Silva said...
@ That was for ALF
June 21, 2007 4:26 PM
soorapappa said...
@ Riky. Thanks a lot for all info. But I would like to know (I'm sure most of us) that what will happen to existing channels and packages. Will they remain same or will they shuffle as well ? or only new channels will be put to 500,900,1400 ?
Do you know anything regarding this ?
June 21, 2007 4:30 PM
Priyantha De Silva said...
riky,
please note,
I really assure there was a IRD Upgrade. Something changed after that. I know you tell the truth as you can. but there're many, who did the Upgrade, got changed the menu as Time(GMT) +0530h from +0600h default.
If you can try again to get to know what happened at that time ( about 2 days time )
Thanks very much for what you're doing in this blog.
June 21, 2007 4:31 PM
hsjaya said...
Alf,
Do you think you are god ? No body can critise you? Who gave you that right. When you come and blog here you accept all condition apply to all bloggers. That is, your comments are subject to comments of all other fellow bloggers. There is no juniors or seniors here. This belong to all Bloggers who have DTV connection. You may have done yomen service during the black out. Thanks for that. But now dont come and promote other products here. Go to DISH TV blog and comment and promote. We dont respect or care abount your seniority. We only care and respect about the sensible comments and suggestion made by DTV bloggers here. This may be too harsh, E unata illan kanna kemethi nan monawa karannada.
We have a serious problem now. If you are faithful to DTV try provide a practical solution for that. Donot take advantage out of our problem and promote hindi bullshit DISH TV.
For your information I am also a newe blogger. But Bought DTV on 01 June 2005 and lost the connection on June 06th.
June 21, 2007 4:39 PM
hsjaya said...
Correction......
My Dtv connection date should read as 01 june 2006
June 21, 2007 4:51 PM
SAG said...
Dear All,
Please tell me from where i can get the IRD Software and how to up grade.
Thanks
SAG
June 21, 2007 4:54 PM
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June 21, 2007 4:55 PM
soorapappa said...
@SAG,
Please follow previous comments and threads.
June 21, 2007 4:59 PM
Nathan said...
Hi
its nice to be back after a few days.
Well there's been so much going on but i cant believe how Dtv can discriminate its customers considering this issue of 1,375/- and 1,400/-. I being an old CBN Sat customer feels highly let down and wonder if this is the price for our loyalty.
To all this DishTv promoters on here: this is a blog spot to discuss issues of Dtv. We dont care if you receive 300 channels for 900/- we are happy with what we have as we are confident that Dtv's service provider has the technology to provide us better in future.
So just leave it be.
June 21, 2007 5:09 PM
Nathan said...
@sag
There is no upgrade mate at the momnet..join the wait and see club!
June 21, 2007 5:10 PM
hsjaya said...
Hi Priyantha,
You are absolutely correct about the comment made about ALF.
There is no room for anybody here to promote other products. This is only for DTV bloggers to discuss their issus, concerns, problems or whatever it is.
If anybody wants to promote any other cable tv he should find some other place for that.
Thanks for your comments !
June 21, 2007 5:15 PM
Looser said...
Is this the real old alf?
I don't think so.
Anyway DTV is much better than DishTV. But DishTV is much cheaper and the quality is also low.
(I'm using the both at the moment)
June 21, 2007 5:15 PM
Lasa said...
Hi Guys,
I don't think it's about treating 500, 900 & 1400 customers deiferently. I have 1400 package and still i can't watch test channels. Also i think we should strictly blog here only about DTV issues, not marketing of other DTH providers. If any one want to promote other DTH providers pls open a new blog and do your marketing there.
June 21, 2007 5:38 PM
KIDO said...
Hi Everyone...
BREAKING NEWS:
§ DTV going to introduce 100Pkg from July.
§ GOD & THE Buddhist TV are available from July 1st week for FOC.
§ 850 Pkg CX’s able to get all the 900Pkg channels with the new updates from July.
June 21, 2007 6:55 PM
hsjaya said...
KODO,
Thanks for the news
Could you explain further
Does this mean old 850+ will loose ESPN and POGO or New 900pkg will get ESPN and POGO
June 21, 2007 6:59 PM
hsjaya said...
HI KIDO,
My apologies for spelling you as KODO.
Sorry |
June 21, 2007 7:01 PM
KIDO said...
Hi Hsjaya,
No worries, 850Pkg holder able to get both ESPN & STAR. (but in future there is no more 850Pkg)
June 21, 2007 7:08 PM
cbnsatcustomer said...
Hello KIDO
"DTV going to introduce 100Pkg from July."
Do you mean a Rs.100 package?
June 21, 2007 9:21 PM
KIDO said...
Hi cbn(DTV)satcustomer,
Yes,ul be able to get only 10-12channels under this pkg.
June 21, 2007 10:13 PM
TechnoGuy said...
There is another tv channel called
DHARMAVAHINI
on LBN! I have never even heard of it until Sudhar mentioned in on their blog.
How many Buddhist TV stations do we actually have?
June 21, 2007 10:39 PM
cbnsatcustomer said...
Hi kido
Thanks for the info. Do you know the situation with the test channels. If you know anything pls share with us.
June 21, 2007 10:42 PM
SAG said...
Dear Friend,
I call the customer care and made a complain about AXNs audio issue with the right channel and it’s happening since last weekend. It seems them were not aware of the problem. And guy who was at cs asked me to do several activities with the remote control, but nothing didn’t work. I know there is nothing to do with remote or something wrong with my setup. I’m they are having the problem with their end. Finally cs guy told me that he will inform it to the relevant dept. About 5 mins after ending the call I got the sound on right channel. BUT IT’S NOT STEREO like earlier.
June 21, 2007 10:49 PM
SAG said...
Dose any one of u guys have any e-mail addresses of DTV managers or signor engineers. If u have please let me know.
June 21, 2007 11:04 PM
Nathan said...
@alf
wow nice language mate!
keep it up, you would go places.
Ok here is an update for all you guys.
I called CC at around 7pm yesterday and the guy on duty said that they have received an official announcement that only the 1,400/- subscribers would have the new channels on. So its official...get upgraded..its pointless having a wait and see approach..we are at the mercy of Dtv..
If you want newchannels and which are of importance and quality of programming is high you will have to pay that extra 25/- and in future if Dtv increases it to even 2,500/- you will still have to pay it if you want such channels. After all they are the service provier,,,we are only bloggers who are their customers. (some are not ..lol)
Lets hope for the best!
June 22, 2007 7:50 AM
hsjaya said...
I am giving you an extraction from
http://en.wikipedia.org related to dialog TV. This will give some information about DTV and current postion. I think you all should read this
Dialog TV currently provides 29 international TV channels and 6 local TV channels, plus 10 local radio channels. Channels are provided within 3 packages, having 17 channels, 26 channels and 29 channels respectively.
Channels
Television
CH01 CNN
CH02 BBC
CH03 Al Jazeera English
CH04 HBO
CH05 HBO Signature
CH06 Cinemax
CH07 AXN
CH08 ESPN
CH09 Star Sports
CH10 Discovery
CH11 Animal Planet
CH12 Discovery Travel and Living
CH13 National Geographic Channel
CH14 The History Channel
CH15 Nat Geo Adventure
CH16 Zone Reality
CH17 Pogo
CH18 Animax
CH19 Nickelodeon
CH20 Cartoon Network
CH21 Rupavahini (Local)
CH22 Channel Eye (Local)
CH23 MTV India
CH24 SET Max
CH25 VH1
CH26 ITN (Local)
CH27 Zee TV
CH28 Zee Studio
CH29 Zee Cafe
CH30 Zee Sports
CH31 Zee Cinema
CH32 Zee Trendz
CH33 Zee Muzic
CH34 TNL (Local)
CH35 Derana (Local)
CH36 Swarnavahini (Local)
(Test channels in third transponder are listed below as of June 18th)
CH37 Ten Sports (TEN Sports)
CH38 Hallmark Channel (Hallmark Channel)
CH39 SET (SET)
CH40 HBO Hits ([HBO Hits])
CH41 Australia Network ([Australia Network])
CH42 Test 6 ([Neo Sports])
CH43 Test 7 ([Neo Sports Plus])
CH44 Test 8 ([Sony SAB])
CH44 SRTV ([SRTV])
(As of 18th June 2007, the channels below do not have valid audio visual data)
CH45 Test 10
[edit] Radio
CH01 Sha FM
CH02 Sooriyan FM
CH03 Gold FM
CH04 Sun FM
CH05 Hiru FM
CH06 TNL Radio
CH07 Lite 89.2
CH08 Asura FM
CH09 Isira FM
CH10 Max Radio
Future Television Channels
These are channels which have been confirmed by Dialog TV internal sources. These will be launched soon (as of June 2007) in the third transponder. DialogTV first promised to launch these channels way back in April but the plans were delayed due to undisclosed reasons.
STAR Movies
STAR World
STAR Plus
STAR Gold
STAR Vijay
Neo Sports
Neo Sports Plus
TEN Sports
HBO Family
HBO HiTS
Hallmark Channel
Australia Network
Returning Television Channel
These channels were at least once available previously on Dialog TV. They are confirmed to be relaunched with the third transponder.
Fashion TV
SET
Sony SAB
[edit] Infrastructure
Dialog TV broadcasts using the DVB-S System through the IS12 (Formally Known as PAS12) Satellite positioned at 45° East. KuBand Signals are received using a 60 cm diameter Aluminum Mini-Dish and a Sharp LNB. The LNB is connected to a COSHIP CDVB5110D SetTop Box. Irdeto 2 technology is used to unlock the encrypted signal. The SetTop Box is also programmed to block Free-to-Air satellite channels, as well as preventing manual changes to transponder details (in June 2007 update). Software updates are downloaded through the satellite network.
Competition and Coverage
Dialog TV reportedly has the highest number of cable TV subscribers in Sri Lanka. Its main competition is currently Lanka Broadband Networks (LBN), providing cable based television services both in analog and DVB-C in a few areas of Colombo. LBN has some reliability problems due to frequent damage to cables and power failures to its amplifiers although being a cable based 'cable' network it has better quality than DTV.
Competition may soon come from other expected DTH services, although none have been confirmed yet.
Confirmed competition in the future is SLT IPTV, although the service is still awaiting their broadcasting license to set up the system.
Dialog TV has coverage over the entire of Sri Lanka and up to Nepal and neighboring countries through the IS12 satellite.
It is unlikely that DTV will launch its services in India which has a potentially huge audience is currently well served by DishTV India and TataSky. These providers offer almost all the channels offered by DTV plus more channels to suit the various regions of India.
[edit] Development and Expansion
Dialog TV expresses its hopes to soon expand their digital network to other neighboring countries. It is said that there are already Dialog TV customers in Maldives.
Dialog TV signed an agreement with ESPN and Star Sports on 7 March 2006, and launched the channels on 24 March 2006. The Zee package (Zee TV, Zee Cafe, Zee Cinema, Zee Trendz, Zee Sports, Zee Muzic, Zee Studio) was launched in January. Al Jazeera English was launched on 19th April 2007, replacing the SET channel.
Dialog TV's third transponder was launched in late April 2007. A software and NIT upgrade was tested on 8th June to make new facilities available for subscribers. These include a 7-day Electronic Programming Guide. The third transponder is now available on Dialog TV for all subscribers, and the new channels on the transponder are expected to be launched very soon.
[edit] High Defenition Tests
Dialog TV is believed to be carrying out private test transmissions of High Definition broadcasting.
It is rumored that Dialog TV is using the Discovery HD Channels, available on the same satellite as Dialog TV, for testing purposes.
[edit] Closure of Dialog TV (then CBNsat) and halt of services for 6 months
On June 6th 2006, the Sri Lanka Police's Criminal Investigation Department raided the CBNsat broadcast premises and ordered to shut down the service. CBNsat was accused of not possessing the correct DTH broadcasting license and broadcasting the NTT channel (of the LTTE) on their service. CBNsat was also blamed for broadcasting possibly illegal content on Fashion TV.
The Media Ministry took over the case when the CID dropped their charges in late 2006. It was not possible to show evidence of CBNsat broadcasting the NTT channel as it blocked Free To Air channels form the customer decoders and NTT was a Free To Air channel.
The Media Ministry could not prove any of the allegations and was finally forced to provide the necessary license to CBNsat. Meanwhile, CBNsat was financially crippled and was acquired by Dialog Telekom in December 2006. The service was finally relaunched in February 2007.
As a result of the closure, a few subscribers gathered together to form CBNsat Subscribers Unite. The subscribers worked hard to bring CBNsat out of trouble during the closure, and ultimately caused the government to give up their vested interests.
[edit] Current status
Dialog TV is now relaunched together with most of their original package. zOOm, Raj TV package and the Goal TV package have been dropped from the lineup due to low viewership. The Zee package (consisting of 7 channels) was added to lineup to replace those channels, and also in gratitude for the support of its many loyal customers.
The subscriber group still exists, renamed as Dialog TV Subscribers Unite, in order to sort out customer problems directly with the Dialog TV management.
June 22, 2007 8:11 AM
AMD said...
@ laksirif , any - any update about the new channels, can u confrim what Nathan has said about the packages ?
June 22, 2007 8:52 AM
hsjaya said...
Hi guys,
You may have seen that SLT is going to provide IPTV. Since I did not have any idea what IPTV I made some seraches and found some articles.
If you are interested pl read. Otherwisie forget about it.
I think we have to konw what is going to happen in the Cable TV industry to respond properly to DTV markting strategies.
IPTV
(Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. In order to receive and decode the images in realtime, the user requires either an IPTV set-top box or a computer and software-based media player.
IPTV enables a data-voice-video "triple play" service to be based entirely on IP because Internet access, voice over IP (VoIP) and IPTV all use the same IP packet format. To compete with cable TV, the telephone companies have taken the lead with IPTV over DSL lines. Rather than tune into one of many video channels being transmitted simultaneously over cable TV, IPTV users request a particular channel, which is routed to the user like every resource on the Internet.
TV over the Internet
There are a multitude of IPTV stations that deliver their content only via the Internet. Although there are paid subscriptions to some services, most are free. In addition, many TV broadcasters send their video over the air and to the Internet simultaneously. See IP, streaming video, IP on Everything and triple play.
Overview
In the past, television was only distributed via cable, satellite, or terrestrial systems. Today - with the increase in Internet connection speeds, advances in technology, the increase of total number of people online, and the decrease in connection costs - it has become increasingly common to find traditional television content accessible freely and legally over the Internet. In addition to this, new Internet-only television content has appeared which is not distributed via cable, satellite, or terrestrial systems.
Internet TV can come in many forms. For instance, it can
be watched on a regular TV (via a Set-top box), or on a computer, or on a portable device (such as a mobile phone)
show a channel 'live' (like regular TV), or allow the viewer to select a show to watch on demand ("Video-on-Demand")
involve any budget - from home camcorder productions to expensive professional productions
be protected from copying, or easily duplicated as a perfect copy
be free or paid for - and may be supported by advertisements
be an interactive or passive medium
One of the barriers to wider adoption of Internet television is streaming technology, which can be of poor quality and high cost to the providers. The BBC's Dirac project seeks to address this by creating a scalable, high-quality, free codec for streaming video content over the net.
As Internet television becomes more pervasive, efforts are being made by companies to develop the transmission of existing pay-TV channels to regular TV sets over the net, while retaining control over how the media is used. Such control is required in order to protect existing subscription and pay-per-view business models
Implementation
Internet Television services have at least two different models:
Fee based
This type of service is generally funded and supported by large telecom providers and follows the previous cable, satellite or terrestrial systems, based on a subscription fee, adding new features like high-definition TV, video on demand and digital video recording.
The usage of internet protocols to provide two-way communication will also open the way for interactivity with the TV program content, for example making it possible to choose between multiple camera angles, vote on an interactive TV show, or order a product sample.
Europe and Asia have been the leaders in implementing these Internet Television services for paying customers, which are expected to become mainstream in just a few years replacing traditional cable subscriptions. In the US the providers have not shown so much interest about this technology yet. Internet Television is a more interesting alternative to cable TV also in countries where there is a poor cable infrastructure, like India and China.
The software platform chosen by network operators to provide the most recent Internet television services has been Microsoft TV IPTV Edition, which works together with a set-top box.
These services are limited to the offer supplied by the provider meaning that you can only get on your TV set the channels and services you are paying for.
Free
Free Internet Television is available from the Web, and is accessible without the need for either a set-top-box, a specific carrier or an operator.
The greatest core theme of the free Internet Television model is that it is based on the same publishing model that exists on the Web: it allows access to an open platform, that anyone can access, use and build for, together with the development of open source software, open standards and formats.
Those that create valued and interesting video products have now the opportunity to distribute it directly to a large audience - something impossible with the previous television distributing models (closed software, closed hardware, closed network). The free model has been used around the globe by local and independent television channels aiming for niche target audiences, or to build a collaborative environment for media production, a platform for citizens' media.
Barriers to Internet TV
Some perspectives indicate there are several technological barriers to wider adoption of internet television, the reality is that it is easy to hook up your television to your computer. While some media player streams are less visually clear than others, some of the television coming across from stations rival the broadcasts from the cable box. All it takes is a wireless mouse and the right connections to the TV. Add a stereo or better sound system and the results are quite credible for television viewing. Sites like www.fantasy-tv.com outline the connection from the computer to the television in an easy to understand and visual format.
Some of the technological arguments to broad internet television acceptance are:
Lack of set top boxes - these need the latest compression technologies (MPEG-4's H.264/AVC codec; and VC-1). Decoding chips are still new and expensive.
Incompatible standards (different software and/or hardware are required to watch different providers)
Low bandwidth to the home - a standard definition digital signal requires a 2 Mbit/s connection. High definition requires 8 Mbit/s.
Restricted bandwidth in the internet backbone (this will be a problem if many people decide to adopt internet TV via unicast.)
Streaming technology - which can be of poor quality and high cost to the providers. Multicast and P2PTV are some of the suggested solutions.
Old media meeting new media - licensing regulations, existing deals, and uncertainty over payment, security, and advertising has led to only slow steps being taken hyhy by the companies which own the TV content.
June 22, 2007 8:55 AM
Priyantha De Silva said...
@ hsjaya ,
I think the main Editor of the DTV of wikipedia is our TechnoGuy,
@ TechnoGuy,,
Im I right ?
Give some information for the new comers. ( Old Anea, )
( If I'm new to this blog as 2/3 das as some said , I wouldn't know these information ? )
@ Everyone,
please don't give answers to whom they don't get this blog is dedicated the matters of DTV.Not others. Leave them there own till get tired.
June 22, 2007 8:56 AM
hsjaya said...
Hi Priyantha,
Ok pal lets ignore these buggars who do not belong here.
June 22, 2007 9:03 AM
D.L.R. said...
Ricky,
What r the channels will add to 850+ (or new 900 as you said)
will they add only set & sab.
It seems 850+ old cutomers will going to suffer more
June 22, 2007 9:07 AM
laksirif said...
@amd
Not yet he promised to contact me this afternoon.
June 22, 2007 9:51 AM
Amalka said...
i changed the my package on 19.06.2007 from 1375/= to 1400/= one.but still testing channels are scrambling.(w/o SET,SAB)
June 22, 2007 10:05 AM
cableguy said...
Hey Ricky
I like to ask you the same question d.l.r asked.
What are the changes that will happen to the middle package (I have the old 850). I have no problem paying the new package price(900) but I want to know if I will get value for the money.
Any info on this will be much appreciated.
June 22, 2007 10:40 AM
Priyantha De Silva said...
Amalka ,
Now (in office time) Call Customer care (011)4 60 60 60
& request your ownership as others. tell them others requested Upgrade has got the channels back ( So me, I was an Old CBN customer I've changed to 1,400 as you from 1,375 in this week.)
If they ask a name of anyone who got the channels back, Tell my name. (I don't afraid to lose the channels)
(what I did , I've described on older Posts)
After that you have to wait few hours to watch the channels back. It'll come one by one in few hours.
June 22, 2007 10:42 AM
Dil said...
Amalka,
Just call customer care & inform that ur test channels R scrambled. (Without mentioning anything with regard to the package change)
Then they will do the needful.
June 22, 2007 11:06 AM
Amalka said...
@Priyantha & Dil,
i called to them they told me still u are in the 1375/= package..still they didn't upgrade my package...he said he will check...then i asked how can i confirm it...he said after apgrade u can c the all testing channels....that is the DTV reality...
June 22, 2007 11:15 AM
hsjaya said...
Hi guys,
When you call DTV custeomer care after giving their bullshit answers for all the qustion we are raising, they asking are us a funny question.
That is " Is there any thing we can do for you sir "
I said there that there are so many things.
First allow all the customers to view test channels and allow them to create an opinion about whether they should upgrade their pkgs after June 30 to view premium channels.
Secondly send the programe guide in time
and thirdly not to discriminate customers
But I am of the view there is no point calling these customer care guys becos they are giving sterotype answers prepared by the management.
But at the same time it will also create some preassure on DTV to think twice about their policy as these Cus care guys may be giving some feed back on the calls received by them.
However I am with you. I wanted to upgrade my 850+ pkg to 1400+. But now that we have decided no to do so till 30th June, we all totgther will wait and see. Any action you are, taking I am with you.
June 22, 2007 11:37 AM
hsjaya said...
Blog Admin,
Thanks for removing the filthy, unwanted blogs from non DTV promoters from current Blog
June 22, 2007 11:56 AM
Priyantha De Silva said...
@hsjaya ,
Now you are an active blogger here. We need ones like you , who updates this blog frequently. Not the ones come & go like relatives in the Awrudu Season.
Thanks for the information you've provided.
@ Gamini,
What happened to you ?
June 22, 2007 12:19 PM
AMD said...
Ok, here is another update.
I hav the 1375 pk.
Spoke to c/care, asked why i cant see the test channels. He asked for my a/c no, and i soon as i gave he said "i am an old customer" and becuz of that i cant see the test channels
AND - EVEN AFTER THEY LAUNCH ON 30TH I WONT BE ABLE TO SEE THE CHANNELS UNLESS I UPGRADE TO 1400/-.
So anyway i wont do anything now, wait till the 30th and see.
Riky - any comments ?
June 22, 2007 12:33 PM
Jesika said...
Hay guys ! i have a question to ask
I have old 850/=
do i think i should wait until 30th?
What is the advantage ? will they give new channels?
specially old 1350/= customers? do they need to wait until 30th?
What is the advantage? 25/=? or something else?
I'm asking this bcos i dont know about this
pls comment
June 22, 2007 12:54 PM
hsjaya said...
Hi Priyantha,
Thanks for your appreciation.
During last one year I have been reading all blogs on DTV, Comet and LBN and I really wanted to contribute during that time. I did my level best to made some comment. But all the time I was unsucessful. I did not have any idea how to joint this blog and contribute.
Luckyly few days ago I accidently saw that you have to create a google account to sign on to this site. After few attempts I was successful and was very happy so that I could join the blog and share our views and concerns and be together all the time.
June 22, 2007 1:05 PM
fiqri said...
Yes,
I had the same response from the customer care that "amd" had.
They said i have to upgrade to 1400 .. said send them a fax inquiring that..
June 22, 2007 1:07 PM
nimal said...
Some say that the rupee has got depreciated, but..C what you could do for 25/- :(
Man hithanney...methana thiyenney 25/- Prashnayak nemei...package prashnayak..api danna hatiyata package 06 withara thiyanawa...staff ekatath packages athi...
Eka nisa aluth channels daaney mokatada kiyala mall wela aththey...
Me langadi paththarey vacancies daala thibba pricing gana balanna accountantslata...
Hope they will sort these out soon..or mess this up further
June 22, 2007 1:37 PM
Nathan said...
@amd
pointless waiting mate..the need of the hour is to upgrade if you need new channels. This has been confirmed by internal memo at DTV.
June 22, 2007 1:50 PM
laksirif said...
@ Jesika & others,
I am of the opinion we should wait until the DTV make an official announcement & see how they are going to distribute the new channels among whatever pkg. Then sometime who knows even if DTV tries to ignore our request for fair play & try to distribute the channels among their new pkgs (1400, 900 etc) then who knows, there may be some of us who may decide that the channels offered on 900 pkg which may obviously include, are sufficient & then we can down grade from 1375 to 900. Then we can see who wins the race.
Therefore, lets wait until the official announcement with the distribution of channels. Otherwise next time,DTV will add a few more good channels with FTA & jack up by a further 500.
@hsjaya
Well done. Thks for the Camaraderie.
June 22, 2007 1:50 PM
soorapappa said...
I too got a response like that. Previously when I've called to reactivate, they said that all new channels can be watched only for 1400 new package.
@Jesika,
For me, I have 900 new package and can see hallmark, ABC, neo, neo+, set and set sab. But I don't have ESPN and POGO. So if you go for new 900, you'll loose ESPN and POGO. I recommend you to wait until 31st. Then probably we can see the full picture.
I've a bit concern about 500 pkg and AXN. As I remember one said DTV given a special offer(for connection) to some company/institute which don't have AXN for 500 pack. I don't know the truth about this. If someone know please comment. That's why I've asked from RIKY, whether they also going to shuffle existing channels or only new channel distribute to new packages. This I haven't got an answer.
June 22, 2007 1:58 PM
Nathan said...
@ all
I dont mean to be negative!
But we are not going to get the channels at 1,375/-
Trust me!
June 22, 2007 2:24 PM
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June 22, 2007 2:37 PM
bank_dude said...
Paying another 25/= more is nothing comparing to 1375/=. Though I got lucky enough to get activated new channels does not mean that it will last forever. We have to wait till 30th to see what are they up to. If they want us to upgrade to 1400/= in order to watch new channels, they should send us a written document as they sent saying that they have added new channels. They the same thing when they first introduce CLI. I had a 300 package and only SMS was available at that time. Once they introduce CLI I had to pay additional 50/= (now rental is 350/=) to activate CLI facility. Now CLI & SMS is free when u get a connection but still old customers they still pay additional 50/= as rental. Due to that reason I disconnected my old connection & bought a new one.
June 22, 2007 2:44 PM
arnold perera said...
Don’t be surprised to see a new package above 1400/- sooner. This digital tech has very good individual profiling. That’s why so much confusion with the same package. Even if you have good patience you will end up loosing money by moving to high value package because no good channels will be available for 900/-.
Where is Rahdus, the sales rep?
June 22, 2007 2:47 PM
Nathan said...
@alf
Oh cut the crap! do u know the meaning of a blog?
and this reads as dialogtvblogspot if i'm not mistaken.
not your stupid SaucerTv..lol..sorry Dish tv ....lmfao
June 22, 2007 2:53 PM
nimal said...
@alf
umbagey 3 ekkada macho channel 165 wuney?
June 22, 2007 3:17 PM
Free-man said...
The decision by DTV management, not to allow CBNSat package customers to view the new channels leaves a bad taste. It is very unfair to treat old customers (since July,2005) like us, asking us to switch packages. Hope DTV will remember that;
• It was the CBNSat customers that established a customer base of 25,000 for over one year before the events of 06-06-06
• Dialog had an ambition to start their own DTH service
• It was CBNSat that spent close to Rs. one Billion to establish a world class DTH studio
• Dialog paid only half that price to buy CBNSat in December, last year
• Now, Dialog has their own DTH thanks to the investment of CBNSat and CBNSat customer base
• I have personally promoted CBNSatand brought many pals to CBNSat
• It is the loyal customers that bring in more customers; not large billboard in every junction
• All CBN & DTV customers have paid extra monthly rentals whether they can see new channels or not
• Although the new connection is now, Rs. 12,500/=, prospective new customers will judge how DTV has treated loyal customers
Hope DTV will take this criticism in the right spirit, avoid discrimination, not have favourites and treat all customers fairly
June 22, 2007 3:23 PM
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June 22, 2007 3:30 PM
AMD said...
@ ADMIN
I think we are having a problem with this ALF fellow. He has been posting unwanted comments, filth, ever since he came to the blog a few days back.
We have enough of problems with DTV and we dont need an idiot like him here promoting his DISHES. Please take some sort of action to prevent him from creating unecessary problems here.
June 22, 2007 3:47 PM
SAG said...
@alf
Don't use bad words here that not nice
June 22, 2007 3:47 PM
AMD said...
Everyone -
So i guess its now official that DTV wont give us "old customers" a piece of the new cake. So guys do we take some action now or wait until the 30th or till DTV sends us a letter or something ?
June 22, 2007 3:54 PM
hsjaya said...
Hi Gyus,
I suggest that we wait till to see the composition of the pkgs. Becoz whatever we do now will have no meaning if DTV do something that totaly unexpected BY US
So why to have surprises.
BY the way, I write some thing for fun, Read and enjoy
SEVEN SECRET OF SUCCESS FOUND IN THE ROOM
1. ROOF SAID - AIM HIGH
2. FAN SAID - STAY COOL
3. CLOCK SAID - EVERY MINT PRECIOUS
4.MIRROR SAID - REFLECT BEFORE YOU ACT
5.WINDOW SAID - SEE THE WORLD
6.CALENDAR SAID - BE UP TO DATE
7.DOOR SAID - PUSH HARD TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS
June 22, 2007 4:13 PM
Rukmal said...
Soorapappa:
that mean the new 900/= get hallmark, ABC, neo, neo+, set and set sab ?
It means those channels belongs to second package?
June 22, 2007 4:13 PM
cableguy said...
@FreeMan
Very well said. Hope Dialog as a respectable company takes note of the early customers who built the foundation of CBNSat(and now DTV). There is absolutely NO REASON for them to openly and bluntly be discriminating against the largest group of their customers. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe there are much much more CBNSat customers than new DTV customers helping DTV make all the profit. So why this step-child treatment? If it is a technical issue, I am sure it can be sorted out without asking people to change to Rs1400 package. Not everyone can or want to subscribe to the 1400 package. I for a fact dont care about HBO and other movie channels, but if they take away ESPN from my Old850 package, I will be really pissed. I dont mind paying 900 for the new package, BUT I WANT MY ESPN!!!!!
June 22, 2007 4:15 PM
KIDO said...
@ cbnsatcustomer:
New channel status: Official launch date not been informed yet, mean time before 07.07.07 DTV users able to get the entire channels.
EXTRA:
Additional Decoder: 9000Rs
From July, over the Phone DTV CX’s able to do the PKG Change.
Tks.
June 22, 2007 4:16 PM
AMD said...
@ KIDO
What is ur info on the 1375 - 1400 package issue ?
@ Riky
Hope u will have some good news for us soon
June 22, 2007 4:23 PM
alf said...
OH DEAR AMD,SORRY DEAR,WHAT THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE WITH DISHES,AND WHATS THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE WITH DIALOG,YOU WEIGH THEM BOTH AND YOU WILL SEE THE ADVANTAGES OF DISHES,SO AFTER THAT YOU BUY DISHES.
OH DEAR THOSE F"S PRYA AND HSJAYA ARE P"S WITHOUT A C
June 22, 2007 4:40 PM
riky said...
I dont know what they will allocate from the new content to 500/- and 900/- packages.
As for the the 1375/- package,they will have everything that 1400/- will have and it will be sorted out once the engineering team is back from singapore.
June 22, 2007 4:55 PM
laksirif said...
Hi Friends,
After several unsuccessful attempts, managed to contact Kasun. In fact he called me in response to my messages.
According to him the Top Management has decided that the old CBN premier customers should pay Rs.25 more & join their 1400 group with all new channels & 850 to pay additional Rs.50. For 900 pkg,there will be two categories A & B one for the old CBN 850 customers with ESPN but without any new channels & the other for new DTV customers with new channels listed here & without ESPN:-
NDTV, Hallmark, Star+, Star Movies, SRTV, ABC, Vijey, Neo Sports.
DTV will announce regarding these pkgs next week & will officially launch on 30th.
I told, the main question here is not whether customers are prepared to pay another Rs.25 or 50. But the manner in which DTV are trying to force it upon them. Explained that they should have allowed the Test Channels for everybody & put this across more diplomatically. Further, I said we consider it as a high handed act by DTV to prevent part of their customers to enjoy these Test Transmission without any notice. However, even if let's say I decide to down grade to 900 then I will enjoy ESPN but not new channels. They are real 'Shylocks'
As a last request, I told him at least its not too late for them put things right by activating Test Channels tonight, so that all customers can enjoy the Test Transmission over the week-end & throughout next week by which time they can decide.
Otherwise even if the customers agreed to upgrade at this moment , it will leave a bad taste & at the first opportunity when another reliable Service Provider, like SLT commence their IPTV, customers will drift. I already have ADSL & will definitely do that.
As a passing remark I said, I for one will never agree to their 'strong arm tactics' .
June 22, 2007 5:49 PM
hsjaya said...
Hi Laksiri,
Thanks for the information,
Now I have a question for you
Is Dtv going to incerase the 850+pkg to 900 for old CBN customers. If so still these customers will not be given any new chanells. Even FTA - ABC ?
June 22, 2007 6:05 PM
hsjaya said...
Laksiri,
What is position of 500+pkg customer ?
June 22, 2007 6:08 PM
fackalf said...
Hi guys,
Who is this fucking alf, what is the fucker doing here. Why cant he do mother fucking with the buggars fucking dish.
you fucker put your bloody ars hole on your fucking dish and furt on it while shouting huluballas name.
June 22, 2007 7:02 PM
KIDO said...
Official: Time to change the OLD pkgs to NEW pkg ppl. (Eg: 1375/= to 1400/= / 850/= to 900/=) main reason for this change is to minimize the minor billing Errors. Now onwards you can send your request through the nearest Dialog arcades & service centers or simply send a fax to DTV Billing 0114606099 with your Request letter & NIC copy. Within 24Hrs DTV ppl will do the need full.
June 22, 2007 7:23 PM
hsjaya said...
Hi Kido,
If we 850 is upgraded to 900 will there be new channells ?
Or will it be with old channels given for 850 with espn n pogo
If we do not upgarde 850 to 900 what is the position ? Is upgarding is compulsory ?
Sorry to bother you like this
June 22, 2007 7:34 PM
Vishkid said...
Ok .. now all you fellas are falling like straws in a hurricane.
There are several bloggers here who are in fact DTV sales persons. some of them support us with good info - others just try to "strong arm" (as Laksiri put it) to changing packages.
In the end, one might change package or not. But the point is you are falling for the DTV trap whether you like it or not.
OTOH, 1400 (actually 1650) seems like nothing much for some ppl, right? Personally, it's peanuts compared to what I spend on DVD's for a month. But the fact of the matter is if we fall to DTV trap and voluntarily change packages they are getting away with a civil offense. (yes, a legal offense - just because we accept to be .. well not strong).
I can't ask anybody to wait till 6/30, even if it is just 7-8 days! I might also change packages when it comes to that. But I wont do it before they send a letter to me saying that your package is worthless.
And when I get it - I'll first send it to TRC (just for the heck of it) before picking up the phone to speak to some DTV moron and get him to change my lousy package.
Just my two cents guys .. and to the DTV sales promoters, who now seem to outnumber genuine bloggers.
June 22, 2007 7:58 PM
Vishkid said...
They cant take way my ESPN and POGO from my package ... but what do they do .. ? They tell me you can keep those two but you're not going to get anything new!!!!
What a joke! And let me check the legality of that joke as well ...
June 22, 2007 8:01 PM
KIDO-CMB said...
@ hsjaya:
:: If we 850 is upgraded to 900 will there be new channels?
Yes of course, 900Pkg Holders managing to get at least 3-6 New channels.
:: If we do not upgrade 850 to 900 what is the position
No, Not compulsory, but 850Pkg holder not be able to get the new updates in future.
NOTE: TP4 is Available from July END
June 22, 2007 9:37 PM
Free-man said...
@Cableguy: Thanks for your compliment.
Dialog CEO, Dr. Hans had a great vision: it was to allow people of all walks of life to have affordable mobile telephone access. As his vision was service-oriented, (rather than mere profit oriented), Dialog GSM became the no. 1 mobile service provider in Sri-Lanka.
Mr. Canagay too had a service oriented vision; to provide affordable DTH-TV through CBNSat and that’s why CBNSat became a force to be reckoned with. Only businesses that are service oriented can survive nowadays. It has to be a win–win situation; both the customer and the business has to win: not one side only.
Still there are more CBNSat customers than DTV customers. They all want a quality service for what they pay and don’t want step motherly treatment.
Last week, DTV decoder price was reduced from Rs. 17,900/= to 12,500/= as DTV couldn’t reach the expected customer base. If DTV wants to retain existing customers and attract new customers, it will have to treat customers fairly.
June 22, 2007 10:36 PM
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June 22, 2007 11:53 PM
hsjaya said...
Hi Good Morning Friends,
It seems that no body is here yet. Doesnt matter I will give a start.
After following up all the comments and views by everybody yesterday, I would like to summarise the views as follows
500pkg - Old chanelles will remain. We are not sure what new channells will be given
850cbnPkg - This could be upgraded to 900pkg. We will have POGO, ESPN and few new channells. But not HBO, and Ten sports
900DTV - This will not have ESPN, POGO but will get few new Chanells most porbably without HBO and Ten sports.
1375 - This could be upgraded to 1400 and will get all channells.If not upgraded there will not be TEn sports, HBO hits and HBO Famiys.
This is my undersatanding.
Please correct If I am wrong.
My understanding was that we agreed yesterday to wait till June 30th and see channell allocation among packages and then take a decision to upgrade
Are we still with that agreement.
If there is no agreement can we come to a agreement what should be our course of action till June 30th
June 23, 2007 8:54 AM
alf said...
GUYS DTV HAS DECIDED TO CARRY OUT THE WISHES OF (P)HSJAYA AND (P)PRIYANTHA DE SILVA,WHO SAYS THEY WERE WATCHING THE BLOG WHEN CBNSAT WERE IN TROUBLE AND STARTED TO COMMENT 3-4 DAYS BACK WHEN DTV IS ADDING MORE CHANNELS AND DOING GOOD.
THEY HAVE BECOME THE (P) BLOGGERS
June 23, 2007 9:05 AM
There is a billboard at the junction near the Technical College (on the way to Maradana) about the launch of a channel called "The Buddhist", soon on Dialog TV. This channel we believe will be launched along with the channels in the third transponder.
In other news that there is mixed information coming regarding the scrambling of channels on Dialog TV. We hope that whatever problems/decisions that resulted in the test channels being restricted for only a certain section of subscribers will be rectified soon and the channels are made available for everyone until testing is complete. If the channels are no longer testing as some other information suggests and have being packaged then an announcement should have been made that channels are not testing anymore then subscribers could have decided whether to upgrade or not. We hope that Dialog TV will make an announcement regarding this soon. Anyway since no announcement has been made yet, we can assume that the channels are still being tested. Subscribers who are desperate to watch the new channels should call (011) 4606000 and speak someone from senior management but others who can wait should could adopt a wait and see attitude until the official launch.
It seems that Dialog TV will have only three packages Rs 500, Rs 900 and Rs 1400 in the future and the older packages will be removed. This leaves a question whether older subscribers who are enjoying ESPN and POGO in the Rs 875/= package will continue to do so when they are upgraded to the Rs 900/= package. It will be very foolish if they remove these channels for the older subscribers and we do not believe that they will do this. We think that they will add ESPN and POGO to the Rs 900/= package thereby benefiting the newer Rs 900/= subscribers who are unable to view them now.
We once again stress that Dialog TV should not introduce any more packages higher that Rs 1400/= and should not raise package prices too. They should leave the package prices to the three mentioned above and use it to increase their sales. We however think that most of the new channels will be allocated to the Rs 1400/= package. In addition the upcoming religious channels such as "The Buddhist", "God TV" and fashion channel "Fashion TV" may be included to the lineup on request probably at an extra charge but it is not advisable for Dialog TV to categorize any channel as pay per view since the pay television market has not yet matured. The official launch date for the new channels is June 30th but this may change.
We like to stress that Subscribers Unite is not dead (like some have mentioned) and if you need to contact them please email dialogtv@yahoo.com, you can forward your complaints to them and they will forward it to Dialog TV.
aiyo!
the big comet buyout ended up in the loss of the top channels on comet.
beware! comet is broadcasting star world illegally off tata sky. they did the same for set max during the world cup. they got caught but were excused.
if the new owner is an indian, they wll be sure to bite his head off in courts over illagal relay of tata sky signals.
once again comet is in the dumps while dialog tv gets new channels for 100 rupees less than comet.
aiyo!
Despite assurances to the contrary, Comet has failed to restore Star Movies & Star World - giving us some Hindi crap (DD) instead.
Looks like it's decision time, guys.
If there is no clear and true statement from Comet regarding their current position and future plans before the end of this month, should we pay our next monthly subscription fee ?
DTV was offering connections @Rs 8,950 in the Talawatugoda area today, but the highest package (Rs1,400)does not include Star.
DTV is getting STAR channels this month. The same that were on Comet plus one more a Tamil channel.
And prices will not increase for this addition.
DTV also has Ten Sports, Hallmark, Neo Sports/Plus, HBO Hits, HBO Family and more in the lineup.
Official launch of the new channels will be around the end of this month and early next month.
Why is everyone discussing DIALOG TV issues on this page?? We should be discussing Comet Cable issues here!!!!???
Please define the 'issues' as per your opinion so that we could start the discussion.
I raised the question as to whether we should pay our next monthly fee in my previous post, but no one has responded as yet.
Regarding the Star channels, don't you think that the least Comet could do for it's customers is to put a 'crawler' across the screen informing us when we could expect to see Star again? After all they readily put a crawler to remind us about paying our fees before the end of each month!!
dialog tv has hell of issues, if U discuss it here U all will go mad. U have to learn, how 1 can be treated like shit just for 25 and 50 rupees.
dtv punishes their customers who R paying 1375/- to pay 1400/- to get all channels.
Admin
Somebody has cut & pasted a big comment from DTV blog here again
We can confirm that this is a deliberate act this is the 2nd time this has been done
please delete this comment @ saturday 9.09 am
Could anyone please mention what chanels ARE CURRENTLY in Comet after teh removal of channels and all. All the channels please.
I was out of the country for a while and I'm coming back soon. Just for my information.
Comet sucks badly !! Twinkle twinke no star !!
Word in the street is that Comet was broughtover by a local invester .... lets hope its dialog !!
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