Tata Sky
TATA Sky
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| Joint venture | |
| Industry | Satellite television |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai |
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Area served
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India |
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Key people
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Harit Nagpal (MD and CEO) |
| Products | Direct broadcast satellite, pay television, pay-per-view |
| Owner | Tata Sons (60%) 21st Century Fox (30%) Temasek Holdings (10%) |
| Website |
TataSky TataSky+HD My TataSky |
Tata Sky is a direct broadcast satellite television provider in India, using MPEG-4 digital compression technology, transmitting using INSAT-4A and GSAT-10 satellite. Incorporated in 2004, Tata Sky is a Joint venture between the Tata Group and 21st Century Fox.
Its primary competitors in satellite television and other DTH service providers are – Airtel Digital TV, Dish TV, Sun Direct, Reliance Digital TV, DD Free Dish and Videocon D2H.
It currently offers 415 SD channels and 74 HD channels and services along with other many active services. Tata Sky has entered into an agreement with French firm Technicolor to supply 4K set top boxes from early 2015.
Tata Sky is an equity strategic alliance in the nature of joint venture between the Tata Group and 21st Century Fox, which own 70% and 20% stake respectively. In 2008, Singapore-based Temasek Holdings picked up 10% stake in Tata Sky from the Tata Group. Tata Sky was incorporated in 2001, but launched services on 8 August 2006.
STAR’s parent company, 21st Century Fox, owns an International group of DTH businesses that include Sky Italia in Italy and Sky in United Kingdom. The company uses the Sky brand owned by British Sky Broadcasting.
On 9 January 2015, Tata Sky became the first Indian DTH operator to offer 4K set-top-boxes to its consumers.
Tata Sky was the second operator to launch DTH or direct-to-home services in 2006. At that time, the company decided to use an ISRO satellite. In 2005, Tata Sky signed a contract with ISRO for provision of satellite space on the INSAT-4A satellite. In 2007, one year after the launch of the DTH player, Tata Sky asked for more space to increase the number of channels they telecast. The extra space was promised in 2009 on the GSAT-10 satellite, a then to be launched satellite inducted into the INSAT system. The GSAT-10 was launched in September 2012, but Tata Sky has not utilized the transponders till today.
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