Dialog TV

Dialog TV
Dialog TV
Type Subsidiary
Industry Telecommunication
Founded 2005 (as CBNsat)
Headquarters Colombo, Sri Lanka
Products Direct broadcast satellite
Parent Dialog Telekom
Website Official Website

Dialog TV is a direct broadcast satellite pay television provider based in Sri Lanka. A fully owned subsidiary of Dialog Telekom, Dialog TV was launched in July 2005 under the name "CBNsat". It was later renamed Dialog TV in February 2007 after the company was acquired by Dialog Telekom.[1]

Dialog TV currently has over 120,000 subscribers.[1] Its main competitors in the pay TV market in Sri Lanka are Lanka Broadband Networks (LBN) providing cable television services in Analog and DVB-C in selected areas in Sri Lanka and PEO TV which is an IPTV platform operated by Sri Lanka Telecom.

Dialog TV has coverage over the entire of Sri Lanka and up to Nepal and neighboring countries through the Intelsat-12 satellite (45.0E).

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Services

In addition to a lineup of TV Channels Dialog TV Also provides a PVR Service

Personal Video Recorder

Dialog TV resently Launch A PVR service Which allow customer's to record TV Programes on selected TV channels and also gives the ability to pause' Rewind and fast forward Live TV the product is currently marketed as "Dialog TV PVR" the service is used by connecting a USB Stick or External Hardrive via a USB cable to a USB port of the back of the Receiver and by calling the Dialog TV Customer technical support hotline (Activation Fees of Rs 250.00 on top of the monthly subscription apply)

But the service is not that good when compaired to PVR services provided by other pay TV providers in other countries like Sky(UK and Ireland) and Astro(Malaysia and Brunei) as you can't use the Trick play and record function on all TV channels

PVR service enabled TV channels

|BBC World News| |NDTV News 24/7| |ESPN| |STAR Sports| |STAR Cricket| |Ten Sports| |Ten Cricket| |MTV| |VHI| |C Music| |STAR Movies| |UTV World Movies| |STAR World| |FOX Crime| |NDTV Good Times| |National Geographic Channel| |Nat Geo Adventure| |Discovery channel| |Animal Planet| |TLC| |Discovery Science| |Discovery Turbo| |Nickelodeon| |Baby TV| |STAR Plus| |UTV Movies| |TNL| |Citi Hitz| |Heritage TV| |Peace TV| |GOD TV| |The Buddist| |Learn TV|

List of channels by Dialog TV

Main article: List of Dialog TV channels

Dialog TV offers a wide variety of channels.

Channel No. Name Group(s) Feed Official Website/Link
01 Discovery Turbo Edutainment India Official Website
02 CNN International News South Asia Official Website
03 BBC World News News South Asia Official Website
04 NDTV 24x7 News India Official Website
05 Al Jazeera English News International Official Website
06 Bloomberg Television News Asia Official Website
07 CCTV News (English) News India Official Website
08 ESPN Sports India Official Website
09 STAR Sports Sports India Official Website
10 STAR Cricket Sports India Official Website
11 NEO Sports Sports India Official Website
12 NEO Cricket Sports India Official Website
13 TEN Sports Sports India Official Website
14 TEN Cricket Sports India Official Website
15 MTV India Music India Official Website
16 Discovery Science Edutainment India Official Website
17 Channel C Music Sri Lanka Official Website
18 VH1 Music India Official Website
19 STAR Movies Movies Asia Official Website
20 HBO Movies Asia Official Website
21 HBO Signature Movies Asia Official Website
22 HBO Hits Movies Asia Official Website
23 HBO Family Movies Asia Official Website
24 MAX Movies Asia Official Website
25 MGM Channel Movies India Official Website
26 UTV World Movies Movies India Official Website
27 Diva Universal (Asia) Entertainment - English Asia Official Website
28 STAR World Entertainment - English India Official Website
29 Warner Channel Entertainment - English Asia Official Website
30 AXN Entertainment - English East Asia Official Website
31 Fox Crime Entertainment - English Asia Official Website
32 NHK World News Asia Official Website
33 Eurosport Sports Asia Official Website
34 Australia Network Entertainment - English India Official Website
35 NDTV Good Times Entertainment - English India Official Website
36 TLC Edutainment India Official Website
37 Discovery Channel Edutainment India Official Website
38 Fox History & Traveller Edutainment India Official Website
39 National Geographic Channel Edutainment India Official Website
40 Nat Geo Adventure Edutainment Asia Official Website
41 Setanta Sports Sports Asia

Official Website
42 Animal Planet Edutainment India Official Website
43 KidsCo Kids Asia Official Website
44 Pogo Kids India Official Website
45 Nickelodeon Kids India Official Website
46 Cartoon Network Kids Asia Official Website
47 Boomerang TV Kids Asia Official Website
48 Baby TV Kids Asia Official Website
49 UTV Movies Entertainment - Hindi India Official Website
50 Sun Music Entertainment - Tamil India Official Website
51 SET Max Entertainment - Hindi India Official Website
52 Sony Entertainment Television (India) Entertainment - Hindi India Official Website
53 STAR Plus Entertainment - Hindi India Official Website
54 K TV Entertainment - Tamil India Official Website
55 STAR Vijay Entertainment - Tamil India Official Website
56 Kalaignar TV Entertainment - Tamil India Official Website
57 Sun TV (India) Entertainment - Tamil India Official Website
58 Vasantham TV Local Sri Lanka Official Website
59 Nethra /Channel Eye Local Sri Lanka Official Website
60 Rupavahini Local Sri Lanka Official Website
61 ITN Local Sri Lanka Official Website
62 CiTi Hitz Local Sri Lanka Official Website
63 Heritage Television Local Sri Lanka Official Website
64 Derana Local Sri Lanka Official Website
65 Swarnavahini Local Sri Lanka Official Website
66 TNL Local Sri Lanka Official Website
67 ETV (Sri Lanka) Local Sri Lanka Official Website
68 The Buddhist (TV channel) Religious Sri Lanka Official Website
69 Peace TV Religious India Official Website
70 GOD TV Religious Asia Official Website
71 Aarti TV Religious Sri Lanka Official Website
72 Learn TV Educational Sri Lanka Official Website
73 Nenasa TV Educational Sri Lanka Official Website
74 Zee TV Entertainment India Official Website
75 CSN Sports Sri Lanka Official Website

Development and Expansion

Dialog TV expresses its hopes to soon expand their digital network to other neighboring countries.

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 19 April 2007, replacing the SET channel.

In March 2007, Dialog TV won exclusive rights to broadcast the Cricket World Cup 2007 in Sri Lanka.[1]

Dialog TV's third transponder was launched in late April 2007. The third transponder is now available on Dialog TV for all subscribers, and all except one of the new channels are launched. The STAR package was launched on August 3 2007. STAR Cricket was added on August 7 2007.

A software upgrade was tested on 8 June, although it only updated to the June 1 2006 software, which is included on all decoders sold from January 2007. The 2007 July update was made available on July 18 2007. This update changed all logos and names on the software to "Dialog TV" from the previous "CBNsat". The software was automatically installed to decoders at 3.00 pm on July 18 2007, and at 6.00 pm and 9.00 pm on the same day for those who missed the previous updates. If all automatic updates were missed, it is possible to update the software using the IRD Upgrade menu option on the decoder.

High Definition Tests

Dialog TV is confirmed to be carrying out private test transmissions of High Definition broadcasting.[1]

Closure of Dialog TV (then CBNsat) and halt of services for 6 months

On June 6 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 adult 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Dialog TV takes Sri Lanka by storm". Marianne David (The Nation). 2007-04-22. http://www.nation.lk/2007/04/22/busi3.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-02. 

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