Active pay DTH user base down 2.17% in Q2: Trai

The active pay direct-to-home (DTH) subscriber base has shrunk 2.17% on a quarter-on-quarter basis at 65.58 million subscribers, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai's) Performance Indicator Report for Q2 (July-September) 2022. In comparison, DTH subscriber base was 67.04 million in the previous quarter.

Over the course of a year, the active pay DTH subscriber base has declined 4.8% from 68.89 million in September 2021. Of the 65.58 million active subscribers, Tata Play had the largest share at 33.03%, followed by Bharti Telemedia at 26.49%. Dish TV was at 21.67% and Sun Direct 18.81%.

Barring Dish TV, the other three DTH operators have seen an increase in their market shares.

The cumulative active subscriber base of 12 major multi-system operators and one headend-in-the-sky (HITS) operator has dropped by 1.07% q-o-q to 45.2 million.