11 Facts About Tata Sky

1.

Tata Sky Play entered into an agreement with French firm Technicolor to supply 4K set top boxes from early 2015.

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2.

Tata Sky was incorporated in 2001, but launched services on 8 August 2006.

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3.

Tata Sky partnered with Ericsson to launch the first Video on Demand services in India in 2012.

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4.

On 9 January 2015, Tata Sky became the first Indian DTH operator to offer 4K set-top-boxes to its consumers.

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5.

On 26 January 2022, Tata Sky was rebranded into Tata Play as the company decided to drop the 'Sky' brand name after 15 years.

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6.

Tata Sky Play was the second operator to launch DTH or direct-to-home services in 2006.

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7.

In 2005, Tata Sky Play signed a contract with ISRO for provision of satellite space on the INSAT-4A satellite.

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8.

In 2007, one year after the launch of the DTH player, Tata Sky Play asked for more space to increase the number of channels they telecast.

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9.

The GSAT-10 was launched in September 2012, Tata Sky Play has started utilising those transponders in March 2015.

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10.

Tata Sky Play is using ISRO's GSAT-30 satellite which is a replacement satellite of INSAT-4A.

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11.

In March 2009, Tata Sky Play became the first Indian DTH service provider to be awarded the ISO 27001: 2005 accreditation, the benchmark for information security.

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