Cable could be the winner here.

WHile DMN and hometv have been squabbling, cable is coming up (i don't believe that they are ready yet) from behind as I predicted before and giving a challenge to DMN and hometv group.



 Lets see who wins this war now.

dish nepal and hometv should unite and form one company

I seriously think that Dish Nepal and Hometv should unite and form one company. That is the only way they are going to sustain. Otherwise one  company is sure going to go down the drain.

Manisha Koirala HOmetv's brand ambasaddor

Fourty year old Manisha Koirala is hometv's brand ambassador. It is heard that she was paid more than 1 crore for this role. How much mileage Home TV can get from this yet to be seen. When asked, the general public had mild reaction. This is the first of Manisha's endorsement for any product inside Nepal.

Dish Nepal under Scrutiny from the MOIC

From a very reliable source at the ministry, it is heard that Dish Nepal has been issued a warrant, which is likely to create a havoc to Dish Nepal. Further information to come soon......

hometv's Countdown, Exclusive TV, Cable and dish nepal

hometv has started its countdown. From the 15th they are going into the market.  I have seen Star Package, UTV package and most Nepali channels on hometv.
dishnepal has distributed setup box to its dealers. the channels shown are colors, vh1, mtv, and 10 nepali channels. Although this has brought smiles to the dishnepal dealers, there has been a serious question raised as how dish nepal is uplinking more than 32 channels from a 4.5 meters Mercantile Antenna. If Dish Nepal is uplinking channels from some other location than Nepal, they will have to answer a lot of questions to the MOIC, which might jeopardize their whole structure.  It is also heard that due to this reason, Mercantile has requested Dish to move to another location.

While hometv and dish have been quarrelling (specially now both with some exclusive content and both without some), Cable seems to be seeping from behind and giving them a big surprise.

One other thing to mention, dishnepal has tied up with Sony Bravia, which again shows how dishnepal marketing is more competent than hometvs.

Dish Nepal is Shams, hometv will take another 2-3 weeks to go into the market.

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DTH war in Nepal looks like coming to a point.  Dish Nepal seems to be running into some problem with the MOIC. Their strategy to come into the market via Mercantile 3.9 meters uplink antenna is being blocked by the MOIC.  They have yet to find a place to setup their 9.5 meter antenna, and it is doubtful that there is any space in the Mercantile building for such a large structure. The only alternative would be for DN to buy a piece of land next to Mercantile building in Durbar Marg and construct the structure to hold the Uplink antenna. The land price in Durbar Marg is very high, in the hay days, it was heard to be as high as 9 crore per ana.
Alternative for Dish Nepal is to uplink its transmission from India or other foreign country, which is illegal in Nepal.  DN has real smart people, so they will certainly figure out a solution.

In the mean time, hometv is ready to launch commercially but they also seem to have gotten into the glitch. They don't have the setupbox yet, the total channel packages are not finalized. Colors and some other sports channels have been removed from their list. So what kind of package they will introduce is yet to see.

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hometv with Kantipur, Image, NTV, and rest of the Nepali Television

hometv to be launching DTH with kantipur, image, ntv, and most of the other Nepali channels. hometv was warned by Marigold Entertainment Pvt Ltd, which is partner of Dish Media Pvt Ltd regarding some Indian sports channels, colors, MTV and VH1 channels.  Marigold is trying to slow down hometv DTH buyers by claiming these channels to be exclusively theirs, however, when asked to furnish paperwork, Marigold, the promoters of Dish Media were mute.

Lets see if being the 1st DTH wins or having the content wins.

The DTH war in Nepal is to continue.......