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[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Reliance Jio's Over-The-Top (OTT) service Jio TV has increased its total TV channel offering to 368, enabling it to match that of cable TV & DTH delivery.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jio Play has 112 news channels, 90 entertainment channels, 32 movie channels, 31 music channels, 23 infotainment channels, 23 kids' channels, 21 devotional channels, 18 sports channels, 11 lifestyle channels and 7 business news channels. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]LARGEST OTT[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jio TV is the only OTT service that offers virtually all the major channels in India.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Even ZEEL's 'dittoTV' OTT does not have channels from rival broadcasters like Star India and Sun TV Network. Star India, as a principle, has not been providing its content to any third-party OTT service.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]IndiaCast Media, TV18 and Viacom18’s distribution arm, and Sony Pictures Networks are the only broadcasters that are providing their content to other OTT players despite having their own platforms.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Even ZEEL has been selective in providing its channels to other OTT platforms. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]JIO TV[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Jio TV app is accessible only to Reliance Jio users. It allows users to watch their favourite channels anytime and anywhere. It also allows users to pause and play live TV channels from the point they left off. Jio TV ALSO allows users to enjoy missed episodes of prime shows, telecast in the past 7 days.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The multilingual user interface in 10 languages allows users to explore the app in English, Hindi and other regional languages. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]VOD: JIO CINEMA[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The 4G operator has also renamed its 'Jio On Demand' as 'Jio Cinema'.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The on-demand video library app has over 1 lakh+ hours of content comprising movies, TV shows, music videos, Jio shorts, and trailers. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MUSIC APP[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Indian mobile phone users are open to spending money to listen to songs of their choice. JIO Music taps this market, featuring millions of HD songs spanning 20 Indian languages and international music. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]NEWS & MAG APP[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jio Xpress News is a news and magazine aggregation app giving users access to hundreds of news publications as well as 5000+ magazines in 10 languages. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]NOT CHEAP[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Contrary to the initial euphoria after the announcement for unlimited free calls, realisation has dawned that the Jio service is not cheap.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In India, monthly voice ARPU is approximately Rs. 150 per month. JIO take a minimum of Rs. 149 to activate its service for post paid subscribers, i.e. am amount approximately equal to the ARPU.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]There are 7 post-paid monthly plans ranging from Rs. 149 (+Tax) to Rs. 4,999 (+Tax). [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]FREE SCHEME TO BOOST 4G HANDSETS[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Currently, less than 5% of Indian mobile phones are 4G enabled. This severely restricts JIO's potential customer base.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To induce users to buy 4G phone and sample its service, JIO is offering free SIMs and service till end December 2016. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]100 MBpsBROADBAND[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]JIO has commenced installing Fibre To The Home (FTTH) in select multi-storied building in select cities. It has however not commenced any service.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]JIO however promises 100 MBps High Speed broadband to all its fibre customers, when the service commences.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Tariff plans have not been finalised but reports are that tentative pricing includes it Top tier domestic plan offering 500 GB per month @ 100 MBps for Rs. 2,000 per month. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]CABLE TV[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]JIO has not released any details on its proposed Cable TV service that wil be delivered via its FTTH domestic network. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]RELIANCE OWNED TV CHANNELS[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd is an Indian mass media company which is owned and operated by Reliance Industries. Headquartered in Noida, India. It has interests in television, print, internet, film, mobile content and allied businesses.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Network 18 through its subsidiary 'TV18 Broadcast Limited', operates news channels. TV18 also operates a joint venture with Viacom, called Viacom18, which houses a portfolio of popular entertainment channels across genres. TV18 also operates a factual entertainment channel History TV18 through a joint venture with A+E Networks. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Table-1 lists the more than 50 TV channels owned by Reliance Industries, including some channels are soon to be launched.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]However, the company has said that JIO will launch Cable TV services only after its completes the commercial launch of its telecom services.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Unconfirmed reports indicate that the TV service will probably launch around June 2017. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]OTT ON TV?[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Since JIO has already rolled out its 368 TV channel OTT service, there is speculation, that in Jan- Feb 2017, JIO may offer a Chromecast like wireless dongle that will deliver all the 368 OTT channels, including HD channels, directly to a TV set.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The dongle could have a JIO SIM authorised only for reception of specific TV channels.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]This completely bypasses and Cable or DTH delivery, using only JIO's already rolled out service and infrastructure. [/font]n
