New Channels on Dialog TV (Early 2008)

Its time for new channels once more on Dialog Satellite Television. This time the channels are not essential for Dialog's survival (at least for the moment), but will be pleasant additions if package prices are not increased.

Here are the channels that have already been launched:-

CH55 - Shruthi Television - Hindu religious channel

CH56 - Rana Ru - Entertainment and news for members of armed forces (scrambled for ordinary subscribers)

Unfortunately, this year there is no complete list of channel which will be launched. But here are the channels thought to be launched on Dialog TV on their 4th Transponder, according to unverified sources:-


Fox FX - Dedicated to programming targetted at men



Fox Crime - All about crime



Fox News Channel - Popular news channel based in U.S.A.



Fox Sports - Sports channel which is available only in the Middle East so far



Fox Movie Channel - Movies from U.S.A.



Deutsche Welle TV - News and entertainment from Germany



TV5 Monde - Movies and entertainment from France



E! Entertainment Television - #1 channel for hollywood gossip and rumours (already on Dialog Mobile TV)


Channel NewsAsia - News channel based in Singapore



Baby TV - Entertainment for toddlers and information for parents



SS Music - Music from all Southern states of India


Channel C - Sri Lankan Music channel backed by Torana Music (already on Dialog Mobile TV)

There is a possibility that Dialog is in talks with Sun Network to provide India's most popular Tamil-language channels on Dialog TV. Hopefully these talks will have a positive result.

Picture Quality
Shruti Television has a high picture quality so far as only 10 channels are active, and 8 channels are probably not working at their fullest yet. Unfortunately the quality of Rana Ru cannot be accessed as the channel is scrambled for ordinary customers.

Sound Quality
It is difficult to measure the sound quality as many programmes on Shruti Television do not have professionally recorded audio.

EPG
None of the channels have Electronic Programme Guides so far.

But another interesting piece of information is that the EPG will be given a dedicated data channel. That means the EPGs of all channel will load faster and all EPGs can be accessed without changing the channel.

Acknowledgement
I thank all those who post information regarding new channels and improvement on Dialog TV at the Dialog TV Forum. The information provided here is solely based on the information they have provided.