Information on DTH players in India

1. Dish TV from Zee with more than 80 lakh subscribers
2. Tata Sky with more than 40 lakh subscribers.
3. Sun Direct with more than 40 lakh subscribers
4. Digital TV from Airtel with more than 10 lakh subscribers
5. Big TV from Reliance with more than 20 lakh subscribers
6. Videocon is yet to Launch

Min Costs

1. Dish TV - Rs. 113 per month for 135 channels & Rs. 301 per month for 188 channels
2. TataSky - Rs. 125 per month for 75 channels & Rs. 450 per month for 172 chanels + 12 movies
3. Sundirect - Rs. 99 per month for 75 channels & Rs. 300 per month for 170 channels
4. DigitalTV - Rs. 145 per month for 88 channels & Rs. 180 per month for 147 channels
5. BigTV - Rs. 100 per month for 56 channles & Rs. 175 for 97 channels

My choice

I am having DishTV for the past 2 years and I decided to go in for Sundirect with a basic package and then added the channels I want and it works out to be cheaper. And the initial cost is very cheap when compared to others.