Olympic Request

Subscribers of Dialog TV are eargerly awaiting to see whether Dialog will introduce the DD channels which will be broadcasting the Beijing Olympic Games.

Since the 4th Transponder is now on and a duplicate "The Buddhist" channel has been replaced by a duplicate "CNN" which is viewable by subscribers of all packages. If you do not have the fourth transponder then we suggest that you do a rescan on your decoder which will then pickup the fourth transponder and then you will be able to watch CNN until Dialog encrypts it.

We hope that this 4th transponder will be used to telecast the Olympic Games. Those who want to watch the Olympic's should call Dialog TV and ask them to temporarily introduce the DD channels for only the Olympic Games. Temporarily because the next games will be shown on ESPN Star Sports.

Please keep us updated on the latest on Dialog TV as the days progress.

MPEG4 Information

According to information being received it seems that Dialog TV is gearing up for the launch of MPEG4. Unconfirmed sources say that the new MPEG4 compatible decoder is being issued to new subscribers. Anyone who has more information/confirmation of this is welcome to comment with the relevant information.

In other information there has been no improvement in the picture quality of Dialog TV channels so far. There are rumors of Sirasa Channels coming on board Dialog TV on a seperate SET plan. There have been mixed views by subscribers about this and therefore we have decided to start a new poll on this, which will be available on the right hand corner of the screen.

Our previous poll results are given below

Opinion of NDTV Good Times

1. Replace with English Channel - 49%
2. Good - 28%
3. Replace with Tamil Channel - 13%
4. Remove and improve bandwidth - 8%
   

Please continue taking part in our polls and please keep us updated on the latest on Dialog TV as the days progress. Given below are pictures of what is believed to the new MPEG4 decoder, however we are unable to confirm this information.

DTV increases channel quality?

We are hearing reports of an increase in the picture quality of DTV channels over the last few days. We are unable to confirm this report though. According to the rumor all the DTV channels have undergone a quality increase.

The fourth Transponder is still functioning however no official confirmation can be obtained on the official status of the transponder.

Please keep us updated on the latest regarding Dialog TV as the days progress.

4th Transponder activated again

As of last friday Dialog TV have reactivated the 4th transponder. At the moment a duplicate "The Buddhist" television channel is being broadcast over it and the others show as "E16 : Scrambled". It looks like either Dialog is gearing up to move into MPEG4 or they should move some existing channels onto TP 4 in order to improve quality on TP 1,2 & 3.

Please keep us updated on the latest on Dialog TV as the days progress.

Mixed opinion of NDTV Good Times

The lifestyle channel NDTV Good Times which launched on DTH platform Dialog TV has been getting some mixed reviews. Some are comparing it to Discovery Travel & Living & some others to the Hindi channels on Dialog TV.

Due to this reason we have a poll running on the right hand side column where you can leave your opinion of this channel.

Please keep us updated on the latest regarding Dialog TV.

Zone Reality replaced by NDTV Good Times

Reality Channel "Zone Reality" has been replaced with the lifestyle channel "NDTV Good Times" from yesterday. According to Zone Reality the reason for pulling out the channel from this regoin has been due to low ratings.

NDTV Good Times is supposed to be a 100% English Channel but when interviews are carried out with members of the general public then their tends to be some Hindi involved and at times they are subtitled and at times they are not. Please give us your feedback of your opinion on this channel.

Only time will tell the popularity of this channel but we still feel that a replacement such as BBC Entertainment, Disney Channel or AXN Beyond would have been better.

Please keep us updated on the latest on Dialog TV as the days progress.

Web Site : NDTV Good Times