Wake up Dialog TV

It looks like the MPEG4 conversion of Dialog TV transmissions have been delayed for some time now and it is now time to get it done quickly. The movie channels were due to be converted first but even recently Dialog TV have carried out some decoder replacements this time round the subscribers were ones who subscribed to Star Movies via a SET Plan.

In addition Dialog TV is introducing new channels at snails pace, after Baby TV back in November last year there has been nothing so far. It is time for Dialog TV to get channels like Disney, Eurosport, BBC Entertainment in order to counter the threat posed by IPTV. Dialog TV should also try out features like Video on Demand, Time Shift TV functions. Theses features are difficult on DTH platforms but some DTH operators in other parts of the world allow for interactivity via a Wimax link or telephone connections.

It is time for Dialog TV to set trends in the pay television industry in Sri Lanka otherwise in no time they will follow in the path taken by Comet Cable. Many frustrated Dialog TV subscribers have already obtained IPTV connections and as soon as IPTV can offer the same channels as Dialog TV then they will obviously disconnect their Dialog TV connections.

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

Whats going on!!!

Over the last few weeks Dialog TV has been carrying out some sort of testing sending decoders into a frenzy. Suddenly the channels change locations. Whole sets of channels disappear causing viewers to rescan to get the channels back again.

However amidst all this it seems that a Sinhala Language Education channel may be launched on Dialog TV soon. It makes us wonder whether this is the educational channel that the Sri Lankan government was planning for the last two years because certain Dialog TV subscribers are commenting about an unnamed channel on Dialog TV which is indicating to a educational channel. We are unable to confirm this though since it seems that this channel is part of the scrambled set on the fourth transponder and it appears when something goes wrong at Dialog TV. Apparently this channel made an appearance this morning too when the entire fourth transponder was unscrambled however we are not sure whether it is still visible.

For those who may be wondering where we were all these days, well we were right here with so much of work in our hands but thanks to our blogging community information was flowing right through this blog unhindered.

So it goes without saying, please continue to update this blog with the latest regarding Dialog TV as the days progress.