Dialog completed the process of rearranging channels on their DTH platform and have followed a similar pattern as before by organising them according to channel genre & language. Channel placements have changed drastically. At the beginning it is a bit difficult to grasp but once you get used to it then things will simplify further.
The new lineup is as follows
1. DTV Demo Channel (Play TV)
2. CNN
3. BBC World
4. NDTV
5. AlJazeera
6. Bloomberg TV7. (Scrambled)
8. ESPN
9. Star Sports
10. Star Cricket
11. Neo Sports
12. Neo Cricket
13. Zee Sports14. Ten Sports
15. MTV
16. Zee Music
17. Channel C
18. VH1
19. Star Movies
20. HBO
21. HBO Signature
22. HBO Hits
23. HBO Family
24. MAX
25. Zee Studio26. UTV
World Movies27. Hallmark
28. Star World
29. Zee Café
30. AXN
31. Fox Crime
32. Fox FX
33. Zee Trendz
34. Australia Network35. NDTV
Good Times36. Travel & Living
37. Discovery
38. Fox History & Entertainment
39.Nat Geo
40. Nat Geo Adventure
41. Nat Geo Wild
42. Animal Planet43. KidsCo TV
44. POGO
45. Nickelodeon
46. Cartoon Network47. Boomerang
48. Baby TV
49. UTV Movies
50. Zee Cinema51. Set MAX
52. SET
53. Star Plus
54. Zee TV
55. Star Vijay
56. Kalaignar TV57. Zee Tamil
58. Vasantham TV
59. Eye
60. Rupavahini
61. ITN
62. Citi Hitz
63. Heritage TV
64. Derana
65. Swarnavahini
66. TNL
67. MAX Television
68. The Buddhist
69. Peace TV
70. God TV
71. Aarthi
72. Learn TV
73. Rana Roo
Channel slot 7 which is kept blank, we believe is for a news/sports channel since it has been grouped together with one of the two. It is highly likely that the channel will be a news channel and since several of our bloggers reported seeing the name "CCTV" at night on the lineup when the channels were being rearranged. We believe the new channel will be the English Language news channel of the Chinese state television broadcaster "CCTV -
http://english.cctv.com/01/index.shtml".
In addition it seems that there is a quality improvement in certain channels after the arrangement, even the religious channels seem to be have undergone a quality improvement.
Please keep us updated on the latest on Dialog TV as the days progress.