DishTV adds five HD channels in India

India’s direct-to home (DTH) platform DishTV has announced that five HD channels from the Star TV bouquet are now available on their TruHD DTH platform.

The channels added are – Star Plus HD, Life OK HD, Star Gold HD, Star World HD and Star Movies HD. With the addition of these channels, Dish TV’s HD channel count goes up to 25, which is the maximum across all DTH operators in India.

Mr. Salil Kapoor, Chief Operating Officer, Dish TV India said “We recognize that our customers have already been enjoying many of their favorite programmes in HD, and I’m delighted that we can now broaden their choice with maximum 25 HD channels and 17 HD services.”

Dish TV says that “Star bouquet of HD channels will be included and made available in all existing HD packages.” This means these channels will be automatically added for users who have subscribed to any HD pack.