Tata Sky, a joint venture between Tata Sons and 21st Century Fox, saw a 15.96 per cent jump in its content cost for the financial year ended 31 March 2015.
The direct-to-home (DTH) operator paid Rs 1,046.83 crore (Rs 10.47 billion) in programming fee to broadcasters, up from Rs 902.73 crore (Rs 9.03 billion) a year ago. Programming cost amounts to the money that a DTH operator pays to the broadcasters for offering their content on its platform.
Tata Sky content cost Incidentally, Dish TV shelled out Rs 800.8 crore (Rs 8.01 billion) as programming cost. Its contest cost grew just 2.87 per cent over FY14. Videocon d2h’s content cost rose 40.5 per cent to Rs 846.01 crore (Rs 8.46 billion) in FY15.
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