Chennai: Tamil Nadu government owned Arasu Cable has received the DAS licence from I&B Ministry on 17th April 2017 after waiting for 7 years. Apparently, the Cable Corporation has launched its STBs with MPEG 4 technology as part of the digitisation process on 1st September 2017.
As announced in its state election Manifesto the ruling government in TN is offering Free STBs with a moderate processing fee of Rs 200. As per the updated tariff, Arasu Cable TV is offering 297 Channels in SD format while it is mulling HD launch in near future.
The latest update of Channel positioning in TACTV has revealed the fact that Jaya TV that used to be placed in the prominent position has been moved to Channel No. 138 which is comparatively lower in the order. On the other hand Zee Tamil has got a prominent placement at No. 2 in the list of Tamil GEC standing next to Sun TV and ahead of Vijay TV.
Getting Sandwiched between top two Tamil GECs Sun TV and Vijay TV, Zee Tamil is likely to see an edge of better sampling of the audience.
On the other hand channels like Polimer that used to be a one among top 5 performer until recent time are placed at No. 13 in the Tamil GEC list that puts the channels in disadvantage of being surrounded by channels like Vasanth and Mega TV that are considered to be nowhere in the race for top ranking.
As of now TACTV offer 39 SD Channels in Tamil Entertainment Segment comprising GECs, Movies and Comedy Channels, 14 Channels in Tamil News Segment, 12 Tamil Music Channels. In totality TACTV distributes 297 channels in across genres that are detailed below.
The following are the updated list of Channel with Channel numbers and Services List recently added on TACTV:
HOME/PROMO/HELP1 SD
0100 – TACTV
TAMIL Entertainment- 39 SD Channels
0101 – DD podhigai
0102 – Sun TV
0103 – Zee Tamil
0104 – Vijay TV
0105 – Imayam TV
0106 – K TV
0107 – Raj TV
0108 – NXT
0109 – Naptool Tamil
0110 – Pudhuyugam
0111 – MK TV
0112 – Mega TV
0113 – Polimer
0114 – Vasanth TV
0115 – Vendher TV
0116 – Makkal TV
0117 – Kalaingar TV
0118 – Tamilan TV
0119 – Win TV
0120 – Captain TV
0121 – Peppers
0122 – Vijay Super
0123 – Super TV
0137 – Jaya Movie
0138 – Jaya TV
0149 – Vaanavil TV
0150 – Mega 24
0151 – Raj digital plus
0152 – Siripoli
0153 – Adithya
0154 – Mathimugam
0155 – Shalini
0156 – Velicham TV
0157 – 1 YES TV
0158 – ARRA TV
0159 – MK six
0160 – Meenakshi TV
0162 – MOON TV
0164 – Dheeran
TAMIL NEWS – 14 SD Channels
0124 – Puthiyathalaimurai
0125 – Thanthi TV
0126 – News 18 Tamil
0127 – News 7 Tamil
0128 – MaalaiMurasu
0129 – Sathyam
0130 – Raj News
0131 – Polimer News
0132 – KalaingarSeithigal
0133 – Lotus News
0134 – Captain News
0135 – Sun News
0136 – Jaya plus
0163 – S News
TAMIL MUSIC – 12 SD Channels
0139 – Jaya Max
0140 – Sun music
0141 – Isaiaruvi
0142 – Sun Life
0143 – Music zone
0144 – Raj Music
0145 – Mega music
0146 – Sahana
0147 – MK Tunes
0148 – Murasu
0161 – Tunes 6 music
0165 – 7S Music
KNOWLEDGE & LIFESTYLE – 18 SD Channels
0185 – NGC
0186 – Discovery Tamil
0187 – History TV 18
0188 – Sony BBC Earth
0189 – NAT GEO wild
0190 – FYI TV 18
0191 – FOX Life
0192 – NDTV Good time
0193 – NAT GEO people
0194 – Discovery
0552 – Discovery Science
0553 – Animal Planet
0554 – TLC
0555 – Discovery Turbo
0556 – DD Kisan
0557 – Fashion TV
0558 – Green TV
0559 – Investigation Disney
SPORTS – 14 SD Channels
0200 – DD Sports
0202 – Start Sports 1 Tamil
0203 – Start Sports 1
0204 – Start Sports 1 Hindi
0205 – Start Sports 2
0206 – Sony SIX
0207 – Sony TEN 1
0208 – Sony TEN 2
0209 – Sony TEN 3
0210 – Sony ESPN
0211 – NEO Sports
0212 – NEO Prime
0213 – D Sports
0215 – Start Sports 1 Select
KIDS – 15 SD Channels
0250 – POGO
0251 – Cartoon network
0252 – Chutti
0253 – Discovery Kids
0254 – Disney XD
0255 – Hungamma
0256 – Kushi
0257 – Chitiram
0258 – NICK
0259 – Sony YAY
0260 – Chintu
0261 – Sonic Nicklodeon
0262 – Disney Junior
0263 – Disney Channel
0264 – NICK Jr
ENGLISH NEWS – 14 SD Channels
0300 – DD News
0301 – DD Loksabha
0302 – DD Rajyasabha
0303 – NDTV 24×7
0304 – Times NOW
0305 – India today
0306 – CNN News 18
0307 – News X
0308 – Republic TV
0309 – Mirror Now
0310 – CNBC TV18
0311 – ET NOW
0312 – NDTV profit
0313 – ZEE Business
HINDI NEWS – 8 SD Channels
0330 – AAJ Tak
0331 – ABP news
0332 – ZEE News
0334 – Sahara Samay
0336 – INDIA News
0337 – NEWS Nation
0338 – ZEE Hindustan
0772 – TV9 Mumbai
INTERNATIONAL NEWS – 8 SD Channels
0319 – CNN
0320 – BBC World News
0321 – AljaZeera
0323 – NHK World
0324 – France 24
0325 – DW TV
0326 – Russia Today
0327 – TV5 Monde
TELUGU CLUSTER – 23 SD Channels
0350 – DD Saptagiri
0351 – Gemini TV
0352 – ETV Telugu
0353 – MAA TV
0354 – ZEE Telugu
0355 – Vissa
0356 – Gemini Movies
0357 – MAA Movies
0358 – MAA Gold
0360 – MAA Music
0361 – Gemini Life
0362 – Gemini Music
0363 – Raj Music Telugu
0364 – Vanitha
0365 – TV9
0366 – ETV AP
0367 – Sakshi
0368 – TV5 Telugu
0369 – Studio N
0371 – 10TV
0372 – T NEWS
0380 – Gemini Comedy
0381 – Tollywood
MALAYALAM CLUSTER – 23 SD Channels
0400 – DD Malayalam
0401 – Asianet
0402 – Kairali
0403 – Amrita
0404 – Surya TV
0405 – People
0406 – Manorama News
0407 – Asianet News
0408 – Surya Movies
0409 – Asianet Movies
0411 – Flowers TV
0412 – Asianet Plus
0413 – WE
0414 – Jaihind
0415 – Jeevan
0416 – Reporter
0417 – Janam
0418 – Safari TV
0419 – Mathrubhumi NEWS
0423 – MazhavilManorama
0425 – Media One
0426 – Kappa
0427 – Raj Music Malayalam
KANNADA CLUSTER – 13 SD Channels
0451 – Udaya TV
0452 – ZEE Kannada
0453 – Star Suvarna
0454 – Kasthuri
0455 – Suvarna Plus
0457 – Colours Kannada
0458 – Public TV
0459 – TV9 Kannada
0460 – Suvarna News
0461 – Kasthuri News
0463 – Udaya Movies
0465 – Udaya Music
0468 – Udaya Comedy
ENGLISH MOVIES – 7 SD Channels
0500 – Movies NOW
0501 – Star Movies
0502 – HBO
0503 – Sony PIX
0504 – WB
0505 – ZEE Studio
0506 – MNX
ENGLISH ENTERTAINMENT – 6 SD Channels
0507 – AXN
0509 – Romedy NOW
0510 – Star World
0511 – ZEE Cafe
0512 – Colours Infinity
0513 – Comedy Centre
HINDI GEC – 14 SD Channels
0600 – DD National
0601 – Sony
0602 – ZEE TV
0603 – Star Plus
0604 – Colours
0605 – Set MAX
0606 – Rishtey
0607 – &TV
0608 – Star Bharath
0609 – SAB TV
0610 – Bindass
0611 – Sony PAL
0622 – DD Bharathi
0756 – DD INDIA
HINDI MOVIES – 20 SD Channels
0612 – Rishtey Cine Plus
0613 – Movies OK
0614 – Sony WAH
0615 – Sahara Filmy
0616 – UTV Movies
0617 – Sony MAX 2
0618 – Bindass Play
0619 – WOW Cinema
0620 – Star Utsav
0621 – Enterr 10
0623 – Manoranjan
0624 – Star Gold
0625 – Cinema TV
0626 – ZEE Cinema
0627 – ZEE Action
0628 – Dangal
0629 – Manoranjan Movies
0638 – VAA Movies
0639 – & Picture
0640 – ZEE Classic
HINDI MUSIC – 9 SD Channels
0630 – MastIII
0631 – Sony MIX
0632 – 9X Jalwa
0633 – MTV Beats
0635 – MTV
0637 – Zing
0641 – B4U Music
0645 – Music INDIA
0649 – Channel V
ENGLISH MUSIC – 2 SD Channels
0647 – VH1
0648 – 9XO
RELIGIOUS – 12 SD Channels
0700 – Aastha
0701 – Bhakti TV
0702 – SubhaVaartha
0703 – Aseervadham
0704 – Madha TV
0705 – Sri Sankara
0707 – Angel TV
0708 – SVBC
0709 – Sanskar
0710 – SVBC 2
0712 – ZEE Salaam
0713 – Nambikkai
BENGALI – 6 SD Channels
0750 – ZEE Bangla
0751 – Sangeet Bangla
0752 – Aakaash Bangla
0753 – Ruposhi Bangla
0754 – DD Bangla
0757 – Dhoom music Bangla
URDU – 2 SD Channels
0755 – DD Urdu
0764 – Aalami Sahara
ODIA 3 SD
0758 – DD Odia
0818 – Kalinga TV
0822 – Odisha TV
UTTAR PRADESH/UTTARAKHAND/MADHYA PRADESH – 5 SD Channels
0760 – Sahara UP
0839 – DD Uttar Pradesh
0766 – Sahara MP
0817 – MBC TV
0830 – DD Madya Prasad
BIHARI – 2 SD Channels
0762 – Sahara Bihar
0827 – DD Bhihari
NEPALI – 1 SD Channel
0767 – Nepal 1
MARATHI – 2 SD Channels
0770 – ZEE Marathi
0773 – DD Shayadri
PUNJABI – 1 SD Channel
0813 – DD Punjabi
GUJARATI – 1 SD Channel
0814 – DD Girnar
J & K – 1 SD Channel
0815 – DD Kashir
ASSAMESE – 1 SD Channel
0828 – DD North East
RAJASTHAN – 1 SD Channel
0829 – DD Rajasthan
DATA / TEST 11
1001 – PLC 1
1002 – PLC 2
1003 – PLC 3
1004 – PLC 4
1005 – PLC 5
1006 – PLC 6
1007 – PLC 7
1008 – PLC 8
1009 – PLC 9
1010 – PLC 10
1011 – Test
Total Channels – 297
DATA / TEST : 1
