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{{short description|Indian satellite television provider}}
{{other uses|Independent Television (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Independent TV
| logo = Independenttvlogo.png
| former_name =
| ISIN =
| industry = [[Satellite television]]
| owner = [[Reliance Communications]](2008–2018)<br /> [[Essel Group]]
(2018–present)
| successor = 
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2008|08|19}} (as [[Reliance Digital TV]])
| fate = Merged In Dish Tv
| founder = [[Anil Ambani]]
| hq_location = Block, 1st Floor, Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City
| hq_location_city = [[Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra]]
| hq_location_country = India
| area_served = India
| key_people = Vivek Singh (Director), Gurdeep Singh (Director), Rachakonda Venkata Ramana (Director), Vivek Prakash (Director)
| brands =
| services = [[Direct-broadcast satellite]], [[pay television]], [[pay-per-view]]
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| parent = Essel Group
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| subsid = Dish Tv
Videocon D2h
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| website = {{URL|https://www.dishtv.in/}}
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'''Independent TV''', formerly '''Reliance Big TV''', was an Indian [[Direct to Home|direct to home]] (DTH) television operator. It was a subsidiary of [[Reliance Communications]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Reliance Digital Tv Profile {{!}} EMIS|url=https://www.emis.com/php/company-profile/IN/Reliance_Digital_Tv_Limited_en_3308590.html|website=www.emis.com|access-date=1 October 2016}}</ref>

==History==
Independent TV originally launched as Reliance Big TV on 19 August 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2009/apr/29big-tv-to-divest-in-dth-arm.htm|title=Reliance Big TV plans to divest 49% in DTH arm|date=29 April 2009|access-date=16 February 2018|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> The service acquired 1 million subscribers within 90 days of launch, due to limited competition from other operators in the market. The service was later renamed to Reliance Digital TV. The operator was acquired by Pantel Technologies & Veecon Media in January 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/rcom-big-tv-pantel-tech-veecon-media-buying-anil-ambani-dth-business/story/264955.html|title=RCom seals deal to sell off BIG TV: Pantel Tech, Veecon Media buying Anil Ambani's DTH business|website=www.businesstoday.in|access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref>

In March 2018, the company launched a pre-booking DTH offer. The company took bookings and collected revenue from customers, but the service connections were not installed.<ref>{{cite news |title= Reliance Big TV Offers Free Access To Channels. Here's How To Avail It| first=profit team |last=NDTV |url=https://www.ndtv.com/business/reliance-big-tv-offer-how-to-watch-free-hd-channels-for-1-year-1818737 |newspaper=NDTV|publisher=New Delhi Television Media group |location=India |date= 21 March 2018|access-date= 19 August 2018 }}</ref> After launching the DTH offer, the Pantel Technologies & Veecon Media group rebrand the company as Independent TV.<ref>{{cite news |title= Reliance Big tv Is Now Independent Tv| first= adithya |last=DTHForum |url=https://dthforum.com/threads/reliance-big-tv-is-now-independent-tv.49349/|publisher=DTHForum |location=India |date= 28 July 2018|access-date= 24 August 2018 }}</ref>

The company was unable to provide installation to customers and not returned money to there millions of customers which they collected without installation as prebooking offer, they since their agreement with [[Star India|STAR India group]] had expired due to nonpayment. On 23 July 2018, [[Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal]] (TDSAT) requested Star India and Independent TV to enter into a fresh agreement within 4 weeks.<ref>{{cite news |title= TDSAT asks STAR India and Independent TV to enter into fresh agreement within 4 weeks| first= TVP Bureau|last=Television Post|url=https://www.televisionpost.com/tdsat-asks-star-india-independent-tv-to-enter-into-fresh-agreement-within-4-weeks/|publisher=Television Post|location=India |date= July 23, 2018|access-date= 24 August 2018 }}</ref>

The company's service was disrupted after further payments to the Antrix corporation were missed. Independent TV closed its services on 12 June 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Arpit |title=Independent TV Subscribers Face Disruption as Company Fails to Pay Dues |url=https://telecomtalk.info/independent-tv-disruption/200271/ |website=telecomtalk |access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>

Independent TV Limited is a DTH Licensee of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB), Govt of India. This license has been renewed on June 19, 2019 for a further period of six (6) months, like for all other DTH licensees in India today, and is valid till Dec 31, 2019. All the conditions precedents defined by MIB, Govt of India, have already been successfully complied with, and acknowledged as of July 5, 2019. The satellite services of the DTH operator are temporarily suspended. Independent TV limited has launched a new go-to-market business drive named “ITV 2.0” for its channel partners, to resume its Business Operations again for consumer acquisition and service delivery<ref name="TT1">{{cite web |last1=Kudikala |first1=Chakri |title=ITV 2.0 Aka Independent TV to Restore DTH Operations on August 15 |url=https://telecomtalk.info/independent-tv-august-resumption/212701/ |website=Telecom Talk |publisher=Telecom Talk |access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref> As of January 2020, with TRAI's The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report July – September 2019, it has acknowledge that Independent TV has fully shut down operations taking the count of pay dth operators to four.<ref name="TT2">{{cite news |last1=Kudikala |first1=Chakri |title=Independent TV Shuts Down Services, Total Pay DTH Operator Count Becomes 4 in India: Trai |url=https://telecomtalk.info/independent-tv-closed-dth-operations/242740/ |access-date=2 April 2020 |work=Telecom Talk |publisher=telecomtalk.info |date=9 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Direct-to-home television in India]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Official website|http://www.independenttv.in/}}

{{DTH in India}}
{{Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group}}

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