“In recent years competition from DTH operators<\/a> has threatened the viability of nearly 1 lakh LCOs who still operate across India. As firm supporters of local and small businesses JIO wanted to ensure that these LCOs continued to serve their communities,” Ambani said.
Earlier this year RIL acquired controlling stakes in three leading Cable MSOs – Hathway, DEN and GTPL who have direct relationships with over 30,000 LCOs.
The telco said that over the past months it has worked with MSOs to upgrade its infrastructure to world-class standards. “After these upgrades, our LCO partners will now be able to offer the largest bouquet of high-definition channels to customers.”
“With every JioFiber home all our LCO partners will continue to have a steady stream of revenue for their broadcast TV business.We look forward to extending this partnership to all LCOs across the country,” added RIL Chairman.
Jio has also announced JioFiber plans which will come bundled with subscriptions to leading premium OTT applications.
The company will also offer its premium JioFiber customers access to latest movies which will be released on Jio’s platform on the same day as the release in theatres. Jio plans to launch this service in the middle of 2020.
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