Reliance has aggressively started working on its DTH services foray. After recently placing one of the largest orders for 5 million DTH STBs, the company is now reported to have appointed around 700 distributors and 500 installation and service partners to assist the over one lakh retail outlets.

Big TV is expected to offer 250 channels over a period of time with 190 channels and 20 radio stations on offer to start with.