Reliance BIG TV ties up with eminent developers for MDU service

Company Brief

Mumbai, January 25, 2010

As a part of its aggressive sales and marketing strategy, RBTV is betting big on sales through MDU commercial agreements. RBTV has recast its entire sales operations into two divisions – Retail and Institutional. While the retail division will focus on driving sales through its nationwide retail network and channel associates, the newly formed Institutional division will focus on high-ticket MDU deals. The company is targeting a market share of 40% per cent in the MDU segment within the first year of operations.

As part of this strategy, RBTV has signed MDU agreements with many eminent developers such as: Kalpataru, Super Tech Limited, Arihant Builders, PACI Builders, Krishna Apara Group, Elysium Builders, Agrasen Builders, Janapriya Engg Syndicate and Diamond Group etc. The total size of the deal is pegged to be approx worth Rs 20 Crores.

The MDU strategy will be an integral part of RBTV’s focus to achieve leadership position in the Indian DTH sector. The MDU is a customized DTH solution targeted to tap various sections of Societies, Commercial complexes, New Township etc where a single dish antenna can provide the DTH connection to multiple households. This circumvents the need for installing individual dish antennas for every household connection. Such MDU agreements are expected to contribute nearly 15% of its volumes in the Circle.” said Mr. Ashutosh Srivastava, Senior Vice President, Sales– Reliance BIG TV DTH.

As part of its aggressive push to generate MDU volumes, BIG TV has set-up a dedicated pan-India network of 1000 Direct Sales Agents (DSAs) and 500 member installation team to handle MDU business. BIG TV has already installed MDUs at over 1500 locations and close to 5000 locations are in the process. The company is conducting a series of road shows across India as part of its marketing efforts to generate awareness and drive subscription sales in these markets.

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