Tata Teleservices, has announced the launch of Photon TV, a new application that allows Tata Photon Plus subscribers to watch live television channels on their laptops while on the move, and on their personal computers at home and in the office. An industry-first service built on the mobile broadband service-Tata Photon Plus-the Photon TV service is exclusively available to Photon Plus users.A personal computer- and laptop-based video-streaming application, Photon TV allows Tata Photon Plus users to view live TV feed from various sports, news, entertainment and regional channels, and to watch recorded TV shows, movies, music and videos on demand. Mr. Anil Sardana, Managing Director of Tata Teleservices Limited, said, “Tata Teleservices Limited has added value to the way people talk by introducing the Pay Per Use (TATA DOCOMO) and Pay Per Call (Tata Indicom) concepts in India; we also added value on the voice and data services side by introducing the Walky and Photon families of products. Now, we have moved mobility another few giant steps along the evolutionary path, with the launch of Photon TV today. This innovative product underlines the technological superiority of the Photon technology, which has become the rage amongst Internet-users,”
The pricing mechanism to avail of the Photon TV service is also reasonable and works on a subscription model. It is currently available in three different subscription options-Rs 4 per channel per month; Rs 29 per month for My Combo (a bouquet of 10 channels); and Rs 75 per month for all channels. Data charges will be applicable as per the subscriber's data plan. Tata Teleservices Limited worked on the Photon TV product jointly with Apalya Technologies.