NCF Removed for FTA Channels This new move means that while subscribers were limited to only 100 FTA channels on Rs 130 NCF charge, now they will be able to watch more than 100 FTA channels by paying the same amount since there won’t be any additional slab NCF. To recall, the new pricing regime governs that the subscribers will pay two parts of the bill, one which will be NCF (Network Capacity Charge) and the other which will be content charges. The content charges in the case of NCF channels is nil, so the price of these channels essentially comes down to zero. List of Channels With No NCF Charge Airtel has charted out a list informing its subscribers which channels will not levy any NCF. The list includes a lot of DD channels as well and some other channels also. These include, Homeshop18, Shop CJ, addiQYOU, Enterr10, NT1, ABP News, India TV, R Bharat, Republic TV, Tiranga TV, Mastiii, Maiboli, Pitaara, Rang, Dangal, Dabangg TV, Bhojpuri Cinema, Divya TV, Satsang, NT2, NT3, NT4, Public TV, Praja TV Kannada. In addition to these, a lot of DD channels are also available without the NCF. To understand the implication of this new move imagine that you have already subscribed to 100 channels thus occupying the NCF worth Rs 153, however, if you add these channels on top of those existing channels, your monthly rental will not be affected at all. Do make a note that not every user of Airtel Digital TV can subscribe to the channels mentioned above for free. With the new tariff regime in place, Airtel has gone through a lot of changes, and in fact, it’s so confusing at the moment. You can head over to the channel subscription portal and subscribe to the ones mentioned above, if the charges apply for the same, you’ll have to wait for a while for the price to reflect. Airtel is already running a TVC in which it clearly states that don’t panic if your channel pack/bill hasn’t changed even after choosing the options. Airtel Digital TV Long Term Subscribers to Receive Pending Amount In another related move, Airtel Digital TV has announced for its subscribers that users whose payment remains locked up in long term plans will get their amount reimbursed to their Airtel Digital TV account from which the monthly fee will be deducted month on month. Like its other counterparts, Airtel Digital TV has also introduced regional add-on packs for its subscribers like the Bengali regional top-up which is priced at Rs 67, followed by Mini Bengali regional which costs Rs 42 per month. Then there’s a Gujarati regional top-up pack that costs Rs 7 as Airtel Digital TV has very limited Gujarati channels on offer. There are also Kannada and Mini Kannada packs in Airtel Digital TV’s portfolio.
