This document discusses Direct-to-Home (DTH) television in India. It provides a history of DTH in India, explaining how services were first proposed in 1996 and allowed in 2000. It describes the basic concepts of a DTH network, including transmission stations, receive terminals, antennas, set top boxes, and how geostationary satellites and communication bandwidth facilitate the transmission of content. DTH applications allow viewers to access pay and free TV channels on their home TV. The document concludes that DTH provides cost-effective entertainment and information to both urban and rural areas in India.