After a delay of nearly one and–a half-year, Diversified group Videocon has finalized May 1 as commercial launch date of its DTH Services.

Giving information regarding latest venture, a company official said, the platform has been named "D2H" and will be offered through its subsidiary Bharat Business Channel Ltd (BBCL), which is a media arm of Videocon Group.

The company with the launch of its service will become sixth DTH operator in the market, along with Dish TV, Tata Sky, Airtel, Big TV and Sun TV.

Further, the company officials revealed that the company will use MPEG-4 compression with DVBS 2 technology, which will deliver awesome digital entertainment, crystal clear pictures, ultra sharp sound to its service subscribers.

It should be noted that the company has already tied knots with 2500 dealers, throughout the country, for a mega roll out of its DTH services in the region.

For the first year, the company has set target of 15 lakh subscribers, which it intends to raise to 1 crore in the next six years.

According to reports, the company will offer set-top boxes at around Rs 1,500 against the average market price of Rs 3,000. The company will initially offer 200 channels from its 6 transponders.