written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message tata sky tata sky type joint venture industry satellite television founded 2004 headquarters mumbai area served india key people harit nagpal md and ceo products direct broadcast satellite pay television pay per view owner tata sons 60 % 1 21st century fox 30 % temasek holdings 10 % website tatasky tatasky hd my tatasky tata sky is a direct broadcast satellite television provider in india using mpeg 4 digital compression technology transmitting using insat 4a and gsat 10 satellite . 2 incorporated in 2004 tata sky is a joint venture between the tata group and 21st century fox . its primary competitors in satellite television and other dth service providers are airtel digital tv dish tv sun direct reliance digital tv dd direct and videocon d2h . it currently offers 415sd channels and 72 hd 7 hd channels and 1 showcase hd channels and services along with other many active services as of october 2016 . recently tata sky has entered into an agreement with french firm technicolor to supply 4k set top boxes from early 2015 . 3 contents 1 history 2 satellite 3 awards and accolades 3.1 iso 27001 2005 accreditation 3.2 awards 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit tata sky is an equity strategic alliance in the nature of joint venture between the tata group and 21st century fox which own 70 % and 20 % stake respectively . 4 in 2008 singapore based temasek holdings picked up 10 % stake in tata sky from the tata group . tata sky was incorporated in 2004 but launched services on 8 august 2006 . star s parent company 21st century fox owns an international group of dth businesses that include sky italia in italy and sky in united kingdom . the company uses the sky brand owned by british sky broadcasting . on 9 january 2015 tata sky became the first indian dth operator to offer 4k set top boxes to its consumers . 5 satellite edit tata sky was the second operator to launch dth or direct to home services in 2006 . at that time the company decided to use an isro satellite . in 2005 tata sky signed a contract with isro for provision of satellite space on the insat 4a satellite . in 2007 one year after the launch of the dth player tata sky asked for more space to increase the number of channels they telecast . the extra space was promised in 2009 on the gsat 10 satellite a then to be launched satellite inducted into the insat system . the gsat 10 was launched in september 2012 but tata sky has not utilized the transponders till today . 6 awards and accolades edit iso 27001 2005 accreditation edit in march 2009 tata sky became the first indian direct to home dth service provider to be awarded the iso 27001 2005 accreditation the benchmark for information security . 7 iso 27001 2005 is an international standard that provides specifications and guidance for the establishment and proper maintenance of an information security management system isms . awards edit year award category 2016 client of the year award winning across several categories 2013 yahoo big idea chair award best use of mobile advertising 2013 et brand equity product of the year tata sky hd 2012 et brand equity best dth brand 2009 2010 superbrands council superbrand see also edit tata group zing digital airtel digital tv dd free dish abs free dish reliance digital tv sun direct videocon d2h dish tv real vu references edit http www.thehindubusinessline.com companies tata sky to invest rs 1000 cr for tech upgrade article5022824.ece tata sky on insat 4a . lyngsat . retrieved 10 august 2008 . http economictimes.indiatimes.com industry media entertainment entertainment tatasky to start 4k ultra hd beaming from next year articleshow 37781110 . cms http www.tata.com company profile tata sky http www.thehindu.com 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