New Delhi:
DTH service provider Reliance Big TV on Monday announced its tieup with 12,000 post offices across Maharashtra and Goa. The pact would enable consumers initial booking of HD HEVC set-top boxes by paying Rs.500. "The effectively free HD HEVC set top boxes can now be booked through 12,000 India Post offices across Maharashtra and Goa," the company stated. Reliance Big TV recently offered its consumers a free of cost HD HEVC set-top box, access to up to 500 free-to-air channels for five years and pay channels for a year across the country. "India Post has an incredible reach, which is unrivalled by any other logistics partner and the same would help the customers to book this incredible offer," Reliance Big TV director Vijender Singh said in a statement. Apart from a pre-booking amount of Rs.499, buyers will have to pay the balance amount of Rs.1,500 on the receipt of set-top box and outdoor unit (ODU). And from second year onwards, subscribers will have to recharge monthly amount of Rs.300 for all pay channels. Following a two-year subscription of pay channels with Reliance Big TV, the subscribers will get cash back of Rs.1,999 as a loyalty (the amounts paid during booking and receipt of the set top box) in the form of recharge, the company added.