The country’s only legal Direct-To-Home service provider AKASH has launched new monthly package combining all channels of entertainment ‘AKASH Lite Plus’ for its customers.  With the new entertainment package, customers can enjoy 90 channels with 26 HD with a new subscription fee of Taka only 300 per month.

Beximco Communications’ DTH brand AKASH announced the AKASH Lite Plus package. AKASH introduced the midrange package to offer the all entertainment channels and reduce the gap in viewers choices and subscription fees between the two existing packages - AKASH Standard and AKASH Lite. 

Previously Customers were enjoying AKASH Standard and AKASH Lite with the subscription fee Taka 399 and 249 respectively. Now the monthly package AKASH Lite Plus with the subscription fee of Taka 300 added in their choice box. It will be having most of the channels which customers which were not included in AKASH Lite package’s base package. Previously, subscribers had to include the entertainment channels separately with Entertainment Add-on pack. 

Muhammad Abul Khair Chowdhury, Head of Marketing and Business Development of Beximco Communications’ said, “Since the operation started, AKASH became very popular and reliable brand for its commitment and dedication to the customers. As our distribution expands to all the part of Bangladesh all the people will be able to enjoy our service beyond the district headquarters. We are working all the time to provide the exclusive TV viewing experience to the customers and to bring new opportunities for them. Following the efforts we made, AKASH announced a new package to increase the enjoyment of TV viewers in future including the forthcoming Eid.” 

He also mentioned that the viewers of semi-urban and rural Bangladesh are mostly fond of some Indian daily soap opera centric TV channels especially Star Jalsha and Zee Bangla. Though local cable operators were broadcasting those channels but often it is interrupting due to non-payment issues. Whereas, having a legalized authority, AKASH has kept its connection all over Bangladesh. But those consumers where always expressing their need to have the entertainment channels with HD versions in a competitive price compare to their available cable operators. Considering the mass people’s need, AKASH has launched this mid-range pack, AKASH LITE PLUS. 

AKASH provides its service using the feed of the Bangabandhu Satellite-1 from May, 2019. The one-time price of AKASH Basic and Regular connection is BDT 3,999 and BDT 4,499 respectively. AKASH connection is available at 8000+ retail outlets throughout the country in all 64 districts.