This is what DoS should have thought to ease DTH pain of Space issue :
DOS could not realise the planned/committed satellite capacity due to delayed satellite launches, power problems in the existing satellites, allocation of capacity for other purposes, etc. As a result, satellite capacity was arranged from foreign satellites for DTH services. Greater dependence on foreign satellites for Ku band transponders for DTH services eventually led to their dominance over Indian sky, to the extent that of the 76 Ku band transponders in use as of 2013, 57 were on foreign satellites and only 19 were on the INSAT system. The number of INSAT Ku band transponders for DTH services was expected to reduce further to only seven, as one of the DTH service providers viz. Tata Sky had also decided to move to foreign satellite system. By Department’s own estimate, the future demand of Ku band transponders was also planned to be met entirely from foreign satellites.
Failure to realise the satellites for Ku band transponders as planned also resulted in a situation where foreign satellites had occupied five orbital slots above Indian sky, thereby putting India at a disadvantage in maintaining its own INSAT fleet. DOS did not consider procured launches or hiring satellites to reduce the demand supply imbalance of Ku band transponder despite having sufficient funds. Instead, large amount ranging between `792 crore and `2,809 crore were surrendered annually during the last five years