Yes it was a carriage fee channel but they are improving day by day..They hired few anchors from other popular news channels..They also got space on Tata sky & dish & various cable networks..So they will not give more carriage fees to d2h...i heard that d2h is demanding more carriage fees for which channel is not agreeing hence the removal.
So far d2h is leader in Tamil market but customers might rethink if thanthi TV is not available.