Dish TV India Limited
The country's media and entertainment industry is expected to see a growth of 9.7% annually in revenues to reach US$ 73.6 billion by 2027.
Dish TV India Limited is engaged in the business of direct to home (DTH) and teleport services. The company's segments include DTH and teleport service and infra support services. It is also engaged in the business of broadcasting of other satellite telecommunications activities. Its products include DishHD+ with Recorder, Dish+, DishFlix and dish on wheels. It provides many kinds of set top boxes such as DISH HD+ with recorder, which provides hi-definition signals for picture quality along with the power to pause, record and rewind live television, and digital set-top-box, which allows customers to record programs of their choice. Its services include active services, movie on demand, multilingual services and miniplex. Its active services include music active, games active and jobs active. Its multilingual services allow customers to watch their programs in various languages, such as Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali and Urdu. It also offers do-it-yourself services.
- 600+ channels and services
- 100 million viewers
- Largest direct to home (DTH) provider
- Total revenue stood at Rs. 304.72 crore (US$ 36.04 million) in Q3 FY26 (October-December).
Dish TV India Limited
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2026 |
In February 2026, Dish TV India Limited disclosed a regulatory demand of Rs. 7,203 crore (US$ 815.05 million) from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting towards licence fees, highlighting ongoing legal and financial uncertainties in the DTH sector. In February 2026, Dish TV India Limited announced the outcome of its Board meeting, where it approved the unaudited financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, and initiated steps to induct new directors after the Board strength fell below the regulatory requirement following non-approval and resignations. |
| 2025 |
In 2025, Dish TV India Ltd is expanding beyond its traditional direct-to-home broadcasting business by entering the smart TV market with its VZY range, aiming to integrate satellite and over-the-top entertainment in a single device as part of a broader diversification strategy to drive non-DTH revenue and achieve 25 % of total revenue from non-DTH services within two years. |
| 2024 |
Dish TV India and C21Media have launched Content India 2025 to boost India's global content presence through cross-border collaborations, innovation, and showcasing its production and post-production strengths. |
| 2023 |
In November 2023, in a striking initiative to enhance user interaction and redefine the interface & entertainment experience, Dish TV introduced a voice-enabled search feature to its mobile app – ‘My Dish TV App’. Dish TV India Ltd, in May 2023, announced the launch of a new Value-Added Service (VAS) ‘Hollywood Indie Active’ on both its DishTV and D2h platforms. |
| 2022 |
In February 2022, D2H, the leading DTH brand of Dish TV India Limited, announced the signing of Indian cricketer Mr. Rishabh Pant as the new brand ambassador. |
| 2021 |
In August 2021, Dish TV India Ltd. introduced its ‘Scan QR and Pay’ feature, a QR scan feature for D2H subscribers and a 'Scan to Pay' feature for DishTV subscribers. In April 2021, the company announced that its OTT platform, WATCHO, recently surpassed 25 million users. |
| 2020 |
D2H, a brand of Dish TV India, expanded its footprint and initiated services in Upper Assam and rest of the northeast region. Dish TV India shifted manufacturing of Set-top boxes to India and gives a boost to 'Make in India' initiative. Dish TV partnered with MX Player and added one more app in its Android-based connected devices for its DishTV and d2h users, named Dish SMRT Hub and d2h stream, respectively. Launched a complete range of smart devices, an internet enabled Android based HD Set Top Box and voice enabled Alexa Built-in smart kit. Dish TV India adds Hungama Play, a VoD platform owned by Hungama Digital Media |
| 2019 |
Dish TV India launched 'Telugu Active' service VAS service aimed at Telugu viewers |
| 2018 |
Dish TV India and Videocon d2h merger was concluded |
| 2013 |
Asia's largest direct-to-home company announced Dish TV as the Best Managed Company in Asia in the Media sector. Dish TV offered maximum high-definition (HD) content with 25 HD channels and 17 HD services, unlimited recording facility in both HD and secure digital (SD) set top boxes. Dish TV added a new channel, "Sobhagya Mithila", in Maithili for Bihar and Jharkhand. Dish TV announced the launch of "Zing", an exciting new brand which was specially conceptualized and customized keeping in mind new regional viewers that were moving over to the digital platform |
| 2012 |
Dish TV launched Dish truHD Plus with unlimited recording capacity |
| 2010 |
Dish TV crossed nine million subscribers. Dish TV launched Tru High Definition (HD) Ser. Dish TV became Asia’s largest direct-to-home (DTH) service |
| 2008 |
Dish TV joined hands with Sony Pictures |
| 2007 |
Dish TV India Ltd informed that the board of directors of the company at its meeting held on October 22, 2007, the appointment of Mr. Eric Zinterhofer as an Additional Non-Executive Independent Director on the board of the company. |
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