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Type Public (BSE: 532839 (http://www.bseindia.com

/bseplus/StockReach

/AdvanceStockReach.aspx?scripcode=532839))

Industry Satellite television

Founded 2004

HeadquartersNoida, India

Area served India & Sri Lanka

Pakistan, Afghanistan & Nepal

Key peopleR. C. Venkateish (CEO)

Sahlaik Ahmad Respective Senior Process

Associate

Products Direct Broadcast Satellite

Pay TV

Pay-per-view TV

Revenue 20.28 billion (US$370 million) (2012)[1]

Parent Zee Network Enterprise (owned by Essel

Group)

Subsidiaries Management Services Limited (ISMSL),

Agrani Satellite Services Limited (ASSL) and

Agrani Convergence Limited (ACL)

Website www.dishtv.in (http://www.dishtv.in/)

Dish TV India Limited

Dish TVFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dish TV India Limited (BSE: 532839

(http://www.bseindia.com/bseplus/StockReach

/AdvanceStockReach.aspx?scripcode=532839))

is an Indian company that provides direct-

to-home (DTH) satellite television. Dish TV is

a division of Zee Network Enterprise (Essel

Group Venture). Dish TV India Limited is

ranked # 437 and #5 in the list of media

companies in the Fortune India 500 roster of

Indias largest corporations in 2011.[2] It uses

MPEG-2 digital compression technology,

transmitting using NSS-6 Satellite at 95.0. Dish

TV's managing director and Head Of Business

is Jawahar Goel who is also the promoter of

Essel Group and is also the President of Indian

Broadcasting Foundation.[3] Zee Network

incorporated dishtv to modernize television

(TV) viewing. It provides features such as

Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), parental

lock, games, 400+ channels and services,[4]

interactive TV and movies on demand. Its

primary competitors are cable television and

other DTH service providersAirtel digital TV,

Reliance Big TV, DD Direct+, Tata Sky, Sun

Direct, and Videocon D2H.

Contents

1 History

2 Satellite link

3 DISHTV on Wheels

4 Subscriber base

5 Dish truHD+6 See also

7 References

8 External links

History

DTH service was launched back in 2004 by launching of Dish TV by Essel Group's Zee Entertainment

Enterprises. Dish TV is on the same satellite where DD Direct+ was, DD Direct+ shifted to Insat 4B whichis adjacent to NSS-6.

Dish TV was only DTH operator in India to carry the two Turner channels Turner Classic Movies and

Boomerang. Both the channels were removed from the platform due to unknown reasons in March 2009. In

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October 2010 Dish TV added the long awaited Neo Sports and Neo Cricket on its platform

Satellite link

Dish TV uses NSS-6 to broadcast its programmes. NSS-6 was launched on 17 December 2002 by

European-based satellite provider, NewSkies. Dish TV hopped on to NSS-6 from an INSAT satellite in July

2004. The change in the satellite was to increase the channel offering as NSS 6 offered more transponder

capacity. However, Dish TV booked additional transponders on the new AsiaSat 5 satellite for starting itsMPEG-4 based HD services. Dish TV is currently using 4 transponders on Asiasat 5.

DISHTV on Wheels

Dish TV also provides mobile satellite TV on vehicles, trains and aircraft.[5]

Subscriber base

Dish TV had about 13 million customers as of 31 October 2012. [6] Dish TV is presently Asia's largest and

going to be the world's largest dth company.[7]

Dish TV launched its high definition service called Dish truHD in the year 2010. With this service,

subscribers can enjoy 5X picture clarity on their HDTV, a 16:9 wide aspect ratio and 5.1 surround sound.

Dish truHD+

Dish TV Recently introduces its DVR service which requires an External USB Hard disk drive to be plug

into the Set Top Box's USB Port it can provide & support recording space up to 2 TB. Dish+: DishtvIntroduced Dish+ Set Top Box For Its SD Subscribers With The same Features As Dish Tru HD + In SD

Mode.

See also

Airtel digital TV

Fortune India 500

List of companies of India

DD Direct+

Reliance Digital TVSun Direct

TATA Sky

Videocon D2H

References

^ FY 2011 Network 18

(http://www.moneycontrol.com/financials

/network18/consolidated-balance-sheet/NMI)

1.

^ "Dish TV makes it to Fortune India 500, 4 biggies

exit list" (http://www.mxmindia.com/2011/12/dish-

tv-makes-it-to-fortune-india-500-4-media-biggies-

exit-list/). MxM India. Retrieved 2012-08-01.

2.

^ "DishTV India First DTH TV, Satellite TV,

Digital Picture and DTH Services in India"

(http://www.dishtv.in/). Dishtv.in. Retrieved

2010-07-16.

3.

^ "Dish Sawaar Hai DISHTV new brand

commercial" (http://www.youtube.com

/watch?v=Z375uY5aegU). YouTube. Retrieved

2012-08-01.

4.

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^ "TV on Wheels-DishTv providing Mobile Set

Top Box" (http://www.dishtv.in/dishtv-

on-wheels.aspx). Dishtv.in. Retrieved 2010-07-16.

5.

^ "Tata Sky plans to raise Rs 2000 crore via IPO"

(http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com

/2012-10-31/news/34837578_1_tata-sky-ipo-

process-sources-with-direct-knowledge).

6.

EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.com. 31 October 2012.

Retrieved 2013-01-10.

^ "Indiantelevision.com's > Digital Edge> Airtel

Digital TV adds 0.6 mn subs in Q1"

(http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k11

/aug/aug26.php). Indiantelevision.com. Retrieved

2012-08-01.

7.

External links

Official website (http://www.dishtv.in/)

Official DishtruHD Plus website (http://www.dishtv.in/DishtruHDplus/index.html)

Official Dishplus Website (http://www.dishtv.in/dishPlus/index.aspx)

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