Dish TV
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| Company type | Public (BSE: 532839) |
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| Industry | Satellite television |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Noida, India |
Area served | India & Sri Lanka Pakistan, Afghnistan & Nepal |
Key people | R. C. Venkateish, (CEO) |
| Products | Direct Broadcast Satellite Pay TV Pay-per-view TV |
| 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 |
Dish TV India Limited (BSE: 532839) is an Indian company engaged in the business of providing direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service, which includes teleport service, customer support and transponder space leasing. Dishtv 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 India’s largest corporations in 2011.[1] 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.[2] Zee Network incorporated dishtv to modernize television (TV) viewing. It provides features, such as Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), parental lock, games, 400 channels, interactive TV and movie on demand. dishtv also brings national and international channels in India.
Its primary competitors are cable television and other DTH service providers—Airtel digital TV, Reliance Big TV, DD Direct+, Tata Sky, Sun Direct, and Videocon D2H.
Slogan
Sab Par Dish Sawaar Hai
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 which is 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 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 its MPEG-4 based HD services. Dish TV is currently using 5 transponders on Asiasat 5.
DTH on Wheels
Dish TV also provides mobile satellite TV on vehicles, trains and aircrafts.[3]
Subscriber Base
Dish TV had about 11.2 million customers as of 30 June 2011.[4]
There are about 35.5 million DTH subscribers in India as of June 2011.[5]
Dish truHD
Dish TV recently launched its high definition service called Dish truHD. Its major competitors are SUN Direct HD , Tata Sky HD, Airtel Digital TV HD and the Reliance Digital TV. It supports 1080i HD quality. Currently there are 41 HD Services with 12 true HD channels and the rest up-scaled. DISHTV plans to give more HD content to its customers.
Dish truHD+
Dish TV Recently introduces its PVR 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.
Customer Feedback
Very poor service. When you apply for a new connection, their executive will be very friendly but once you make the payment they will stop giving proper response. They take lot of time to setup a new connection and customer care is not helpful at all.
Website
On 16th September 2011, Dish TV's website was hacked. Even after hours after being reported in the news and forums the site was not restored. There were worries expressed on various forum sites that critical data like the Subscriber Viewing Card numbers, Addresses, Contact Numbers would be leaked.
Channel List
The following is the list of channels provided by Dish TV as of October 2011.[6]
TV Channels
| Channel | Name |
|---|---|
| High Definition | |
| 01 | Zee TV HD |
| 02 | Colors HD |
| 03 | UTV Bindass HD |
| 04 | Sony Entertainment Television HD |
| 12 | Zee Cinema HD |
| 13 | UTV Movies HD |
| 14 | UTV Action HD |
| 15 | Zee Classic HD |
| 22 | Zee Studio HD |
| 23 | Movies Now HD |
| 24 | HBO HD |
| 27 | SET PIX HD |
| 28 | WB HD |
| 35 | Zee Café HD |
| 36 | AXN HD |
| 37 | FX HD |
| 38 | FOX Crime HD |
| 45 | Travel XP HD |
| 48 | UTV Stars HD |
| 49 | TLC HD |
| 50 | Discovery HD World |
| 51 | National Geographic Channel HD |
| 52 | Animal Planet HD |
| 53 | National Geographic Wild HD |
| 54 | National Geographic Adventure HD |
| 56 | History TV18 HD |
| 62 | Cartoon Network HD |
| 63 | Pogo HD |
| 64 | Baby TV HD |
| 67 | Zee News HD |
| 70 | Times Now HD |
| 71 | CNN IBN HD |
| 75 | ET Now HD |
| 76 | CNBC-TV18 HD |
| 80 | TEN Sports HD |
| 86 | MTV HD |
| 87 | VH1 HD |
| 88 | National Geographic Music HD |
| 89 | M Tunes HD |
| 91 | Zee Talkies HD |
| 95 | Zee Telugu HD |
| Dish Active Services | |
| 98 | ICICI Active |
| 126 | Active Services† |
| 520 | Games Active |
| 995 | Recharge Today |
| 998 | Renewal Message |
| 999 | Dish Buzz |
| 1000 | What’s On India |
| Movie on Demand | |
| 250 | Movie On Demand 1 |
| 251 | Movie On Demand 2 |
| 252 | Movie On Demand 3 |
| 253 | Movie On Demand 4 |
| 254 | Movie On Demand 5 |
| 424 | Movie On Demand 6 |
| Hindi Entertainment | |
| 100 & 110 | Zee TV |
| 101 | Zee Smile |
| 102 | Zee Khana Khazana |
| 104 | Imagine TV |
| 105 | Sony |
| 106 | SAB TV |
| 107 | UTV Bindass |
| 108 | STAR Plus |
| 109 | Life OK |
| 111 | Colors |
| 112 | Sahara One |
| 113 | 9X |
| 114 | STAR Utsav |
| 115 | DD National |
| 116 | DD India |
| 117 | Dabang |
| Shopping Channel | |
| 196 | Star CJ Alive |
| 199 | Home Shop 18 |
| Hindi Movies | |
| 200 | Zee Cinema |
| 201 | Zee Premier |
| 202 | Zee Action |
| 203 | Zee Classic |
| 210 | SET Max |
| 211 | UTV Movies |
| 212 | UTV Action |
| 215 | STAR Gold |
| 216 | Filmy |
| 217 | B4U Movies |
| 219 | Enter10 |
| English Movies | |
| 401 | Zee Studio |
| 408 | MGM |
| 409 | PIX |
| 410 | Movies Now |
| 413 | HBO |
| 416 | WB |
| 419 | STAR Movies |
| 421 | UTV World Movies |
| Fashion, Lifestyle & English Entertainment | |
| 450 | Zee Café |
| 454 | Fox Crime |
| 455 | AXN |
| 457 | STAR World |
| 458 | Zee Trendz |
| 459 | Fashion TV |
| 460 | Food First |
| 461 | NDTV Good Times |
| 462 | Zoom |
| 463 | TLC |
| Infotainment | |
| 464 | Discovery Channel |
| 465 | Animal Planet |
| 466 | National Geographic Channel |
| 467 | Fox History & Traveller |
| 488 | Discovery Science |
| 469 | Discovery Turbo |
| 470 | History TV18 |
| 471 | Nat Geo Wild |
| Kids | |
| 511 | Cartoon Network |
| 512 | Pogo |
| 518 | Nickelodeon |
| 519 | Animax |
| 523 | Disney Channel |
| 524 | Disney XD |
| 525 | Hungama |
| News | |
| 555 | Zee News |
| 560 | Zee Chattisgarh |
| 561 | Aaj Tak |
| 562 | NDTV India |
| 563 | DD News |
| 564 | Sahara Samay |
| 565 | India TV |
| 566 | GNN News |
| 567 | Sudarshan TV |
| 568 | P7 News |
| 569 | STAR News |
| 570 | Zee News UP |
| 571 | Live India |
| 572 | Lok Sabha TV |
| 573 | DD Rajya Sabha |
| 575 | News 24 |
| 577 | News Xpress |
| 579 | A2Z News |
| 581 | STV Harayana News |
| 590 | Zee Business |
| 591 | CNBC Awaaz |
| 597 | ET Now |
| 598 | Bloomberg UTV |
| 601 | CNBC TV18 |
| 602 | NDTV Profit |
| 603 | NDTV 24x7 |
| 606 | Times Now |
| 607 | CNN-IBN |
| 611 | Day & Night News |
| 615 | CNN |
| 616 | BBC World News |
| 618 | Al Jazeera English |
| [Geo News]] | |
| Sports | |
| 650 | TEN Action+ |
| 656 | NEO Sports |
| 657 | NEO Cricket |
| 658 | TEN Cricket |
| 659 | STAR Cricket |
| 660 | TEN Sports |
| 661 | ESPN |
| 662 | STAR Sports |
| 663 | DD Sports |
| Music | |
| 665 | Zing |
| 666 | ETC |
| 667 | MTV |
| 668 | B4U Music |
| 669 | Channel V |
| 670 | 9XM |
| 671 | Mastiii |
| 673 | VH1 |
| International | |
| 739 | TV5MONDE |
| 733 | DW-TV Asia+ |
| 738 | RT(Russia Today) |
| 739 | NHK World |
| Devotional | |
| 750 | Zee Jagran |
| 751 | Divya |
| 752 | Shakti TV |
| 753 | Katyayani TV |
| 754 | Sadhna TV |
| 755 | R K News |
| 757 | Disha TV |
| 761 | Aastha |
| 762 | Mh1 Shraddha |
| 763 | Sanatan TV |
| 765 | SVBC |
| 762 | Shalom TV |
| Educational | |
| 771 | DD Gyandarshan 1 |
| 772 | DD Gyandarshan 2 |
| 773 | Vyas TV |
| Urdu | |
| 786 | Zee Salaam |
| 787 | ETV Urdu |
| 788 | DD Urdu |
| Punjabi | |
| 800 | Zee Punjabi |
| 801 | ETC Punjabi |
| 802 | DD Punjabi |
| 804 | Mh1 Music |
| 806 | PTC News |
| 807 | PTC Punjabi |
| 812 | Time TV |
| Hindi Regional Channels | |
| 821 | DD Kashir |
| 822 | ETV Rajasthan |
| 823 | ETV UP |
| 824 | ETV MP |
| 826 | DD Bharati |
| Bhojpuri | |
| 827 | ETV Bihar |
| Bengali | |
| 831 | Sananda TV |
| 832 | Star Jalsha |
| 833 | News Time |
| 834 | Dhoom Music |
| 835 | 24 Ghanta |
| 836 | Star Ananda |
| 837 | Ruposhi Bangla |
| 838 | Sony Aath |
| 839 | Sangeet Bangla |
| 840 | Zee Bangla |
| 841 | Aakaash Bangla |
| 842 | ETV Bangla |
| 843 | DD Bangla |
| Oriya | |
| 844 | DD Oriya |
| 845 | Tarang Music |
| 846 | Prarthana TV |
| 847 | STV Samachar |
| 848 | Naxatra News |
| 849 | Orissa TV |
| 850 | Tarang TV |
| 851 | ETV Oriya |
| North East | |
| 852 | NE Hi-Fi |
| 853 | News Live |
| 854 | DD North East |
| 855 | NE TV |
| 856 | Nepal 1 |
| 857 | DY 365 |
| 858 | Rang |
| 859 | News Time Assam |
| Marathi | |
| 860 | Zee Marathi |
| 861 | Zee Talkies |
| 862 | Zee 24 Taas |
| 863 | STAR Pravah |
| 864 | STAR Majha |
| 865 | IBN Lokmat |
| 866 | ETV Marathi |
| 867 | Mi Marathi |
| 868 | DD Sahyadri |
| 870 | Saam Marathi |
| Gujarati | |
| 871 | ETV Gujarati |
| 872 | DD Gujarati |
| 873 | TV9 Gujarati |
| Kannada | |
| 876 | Udaya Comedy |
| 877 | Suvarna News 24x7 |
| 878 | Kasthuri TV |
| 879 | Asianet Suvarna |
| 880 | Zee Kannada |
| 881 | ETV Kannada |
| 882 | DD Chandana |
| 883 | Udaya TV |
| 884 | Udaya Movies |
| 885 | Udaya News |
| 886 | Udaya Music |
| 887 | TV 9 Kannada |
| Telugu | |
| 888 | ABN Andhra Jyothi |
| 889 | Gemini Movies |
| 890 | Zee Telugu |
| 891 | ETV Telugu |
| 892 | Maa TV |
| 893 | DD Saptagiri |
| 894 | Gemini |
| 895 | ETV 2 |
| 896 | Gemini Comedy |
| 897 | Gemini News |
| 898 | Gemini Music |
| 899 | TV9 Telugu |
| 900 | Zee 24 Gantalu |
| 901 | TV5 Telugu |
| 902 | Sakshi TV |
| 903 | NTV |
| 903 | Maa Movies |
| 904 | Maa Music |
| 905 | Maa Gold |
| Tamil | |
| 907 | DD Podhigai |
| 908 | Sun Music |
| 909 | Sun TV |
| 910 | Zee Tamil |
| 911 | KTV |
| 921 | Kalaignar TV |
See also
- Airtel digital TV
- Fortune India 500
- List of companies of India
- DD Direct+
- Reliance Digital TV
- Sun Direct
- TATA Sky
- Videocon D2H
References
- ^ http://www.mxmindia.com/2011/12/dish-tv-makes-it-to-fortune-india-500-4-media-biggies-exit-list/
- ^ "DishTV India - First DTH TV, Satellite TV, Digital Picture and DTH Services in India". Dishtv.in. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ^ "TV on Wheels-DishTv providing Mobile Set Top Box". Dishtv.in. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ^ http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k11/aug/aug26.php
- ^ http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2011022710619/dish-tv-india-passes-10mn-dth-subscriber-milestone.html
- ^ http://wiki.indiandth.com/channels/dishtv/
External links
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