Dish TV
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| Company type | Public (BSE: 532839) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Satellite television |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Noida, India |
Area served | India & Sri Lanka Pakistan, Afghanistan & Nepal |
Key people | R. C. Venkateish (CEO) Sahlaik Ahmad Respective Senior Process Associate |
| Products | Direct Broadcast Satellite Pay TV Pay-per-view TV |
| Revenue | ₹20.28 billion (US$240 million) (2012)[1] |
| Parent | Zee Network Enterprise (owned by Essel Group) |
| Subsidiaries | Management Services Limited (ISMSL), Agrani Convergence Limited (ACL), Agrani Satellite Services Limited (ASSL) |
| Website | www |
Dish TV India Limited is an Indian direct-to-home (DTH) service provider. Dish TV is a division of Zee Network Enterprise (Essel Group Venture). It was ranked # 437 and # 5 on the list of media companies in Fortune India 500 roster of India’s 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 providers—Airtel digital TV, Reliance Big TV, DD Direct+, Tata Sky, Sun Direct, and Videocon D2H.
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 4 transponders on Asiasat 5.
Subscriber base
Dish TV had about 13 million customers as of 31 October 2012.[5] Dish TV is presently Asia's largest and going to be the world's largest dish company.[6]
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.
See also
References
- ^ FY 2011 Network 18
- ^ TV contact 8520941444gies-exit-list/ "Dish TV makes it to Fortune India 500, 4 biggies exit list". MxM India. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "DishTV India — First DTH TV, Satellite TV, Digital Picture and DTH Services in India". Dishtv.in. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ "Dish Sawaar Hai — DISHTV new brand commercial". YouTube. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ TV contact 8520941444rect-knowledge "Tata Sky plans to raise Rs 2000 crore via IPO". EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.com. 31 October 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Indiantelevision.com's > Digital Edge> Airtel Digital TV adds 0.6 mn subs in Q1". Indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 1 August 2012.