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India: Dish TV denies Bharti sale

India’s satellite broadcasting giant Dish TV has firmly denied that it is involved in selling a stake to DTH TV rival Bharti Airtel. Local reports had suggested that Bharti was buying a 5.93 per cent stake in Dish TV. Dish, in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange, said it was not aware of any […]

December 6, 2021By Chris Forrester

DISH Q2 pay-TV subs down

US connectivity company DISH Network Corporation has reported revenue totalling $4.49 billion (€3.82bn) for the quarter ending June 30th, 2021, compared to $3.19 billion for the corresponding period in 2020. Net income attributable to DISH Network totalled $671 million for the second quarter 2021, compared to $452 million from the year-ago quarter. Diluted earnings per […]

August 9, 2021

The Q amps-up comedy quotient

Following the success of BakLol and recognizing the audiences’ burgeoning need for light hearted content, The Q, one of India’s fastest growing Hindi general entertainment channels  further strengthens its content slate with a stellar line up of new age sketch comedies. The channel aims to take the laughter quotient a notch higher with content that […]

July 28, 2021

Abu Dhabi bans satellite dishes again

Abu Dhabi’s city authorities are again cracking down on what they describe as “illegal” satellite dishes. The ruling is designed to improve the city’s visual aesthetics. Local reports say that a building to allowed have a maximum of 4 dishes and these must then distribute their signals to all residents of a apartment block. Dishes […]

May 10, 2021By Chris Forrester

Q India in 100m TV homes

QYOU Media has announced that The Q India, the company’s Hindi language youth oriented channel available in India, has reached its 2021 goal of distribution to 100 million TV households as a result of launching on both DD Free Dish & Dish TV in April. Sunder Aaron, Co-Founder and General Manager of QYOU Media India, […]

April 9, 2021

Dish TV India adds Hungama Play app

With an objective to expand its content portfolio to meet the growing entertainment requirements across age groups, Dish TV India Limited, India’s leading DTH Company, has announced its partnership with Hungama Play, a VoD platform owned by Hungama Digital Media. Through this partnership, Dish TV India has further strengthened its portfolio by adding one more […]

December 9, 2020

Dish TV India adds EPIC ON

Dish TV India has added EPIC ON, a premium OTT platform operated by IN10 Media Network, onto its DishSMRT Hub and d2h Stream Android set-top box. It means that DishTV & D2H users can now access EPIC ON’s massive content library including, over 2000 hours of factual & fictional series, movies, talks, and documentaries through […]

December 4, 2020By Chris Forrester

Forecast: India’s pay-TV market to see sluggish growth

The total pay-TV services revenue in India is expected to grow at a lethargic compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.7 per cent from $3.19 billion in 2020 to $3.30 billion in 2025 due to growing user substitution to OTT platforms, according to GlobalData. GlobalData’s India Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report reveals that though pay-TV […]

September 22, 2020