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Dish TV India Limited (BSE: 532839 (http://www.bseindia.com/bseplus/StockReach /AdvanceStockReach.aspx?scripcode=532839)) is an Indian company that provides directto-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.

Dish TV India Limited

Type

Public (BSE: 532839 (http://www.bseindia.com /bseplus/StockReach /AdvanceStockReach.aspx?scripcode=532839)) Satellite television 2004

Industry Founded

Headquarters Noida, India Area served Key people India & Sri Lanka Pakistan, Afghanistan & Nepal R. C. Venkateish (CEO) Sahlaik Ahmad Respective Senior Process Associate Products Direct Broadcast Satellite Pay TV Pay-per-view TV Revenue Parent Subsidiaries 20.28 billion (US$370 million) (2012)[1] Zee Network Enterprise (owned by Essel Group) Management Services Limited (ISMSL), Agrani Satellite Services Limited (ASSL) and Agrani Convergence Limited (ACL) Website www.dishtv.in (http://www.dishtv.in/)

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 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

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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 its MPEG-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+: Dishtv Introduced 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 TV Sun Direct TATA Sky Videocon D2H

References
1. ^ FY 2011 Network 18 (http://www.moneycontrol.com/financials /network18/consolidated-balance-sheet/NMI) 2. ^ "Dish TV makes it to Fortune India 500, 4 biggies exit list" (http://www.mxmindia.com/2011/12/dishtv-makes-it-to-fortune-india-500-4-media-biggiesexit-list/). MxM India. Retrieved 2012-08-01. 3. ^ "DishTV India First DTH TV, Satellite TV, Digital Picture and DTH Services in India" (http://www.dishtv.in/). Dishtv.in. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 4. ^ "Dish Sawaar Hai DISHTV new brand commercial" (http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=Z375uY5aegU). YouTube. Retrieved 2012-08-01.

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5. ^ "TV on Wheels-DishTv providing Mobile Set Top Box" (http://www.dishtv.in/dishtvon-wheels.aspx). Dishtv.in. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 6. ^ "Tata Sky plans to raise Rs 2000 crore via IPO" (http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com /2012-10-31/news/34837578_1_tata-sky-ipoprocess-sources-with-direct-knowledge).

EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.com. 31 October 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10. 7. ^ "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.

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) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dish_TV&oldid=550953121" Categories: High-definition television Direct broadcast satellite services Essel Group Satellite television Indian television networks Indian brands Companies based in Noida Companies established in 2004 Zee Group This page was last modified on 18 April 2013 at 10:08. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.

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