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Dish TV Q1 FY12 results
NOIDA, India; July 20, 2011 – Dish TV India Limited (Dishtv) (BSE: 532839, NSE: DISHTV) today reported first quarter fiscal 2012 standalone revenues of Rs.4,604 million, representing a 51% growth over the corresponding period last fiscal. The EBITDA for the quarter stood at Rs. 1,122 million, compared to Rs. 322 million in the corresponding quarter last fiscal. EBITDA margin recorded at 24.4 %. Net loss reduced to Rs. 183 million compared to Rs. 631 million in the first quarter last fiscal. The Board of Directors in its meeting held today, has approved and taken on record the unaudited standalone »»»
Dishtv crosses the 10 million subscriber mark
New Delhi, February 24, 2011:- Dishtv, the pioneers and market leaders in the Indian DTH market, today became Asia’s first DTH company to acquire 10 million subscribers. The foremost DTH company achieved one more significant milestone in the industry by becoming the preferred choice of more than 10 million subscribers across the country. Dishtv attained this leadership position with an unparalleled over 1 million subscriber additions in less than three months, having reached the momentous 9 million subscribers mark in November last year. Achieving innumerable firsts for the industry, Dishtv has »»»
Dishtv Q3 FY 11 Earnings release – Financial Results
NOIDA, India; January 21, 2011 – Dish TV India Limited (Dishtv) (BSE: 532839, NSE: DISHTV) today reported third quarter fiscal 2011 standalone revenues of ` 3749 million, representing 35% growth over the corresponding period last fiscal. The EBITDA for the quarter stood at ` 684 million, recording more than a fourfold increase over the corresponding quarter last fiscal. The net loss reduced to ` 443 million, compared to ` 763 million for the same period last fiscal. The Board of Directors in its meeting held today, has approved and taken on record the un-audited standalone financial results »»»
DTH firms in talks to share satellite transponder space
NEW DELHI: Direct -to-home television service firms are in talks to share satellite transponder space with each other that will allow them to offer more channels without large investments while also ensuring glitches in their own transponder do not affect their services. Taking a cue from an arrangement between Sun Direct and Big TV struck last year, other DTH companies are looking to replicate the telecom tower sharing model used by communication firms. While Dish TV and Tata Sky are in talks for a potential arrangement, Videocon d2h is negotiating with Airtel digital television for a similar »»»
Dish TV expands channel capacity 50% by acquring additional transponders
NOIDA, India; December 28, 2010 – Dish TV India Limited (Dishtv) (BSE: 532839, NSE: DISHTV) today announced signing up of a long term contract for additional transponders on Asiasat with ‘Antriksh’. With this, the total transmission bandwidth stands increased from 432 MHz to 648MHz. The new transponders are closely located to the current transponders allowing channels beamed from it to be available to existing customers as well. The increased transponder capacity will enable Dish TV to increase its standard definition channel capacity to over 320 and High Definition capacity to over 30 which »»»
Dish TV is Asia’s Largest DTH Service with 9 Million Customers
Dish TV, the Indian DTH market is now Asia’s largest DTH Company with more than 9 million subscribers. Dish TV had attained 1 million subscriber in less than three months. After reaching 8 million subscribers last week of August ’10, the 9 million number implies an almost twofold increase over its average subscriber addition run-rate off late. Having already added 2.1 million subscribers since April ‘10, Dish TV seems right on course to achieve the management guided 3 million plus subscriber acquisition target for the current fiscal. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Jawahar Goel, Managing Director, »»»
A battle is brewing in your living room
New commanders have been chosen for a bruising fight in one of the world’s fastest-growing direct-to-home markets With the Indian direct-to-home (DTH) market set to become the largest in the world — touching a subscriber base of around 33 million by the end of the financial year — a battle is brewing between Dish TV and Tata Sky to corner a larger share of the pie. The two operators, who together service over half the subscribers, have outlined ambitious targets. While Dish TV aims to cross the 10-million mark by March 2011, Tata Sky, which is second in the pecking order, earlier this year »»»
