Dish TV, also known as DTIL, is a publicly owned entity headquartered in India. Founded in 2003, it employs approximately 400 individuals and reported $133.5M in revenue as of 2025. This tier 1 media tech buyer specializes in media and TV services, functioning as a broadcast television and satellite distribution platform and participant in the nation’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) entertainment industry. Originally a corporate division of Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Essel Group), the company merged with Videocon d2h in 2018, transforming its role in the satellite TV sector. It holds a share of the satellite TV market across India, maintaining a distribution network that services over 23 million subscriber homes spanning thousands of cities and towns under three operational brands: Dish TV, d2h, and Zing Digital.
On July 17, 2026, CESTAT Allahabad allowed Dish TV India Ltd. to claim CENVAT credit on set-top boxes (STBs), classifying them as "inputs" under the CENVAT Credit Rules 2004 for its broadcasting services. Previously, on July 1, a Texas bankruptcy judge slowed the prepackaged Chapter 11 cases from video distribution entities owned by EchoStar Corp., including Dish TV and Sling TV, after cell tower companies and the U.S. Trustee's Office objected to the expedited timeline. Also on July 1, Veerender Gupta resigned as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Dish TV India, effective June 30, 2026, following the transfer of his employment to Dish Infra Services Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary. This followed the June 30 commencement of prepackaged Chapter 11 cases in Texas by EchoStar Corp.'s video distribution entities, including Dish TV and Sling TV, citing $14 billion in debt and a proposal to pay down existing debt from the proceeds of a spectrum asset sale to AT&T.
Dish TV offers 2 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Dish TV's product portfolio comprises of media and TV services.
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Dish TV's revenues were $133.5M in 2025. Caretta Research has split Dish TV's revenue into 2 different product categories, the largest of which is pay-TV, which represents 75% of Dish TV's revenue.
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