Dish TV India adds 407,000 DTH subscribers in latest quarter

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
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  • 0.41 Million new subscribers added during Q2 FY10 & 0.85 Million new subscriber during H1 FY10
  • Gross subscriber base stood at 5.92 million as on September 30, 2009
  • Net Subscriber base stood at 4.98 million as on September 30, 2009

NOIDA, India — Dish TV India Limited (BOM:532839), India’s No. 1 direct-to-home company today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 ended 30th September 2009.

With 240 channels & services on its platform Dish TV has the largest content offering as compared to Cable, Digital Cable, IPTV and the offering of any other DTH players. Dish TV has added 3 new channels on its platform in Q2 FY10 which included channels from the general entertai nment, regional and news genres.

Dish TV continued to be a market leader with 38% market share in a 6 player scenario on date, with sizeable sales and distribution infrastructure of over 800 distributors and 48,000 dealers across 6600 towns – once again, the largest in the category. This reach into far flung markets enables building of a diverse subscriber base across consumer segments, which are supported by its rich content of regional channel offerings.

Information on Subscriber Base (thousands):

                         30-09-09  30-06-09
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Gross Subscriber Base       5,919     5,512
Net Subscriber Base         4,975     4,642
Subscribers Added             407       440

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