DISHTV
Dish TV India financials
- Market cap
- ₹440 Cr
What Dish TV India Limited does
Dish TV India provides Direct-to-Home television distribution under a DTH license from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, transmitting satellite-based channel bundles to subscribers via set-top boxes and hybrid smart devices across urban, semi-urban and rural India. It also runs the Watcho OTT app aggregating content from providers such as JioHotstar, Z5 and SonyLIV, and provides Teleport Services to broadcasters. The company earns primarily through subscriber recharges and content packs sold via its distributor-dealer network, and has begun bundling DTH, OTT and broadband services with partner ISPs.
Segments
- DTH broadcast distribution
- Watcho OTT platform
- Teleport Services
- E-commerce / order fulfilment
- Channel/content portfolio
- 575+ channels, incl. 87 HD and 4 international channels
- Dealer network
- 1,34,000 dealers
- Distributor network
- 2,200+ distributors
- Town coverage
- 9,500 towns
- Value-added services
- 19 VAS offerings
- OTT platforms aggregated (Watcho)
- 24 platforms
Quarterly results
Q1 FY27: revenue down 52.9%, net profit down 230.4% against the same quarter last year.
| Line item | Q2 FY25 | Q3 FY25 | Q4 FY25 | Q1 FY26 | Q2 FY26 | Q3 FY26 | Q4 FY26 | Q1 FY27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 153 | 133 | 111 | 157 | 119 −22% | 118 −11% | 72 −35% | 74 −53% |
| EBITDA | -12 | -22 | -29 | 3 | -34 −183% | -24 −9% | -61 −110% | -57 −2000% |
| Net profit | -45 | -52 | -254 | -23 | -60 −33% | -49 +6% | -669 −163% | -76 −230% |
How to read this
₹ crore, as filed. The percentage beside a figure is the change against the same quarter a year earlier — never the quarter before, which would make every seasonal business look like it collapses and booms each year.
Performance −53.6% 1Y
1Y: ₹5.39 on 10 Sept 2025 → ₹2.5. High ₹5.75 (17 Sept 2025), low ₹1.84 (30 Mar 2026).
Financials, as filed
Revenue fell 38.5% a year over 3 years, FY23 to FY26. Operating margin narrowed to -24.9%.
| Year ending | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹2.0k Cr | ₹815 Cr | ₹588 Cr | ₹466 Cr |
| Operating profit | ₹959 Cr | ₹91 Cr | ₹-71 Cr | ₹-116 Cr |
| Operating margin | 47.9% | 11.2% | -12.1% | -24.9% |
| Interest | ₹285 Cr | ₹259 Cr | ₹259 Cr | ₹261 Cr |
| Depreciation | ₹693 Cr | ₹43 Cr | ₹46 Cr | ₹37 Cr |
| Net profit | ₹-2.0k Cr | ₹-1.3k Cr | ₹-394 Cr | ₹-801 Cr |
| Net margin | -100.8% | -164.2% | -67.0% | -171.9% |
| Cash from operations | ₹10 Cr | ₹24 Cr | ₹19 Cr | ₹1 Cr |
| Free cash flow | ₹-4 Cr | ₹13 Cr | ₹10 Cr | ₹-16 Cr |
How to read this
From the company's own filings. Margins are computed from the filed sums; a year with an incomplete quarter is left blank rather than estimated.
Balance sheet
| Year ending | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity capital | ₹184 Cr | ₹184 Cr | ₹184 Cr | ₹184 Cr | ₹184 Cr | ₹184 Cr |
| Reserves | ₹3.1k Cr | ₹660 Cr | ₹-1.4k Cr | ₹-2.7k Cr | ₹-3.7k Cr | ₹-3.9k Cr |
| Borrowings | ₹85 Cr | ₹2 Cr | ₹2 Cr | ₹2 Cr | ₹16 Cr | ₹22 Cr |
| Other liabilities | ₹5.1k Cr | ₹4.8k Cr | ₹4.8k Cr | ₹5.0k Cr | ₹5.7k Cr | ₹5.6k Cr |
| Total liabilities | ₹8.5k Cr | ₹5.7k Cr | ₹3.6k Cr | ₹2.5k Cr | ₹2.3k Cr | ₹1.9k Cr |
| Fixed assets | ₹1.9k Cr | ₹940 Cr | ₹125 Cr | ₹94 Cr | ₹994 Cr | ₹88 Cr |
| Capital work in progress | ₹8 Cr | ₹2 Cr | ₹2 Cr | ₹2 Cr | ₹274 Cr | ₹0 Cr |
| Investments | ₹5.2k Cr | ₹3.1k Cr | ₹1.5k Cr | ₹778 Cr | ₹25 Cr | ₹17 Cr |
| Other assets | ₹1.4k Cr | ₹1.7k Cr | ₹1.9k Cr | ₹1.6k Cr | ₹978 Cr | ₹1.8k Cr |
| Total assets | ₹8.5k Cr | ₹5.7k Cr | ₹3.6k Cr | ₹2.5k Cr | ₹2.3k Cr | ₹1.9k Cr |
How to read this
As filed each year. A line the company does not report — deposits for a non-lender, for instance — is left out rather than shown as a row of dashes.
Who owns it
As disclosed at Jun 2026
Since Jun 2025, FIIs trimmed −2.35 pp while the public added +2.21 pp. The shareholder count shrank 5% to 3,57,435.
- Promoters
- 4.2%
- FIIs
- 7.8%
- DIIs
- 2.5%
- Public
- 85.5%
Since Jun 2025
- FIIs −2.35 pp
- Public +2.21 pp
- Promoters +0.17 pp
How it drifted, 12 quarters
Over this window the public went from 81.2% to 85.5% — +4.3 pp.
Ownership split by quarter, oldest first. Sep '23: Promoters 4.0%, FIIs 11.8%, DIIs 3.0%, Public 81.2%.Dec '23: Promoters 4.0%, FIIs 11.8%, DIIs 2.5%, Public 81.8%.Mar '24: Promoters 4.0%, FIIs 10.9%, DIIs 2.3%, Public 82.8%.Jun '24: Promoters 4.0%, FIIs 9.8%, DIIs 2.3%, Public 83.8%.Sep '24: Promoters 4.0%, FIIs 9.8%, DIIs 2.8%, Public 83.4%.Dec '24: Promoters 4.0%, FIIs 9.5%, DIIs 3.1%, Public 83.3%.Mar '25: Promoters 4.0%, FIIs 10.5%, DIIs 2.5%, Public 82.9%.Jun '25: Promoters 4.1%, FIIs 10.2%, DIIs 2.5%, Public 83.3%.Sep '25: Promoters 4.1%, FIIs 9.7%, DIIs 2.5%, Public 83.7%.Dec '25: Promoters 4.1%, FIIs 8.7%, DIIs 2.5%, Public 84.8%.Mar '26: Promoters 4.1%, FIIs 8.2%, DIIs 2.5%, Public 85.2%.Jun '26: Promoters 4.2%, FIIs 7.8%, DIIs 2.5%, Public 85.5%.
Who bought this quarter
since Mar 2026
Disclosed holders that added to a position or appeared on the register for the first time, biggest addition first.
- Vara Future Llp newly disclosed 1.99% held
- Veena Investments Private Limited +0.17 pp 0.17% held
The same filing shows 0 holders trimming and 0 off the list — both are in the register beside this.
Who is on the register
Named in the Jun 2026 filing
Every holder of Dish TV India Limited above SEBI's 1% disclosure line, and what changed since Mar 2026.
| Holder | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|
| J C Flowers Asset Reconstruction Private Limited | 24.19% | unchanged |
| East Bridge Capital Master Fund I Ltd FPI fund | 4.30% | unchanged |
| Vara Future Llp | 1.99% | newly disclosed |
| Agrani Holdings Mauritius Ltd | 1.91% | unchanged |
| Stci Finance Limited NBFC / DFI | 1.89% | unchanged |
| Ashish Dhawan | 1.57% | unchanged |
| Jsgg Infra Developers LLP | 1.47% | unchanged |
| Direct Media Distribution Ventures Private Limited | 0.56% | unchanged |
| Veena Investments Private Limited | 0.17% | +0.17 pp |
| World Crest Advisors LLP | 0.05% | unchanged |
| Sushila Devi | 0.03% | unchanged |
| Gaurav Goel | 0.02% | unchanged |
A holder disappearing from this list has fallen below the 1% line — it is not necessarily a sale. Percentages are of total shares, as disclosed in the company's own filing. Who was buying across the market this quarter.
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