DishHome

DishHome is the DTH service provider in Nepal, operated by Dish Media Network Ltd. It was formed in 2010 after a merger between two DTH providers, namely Home TV and Dish Nepal.[1] In the year of 2011 Sandmartin International Holding (SMT) became one of the key shareholders of Dish Media Network Pvt. Ltd. and provided expertise in developing new technologies and digital innovations in the satellite broadcasting.

Not to be confused with Dish Network.

Dish Media Network Ltd.
TypePublic
IndustrySatellite television
Founded2010 (2010)
HeadquartersLalitpur, Nepal
Number of locations
14
Area served
Nepal
Key people
Hem Raj Dhakal, Sudeep Acharya
ProductsDirect-broadcast satellite
Number of employees
300
WebsiteDish Home

By the year 2016, DishHome had crossed the 750,000 subscriber mark.[2] Dish Home has achieved a customer base of over a million by 2019.[3]

As of April 2019, DishHome has a total of 200+ television channels, including 150+ SD channels and 50+ HD channels.[4]

DishHome uses MPEG-4 with DVB S2 digital compression technology, transmitting HD Channels and SD Channels in Ku-Band on Amos-4 at 65.0°E.[5] DishHome relies on CAS from Verimatrix and Latens. Their STBs are provisioned by SandMartin and Arion.[6] Its primary competitors are cable television providers and other DTH service providers from India and China.

Service Interruption

On 17 July 2013, DishHome temporarily shut down its transmission due to termination of its contract by the Hong Kong based PCCW Global, distributors of Intelsat for Nepal.[7] After the service interruption from Amos-4, DishHome managed to transmit its channels via Yamal 402 at 54.9°E, and requested customers to change the direction of their dish antenna to avail the service. On 19 July 2013, DishHome switched back its service through Amos-4 again.

References
  1. "Home TV and Dish Nepal merged". www.ktm2day.com.
  2. "Nepal´s DTH provider Dish media crosses 500000 subscriber mark". nextvasia.com.
  3. www.english.onlinekhabar.com https://english.onlinekhabar.com/dishhome-mobile-app-to-let-users-access-hbo-channels-for-free.html. Retrieved 23 January 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Dish Home". dishhome.com.np. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  5. Amos-4 906 at 65.0°E.LyngSat. Retrieved on 8 December 2013.
  6. Dish Home´s DTH service disrupted due to satellite switchover Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 13 December 2013.
  7. Dish Home service goes off air‚ two lakh subscribers hit. The Himalayan Times. Retrieved on 13 December 2013.
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