Videocon d2h was a DTH (Direct-to-Home) satellite television service operated by the Videocon Group — the electronics and energy conglomerate of the Dhoot family. Launched in 2009, it merged with Dish TV India in 2018 to form the country’s largest DTH entity by subscriber count. Post-merger, the combined platform operates as Dish TV India Limited on BSE and NSE.
| Original Brand | Videocon d2h |
| Original Owner | Videocon Group (Dhoot family) |
| Launched | 2009 |
| Merger | 2018 — merged with Dish TV India |
| Post-Merger Entity | Dish TV India Ltd (BSE: 532839 | NSE: DISHTV) |
Who Owned Videocon d2h?
Videocon d2h was operated by Videocon Industries Limited — the conglomerate controlled by the Dhoot family (Venugopal Dhoot). The Videocon Group at its peak had businesses in consumer electronics, oil & gas, and telecom. In 2018, Videocon d2h merged with Dish TV India (Essel Group / Jawahar Goel) to create India’s largest DTH company by subscriber count. The merger was driven by both companies’ need to cut costs in the face of subscriber decline post-Jio’s disruption. Post-merger, the entity is Dish TV India Ltd. The Videocon Group separately went into insolvency under IBC. See also: Dish TV.
History of Videocon d2h
Videocon d2h launched in 2009 with competitive pricing enabled by the Videocon Group’s consumer electronics manufacturing background — it could source set-top boxes cheaply and pass savings to subscribers. At peak it had ~14M subscribers, making it India’s 3rd-largest DTH service. When Jio disrupted India’s media consumption in 2016 (OTT video, low-cost mobile broadband), DTH subscriber growth stalled industry-wide. The merger with Dish TV in 2018 was a defensive consolidation to combine subscriber bases and reduce operational costs.
2026 Update: Absorbed Into Dish TV’s Steep Decline
Videocon d2h has had no separate corporate existence since its March 2018 merger into Dish TV. Its legacy now shows up only in Dish TV’s combined subscriber numbers, which have fallen from roughly 29 million at the time of the merger to about 9.8 million active subscribers by December 2025.
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Videocon d2h merged into Dish TV in 2018. It was originally part of the Videocon Group, alongside the separately collapsed Videocon Telecom mobile business.