Dish TV revenue slumps 3.9% in Q2 on drop in subscriber income

DTH operator added 188,000 subscribers on a net basis during the September quarter, taking its total subscriber base to 15.9 million; Arpu at Rs 149

Direct-to-home (DTH) service provider Dish TV saw its revenue in the quarter ended Sepember declining by 3.9 per cent from that in the same quarter a year earlier.

Revenue from operations fell to Rs 748.6 crore, against Rs 779.3 crore last year, mainly on account of a 3.3 per cent slide in subscription revenue to Rs 704.9 crore from Rs 728.8 crore in the year-ago period. The company’s other income reduced by 18.7 per cent from Rs 17.4 crore to Rs 7.7 crore on a year-on-year basis.

Loss before tax stood at Rs 27.2 crore, compared to a profit of Rs 57.3