Dish Home Nepal: Pioneering Nepali Television

Dish Home Nepal has been operating in the field of television broadcasting for more than decade today. Prior to its establishment, the national bodies saw more than 700 analog channels operating under the government paying little to no revenue. The establishment of a nationwide television provider saw the nation's television revenue skyrocket, with the company paying more than 850 million in taxes to the government cine its establishment. The television provider has also begun its own internet service recently.

In conversation with Sudip Acharya, the managing director of Dish Home Nepal the government’s plan to increase the internet coverage in the nation is to soon come to fruition with Internet providers such as Dish Home giving it their all to meet that goal. However there is also the general feeling of a lack of commitment from the government’s part in helping facilitate the completion of its own goals. Factors such as line poles and wires were and continue to be an issue when it comes to expanding the internet coverage. Then add that to the issue of a 36 percent tax rate to these Internet Service Providers and the result is a rather lethargic pace of expansion.

The list doesn’t end there. Acharya also voices his concerns and apprehension towards the new Clean Feed rule adopted by the government on foreign broadcasts in the nation. He says that the bans on foreign advertisement in the nations feeds is one that halts revenue flowing in from these companies hence leading to massive economic drawbacks for the company.

In the recent year, Dish Home has had to adapt its content to fit the needs and demands of their consumer sample Hence they have begun more SLC and SEE related content along with broadcasting the textbooks from grade 1 to 10. They’ve also been leading the front in creating COVID awareness content, broadcasting it frequently amidst their television programs.

With Dish Home’s reach expanding to every corner of the nation, accessible through its satellite disks, its IP Tv’s and normal lines broadcasting over 210 channels with more than 3 languages and a plethora of foreign content available. It has also launched its own sports broadcasting channel called Actions Sports and also has its own mobile app known as the Dish Home Go which broadcasts more than 80 channels on its app.