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Best TV Broadcasting Services Companies in India

The 65 best TV Broadcasting Services companies in India in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Tata Play.

65companies tracked
$1.3Bdisclosed funding
1unicorns
6have raised

Ranked: Best TV Broadcasting Services companies in India

#CompanyRevenueDisclosed fundingEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityMarket signals (1y)Recent signals
1Tata Play 🦄
Provider of DTH and TV broadcasting services
$486M
FY2025
$750M1,706Harit Nagpal
CEO & Managing Director
TypeScriptBootstrapZone.js+17Top 50k3 signals ▼84%
Lawsuit · Announcements
1 internship
2GTPL Hathway
Multi system operator providing cable TV and internet service.
$415M
FY2025
$23M758Rudrarajsinh Rana
Managing Director
Apple iCloud MailLeafletBootstrap+13Top 500k18 signals ▼51%
Earnings · New product · Funding
—
3GTPL Saathi
Provider of a tool for affiliates to support
$415M
FY2025
—745Anirudhsinh Jadeja
Managing Director
Microsoft ASP.NETBootstrapIonicons+3Top 5k——
4Hathway Cable & Datacom
Provider of internet services
$254M
FY2025
—3,552Tavinderjit Panesar
Chief Executive Officer
PHPLaravelCloudflare+16Top 100k4 signals ▼80%
Earnings
—
5Videocon D2H
Satellite based direct-to-home television operator.
$189M
FY2025
$310M328—————
6DishTV
Satellite Broadcast and DTH TV distribution.
$189M
FY2025
—328R Venkateish
CEO
Adobe Experience ManagerJavaFacebook Login+27Top 100k32 signals ▲28%
Earnings · Leadership · Board
—
7d2h
Subscription-based satellite TV service provider
$189M
FY2025
—328—Adobe Experience ManagerJavaGoogle Maps+32Top 500k——
8Dish TV India
Provider of cable and satellite distribution services
$189M
FY2025
—328Jawahar Goel
Managing Director
toastrAzurejQuery UI+7Top 1M——
9DEN Networks
Provider of cable TV and fixed line internet services
$148M
FY2025
$181M476S N Sharma
CEO
PHPYouTubeCodeIgniter+9Top 5M6 signals ▼74%
Earnings · Lawsuit
—
10SITI Networks
Fixed-line broadband and cable TV services provider
$143M
FY2025
$36M205Yogesh Sharma
CEO
PHPMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+12Top 50k——
11Asianet Broadband
Fixed-line telecom and TV services provider
$67M
FY2025
—718—WordPressMySQLPHP+28Top 500k——
12Asianet Satellite Communications
MSO for cable TV distribution, content production and broadcast
$67M
FY2025
—726
726 → 805 (+11%)
Murthy Chaganti
CEO & MD
ZURB FoundationYouTubeApache HTTP Server+12Top 1M——
13Asianet Digital
LCO for subscription-based TV service provider
$33M
FY2025
—258—WordPressMySQLPHP+22Top 1M——
14Ortel Communications
Online platform for delivering television broadcast services
$29M
FY2018
—490Bibhu Prasad Rath
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+24Top 50M——
15Metro Cast Network
Company offering cable, internet, and phone services to residential and business customers
$10M
FY2023
—13—PHPYouTubeBootstrap+9Top 50M——
16Den Enjoy
Provider of cable television services
$8M
FY2022
—20—WordPressMySQLPHP+16Top 10M——
179X Media
9X Media is a Music Broadcaster opertaing 5 music television channels.
$5M
FY2025
—175Indrani Mukherjea
Founder
——5 signals
Leadership
—
18JAK Communications
Subscription-based cable TV service provider
$4M
FY2022
—9—PHPCodeIgniterNginx+5Top 500k——
19Catvision
Provider of subscription based TV broadcasting services
$2M
FY2025
—40—WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+31Top 10M——
20Darsh Digital Network
Subscription-based cable TV service provider
$2M
FY2022
——Sushil Kumar
Co-Founder & Director
PleskMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+10Top 10M——
21Jain Studios
Broadcasting satellite TV channel and advertisements production
$2M
FY2025
—14—————
22Home Television Network
Cable MSO for subscription-based TV service provider
$530K
FY2025
———PleskWindows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NET+6Top 50M——

Top 11 TV Broadcasting Services companies in India

#1
Acquired · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 2007 · 476 employees
$181Mraised
▾

Provider of cable TV and fixed line internet services. It provides cable television and broadband services. It offers a wide choice of channels and services spanning all major genres and languages.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2021Post IPO—
  • Sep 2016Post IPO$21M
  • May 2013Post IPO$50M
  • May 2013Post IPO$110M
Founders & team
S N SharmaCEO
Investors
Goldman Sachs, Oliphans Capital, Nomura, Capital 18, Metric Capital
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCodeigniterFlexsliderFont AwesomeGoogle Analytics
#2
Series E · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 2001 · 1706 employees
$749.8Mraised
▾

Provider of DTH and TV broadcasting services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 130k LinkedIn followers — 58.2% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Harit NagpalCEO & Managing Director
Investors
Temasek, Tata Opportunities Fund, Tata Capital, 21st Century Fox, Tata Group
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAngularApolloBootstrap
#3
Public · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 2003 · 328 employees
$309.6Mraised
▾

Videocon D2H (Bharat Business Channel Ltd.) is a satellite television distributor through satellite based direct-to-home network. Part of the Videocon Group, the company claims to be distributing 500 channels through its network. It uses MPEG4 DVBS-2 technology for encoding the content.

Investors
WestBridge Capital
#4
Public · Noida, Uttar Pradesh · founded 1994 · 205 employees
$35.6Mraised
▾

Fixed-line broadband and cable TV services provider. It offers a range of digital services, including broadband and digital cable TV. It offers a variety of channels through its cable distribution network.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2015Post IPO$35.6M
Founders & team
Yogesh SharmaCEO
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCodeigniterCore-Js
#5
Public · Ahmedabad, Gujarat · founded 2006 · 758 employees
$22.7Mraised
▾

Gujarat Telelink Pvt. Ltd. Hathway is a joint venture between Hathway and Datacom. It is a multi-system operator (MSO) that provides satellite cable TV. It started in Ahmedabad and now has network presence in 30 cities in Gujarat along with some cities in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, Jharkhand and has a joint venture with Kolkata Cable and Broadband Pariseva, a co-operated service of multiple MSOs in Kolkata who are also shareholders. GTPL has also started internet broadband service in some cities.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 30k LinkedIn followers — 13.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • 2015Conventional Debt$22.7M
Founders & team
Rudrarajsinh RanaManaging Director
Investors
Reliance Industries
Tech stack
AngularjsApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailBootstrapCdnjsCloudflare
#6
Acquired · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 1959 · 3552 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of internet services. It offers high-speed fiber-to-home broadband, cable broadband, digital cable TV services with HD/DVR set-top boxes, enterprise broadband and leased lines, OTT bundles, and customer support.

Founders & team
Tavinderjit PanesarChief Executive Officer
Investors
Steadview, Goldman Sachs, Providence Equity Partners, Capital Group, ChrysCapital, Kaup Capital
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerCdnjsCentosCloudflare
#7
Public · Delhi, Delhi · founded 1994 · 3 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of satellite based TV broadcasting services

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2016Post IPO—
Founders & team
Manoj KumarCEO
#8
Public · Noida, Uttar Pradesh · founded 2003 · 328 employees
—raised
▾

Dish TV is a part of Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It is a direct-to-home Television network service provider with satellite up-linking and distribution services. It claims to provide 250 TV channels and 21 audio channels. It claims to have 6.5 million registered subscribers of its services. It has penetration in 11 different languages. It is a listed company. In 2009 it sold 11% stake at $100m to Apollo Global Management. As of June 2015, Apollo GM has sold a total of 7.4% stake (in 2 installments 3+4.4) at  INR 750 crore. In return, Citigroup has bought a part of it i.e. a cumulative of INR 320 crore of shares in two installments. As of September 2015, Apollo Global has completed its exit.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 31k LinkedIn followers — 13.6% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
R VenkateishCEOAnil Dua
Investors
Apollo Global Management, Yes Bank, Hindustan Times
Tech stack
Adobe Audience ManagerAdobe Client Data LayerAdobe Experience Manager Edge Delivery ServicesAdobe Experience Platform Identity ServiceAdobe Experience Platform LaunchAzure
#9
Funding Raised · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 2002 · 300 employees
—raised
▾

Manthan Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd. is a multi systems operator that runs satellite television channels distribution network with a market focus on eastern India. It claims a subscriber base of 1 million households and a distribution network of 650 LCOs and 1500 Km of fibre optic cable network in West Bengal and Orissa. It also provides broadband internet, IPTV and other value added services in select areas.

Founders & team
Bah LyngwaFounder
#10
Late Stage · Delhi, Delhi · founded 1995 · 9851 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of multi system operator for cable TV distribution and internet service

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2012PE—
Founders & team
Ashok MansukhaniCEO & MD
Investors
General Atlantic, GIC, Northwest Fund
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCore-JsFont Awesome
#11
Public · Bhubaneswar, Odisha · founded 1995 · 490 employees
—raised
▾

Online platform for delivering television broadcast services. It enables the distribution of video content across multiple channels and platforms. It offers management tools for scheduling, encoding, and monitoring live and recorded programming.

Funding rounds
  • 2008Unattributed—
Founders & team
Bibhu Prasad RathCEO
Investors
NSR Partners
Tech stack
All In One SeoAstraCloudflareCore-JsElementorElementor Header & Footer Builder

Funding & investor landscape

$1.3Btotal disclosed funding
5companies funded
5disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Goldman Sachs2 rounds
Yes Bank2 rounds
21st Century Fox1 rounds
Apollo Global Management1 rounds
Brand Capital1 rounds
Capital 181 rounds
Capital Group1 rounds
ChrysCapital1 rounds
GIC1 rounds
General Atlantic1 rounds

Notable founders

S N Sharma
CEO · DEN Networks
Harit Nagpal
CEO & Managing Director · Tata Play
Yogesh Sharma
CEO · SITI Networks
Rudrarajsinh Rana
Managing Director · GTPL Hathway
Tavinderjit Panesar
Chief Executive Officer · Hathway Cable & Datacom
Manoj Kumar
CEO · Interworld Digital
R Venkateish
CEO · DishTV
Anil Dua
· DishTV
Bah Lyngwa
Founder · Manthan Broadband
Ashok Mansukhani
CEO & MD · Indusind Media Communications
Bibhu Prasad Rath
CEO · Ortel Communications
Prism market signals · India · country-scoped Prism corpus, 143,475 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of TV Broadcasting Services coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many TV Broadcasting Services companies are there in India?
Radar tracks 65 indexable TV Broadcasting Services companies headquartered in India, India, that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by TV Broadcasting Services companies in India?
The TV Broadcasting Services companies in India on this list have raised a combined $1.3B in disclosed equity funding across 5 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded TV Broadcasting Services company in India?
Tata Play is the highest-funded TV Broadcasting Services company in India, with $749.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many TV Broadcasting Services companies in India are funded?
5 of the 65 TV Broadcasting Services companies in India on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many TV Broadcasting Services unicorns are there in India?
1 TV Broadcasting Services company in India on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in India TV Broadcasting Services companies?
The most active investors in India TV Broadcasting Services companies on this list include Goldman Sachs, Yes Bank, 21st Century Fox, Apollo Global Management, Brand Capital.
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