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Dish TV, the leading door to home (DTH) service provider, would become the country’s first operator to manufacture set-up boxes indigenously.
Aimed to join the Aatmanirbhar Bharat campaign, Dish TV had announced that their set-top boxes will now be completely made in India. The entertainment provider will be 100 per cent indigenous. Dish TV will thus become the first DTH operator to adopt set-top boxes that are totally built in the country.
India’s another leading DTH player, Tata Sky, has recently announced shifting a significant portion of set-top box sourcing within the country. Tata Sky has partnered with Technicolor to develop set-top boxes that will be manufactured and distributed within India.
With Dish TV’s announcement, the Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider had given an overt signal that companies were actively shifting their production process to India. Moreover, there seems to be a competitive environment being created for this.
Whilst, TATA Sky will undertake their manufacturing process in the nation from 2021, Dish TV’s tweet suggested that a truckload of over 1000 set-top boxes built in India is already ready.
Currently, Tata Sky set-top boxes are sourced from Vietnam and Thailand.
