If all goes according to plan, Nepal's two most prominent digital TV service providers will soon be merged into a single brand. Dish Home and Prabhu TV executives are in discussions about a potential merger between the two firms.

The merger of Dish Home and Prabhu TV is in the works.

Dish Home was the country's first Direct-To-Home (DTH) TV service provider. Similarly, Prabhu TV was the first in Nepal to offer wireless terrestrial TV (DVB-T2). Both businesses have extended their offerings to include internet access. Under the Dish Home Fibernet brand, Dish Home is providing internet services to a small area of the Kathmandu Valley.

The merger would allow the resulting company to provide both television and internet services under one name. Since the two companies have some mutual investors and promoters, a merger has been suggested as a viable option.

The big ISPs that bundle TV services with their internet plans have been struggling to keep up with the TV service providers. Similarly, people have begun to gravitate toward OTT sites such as Netflix, which has had an effect on their sales over time. Not to mention, TV stations have been vocal about their dissatisfaction with the newly introduced Clean Feed program.

It is impossible for businesses to expand on their own under such circumstances. This is particularly true for Prabhu TV, which is younger than Dish Home and has a smaller customer base. There will be one fewer competitor in the industry as a result of the two firms merging. The new business would have a larger client base and more money to deal with ISPs and other service providers.

According to reports, the merger negotiations have progressed and are now in the final stages.

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Nepal Telecommunication Authority issued an Internet Service Provider license to Dish Home, which is a well-known Direct to Home(DTH) TV service provider of Nepal. Now, Dish Home has already initiated Fiber To The Home(FTTH) service, particularly in three different areas in the Kathmandu valley Bhaisepati, Tinkune-Baneshwor, and Kapan-Bauddha.

Dish Home is considering the satellite internet for areas posing demographic issues for the expansion of fiber internet. However, it has not started the work due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic bringing in satellite internet equipment import issues.

Dish Home has expanded its own fiber internet in Bhaisepati and Kapan area and been collaborating with the main SIM TV company for fiber internet service in the Tinkune-Baneshwor area. All the prices are exclusive of VAT and you have to pay extra for router and installation.

Dish Home FTTH Internet Price List (VAT extra)

Speed        1 month          3 months         6 months         1 Year 

25 Mbps    NPR 1,100    NPR 3,000      NPR 5,500       NPR 10,000
40 Mbps    NPR 1,500    NPR 4,200      NPR 7,800       NPR 14,500

 

Internet Setup              1 Month       3 Months         6 Months               1 Year
Drop Wire                      Rs.500          Rs.500              Rs.500                  For Free
Router Rental                Rs.1,000        Rs.500               Rs.500                 Rs.500
Refundable Deposit       Rs.500          Rs.500               Rs.500                 Rs.500

 

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Dish Home has released a completely fresh and entertaining comedy show titled Comedy Café for the entertainment purpose of their beloved customers.

The show Comedy Café has started broadcasting on Dish Home’s Reality TV Channel no 102 from Falgun 22 at 7 pm.

The main premise of the show is making funny prank calls to celebrities and other people, along with music from Nepali movies, lok dohori and other contemporary songs.

Sujit Thapa Chhetri and Raju Bhujel, who are famous for their characters “Mane” and “Rambo Solta” in a comedy TV series, are hosting the show.

They make hilarious prank calls to people while playing different funny characters. Dish Home is confident that the viewers will receive nothing but pure unadulterated entertainment from this show.

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Dish Home is the first and most renowned DTH service provider and they have already established themselves as the top player in the game.

They have been bringing state-of-the-art services and happiness to around 100,000 homes.

In recent years they identified Nepalis’ requirement of high-speed internet as one of the basic needs.

After receiving the authority from Nepal Telecom Authority to work as ISP, Dish Home Fibernet was launched in February 2020.

They are providing excellent internet service inside Kathmandu valley via FTTH technology.

Currently, there are two packages you can get in DH Fibernet service i.e. 25 Mbps and 40 Mbps.

These packages are available for monthly, tri-monthly, semi-annual, and annual subscriptions.

Currently, they are working to disperse the internet service through VSAT technology.

Dish Home will be the first ISP to provide VSAT technology if they are successful in this plan.

VSAT is a satellite-based communication system where the users will receive and send signal information from a satellite.

Nepal doesn’t have a satellite of its own for this purpose, so, Dish Home is using a satellite from an Israeli Satellite Company named ‘Spacecom’.

The estimated expense for this operation is expected to be around Rs 30 crores.

 

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