Dish TV India, a direct broadcast satellite service provider, has decided to manufacture set-top-boxes (STBs) in India, and halt imports from China.
The first consignment of ‘Made in India’ STBs is already ready and being shipped. The company will shift almost 50 percent of its production to India by Q1/2021.
Dish TV offers DTH service under three brands -- Dish TV, D2H and Zing. It also runs a video streaming service, Watcho.
The company has already started procuring the power adaptor from Indian manufacturers, and is in the advanced stage of talks with remote control manufacturers to produce remote controls in the country.