Dishtv is not in a financial crunch as ZEEL which have debts and on priority wants to pay back given the current situation. Dishtv had made profits in recent time and also taken over D2h and thats why Airtel is in exploratory talks to sell the business to Dishtv..
MUMBAI: It’s not just telecom, but also TV distribution space where Sunil Bharti Mittal has decided to give a tough fight to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio.
As Ambani’ Jio has taken control of the two largest cable operators – Hathway Cable & Datacom and DEN Networks — Mittal has initiated talks with Dish TV, to merge his DTH business, housed under Airtel Digital TV, said two people with direct knowledge of the development.
Airtel can only fight with Jio on land with Internet on fiber, not from Sky (dish) with Trai Tariff. No future for DTH in coming years without Internet.
I think merger with dish TV will be a good idea. The future looks bleak for dth and cable, so the merger could help dish TV as well. And the airtel dth can easily shift to fiber, as they do have the potential