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Dish TV posts Q1 net loss of Rs 631.8 million
MUMBAI: Dish TV has posted a fiscal first-quarter net loss of Rs 631.8 million compared to a loss of Rs 692.05 million a year ago.
The first-quarter loss has increased from the previous three months in which the leading DTH service provider had posted a loss of Rs 598 million.
Amassing 0.64 million subscribers during the quarter to take its total base to 7.5 million (net subscriber base 6.17 million), Dish TV has reported operating revenues of Rs 3.11 billion, up 23.4 per cent from the earlier year. The income in the trailing quarter was Rs 3.04 billion.
Average subscriber acquisition cost (SAC) stood at Rs 2,147, while ARPU (average revenue per user) was at Rs 139.
Dish TV‘s expenditure during the quarter was Rs 2.72 billion, significantly lower then Rs 3.01 billion in the year ago period, while it was Rs 2.68 billion in the trailing quarter.
Dish TV chairman Subhash Chandra said, “The category recorded a phenomenal 2.5 million subscriber additions in the first quarter of the current fiscal, moving closer to becoming the largest DTH market in the world in terms of subscribers. Dish TV maintained its leadership position while garnering an all time high incremental market share of 25 per cent.”
Dish TV MD Jawahar Goel added, “The DTH market in India witnessed sustained expansion through the first quarter of the current fiscal with the category recording around 25 per cent YoY growth. Dish TV outperformed the market by recording a strong growth of 46 per cent. Growth in subscriber numbers triggered operating leverage thus significantly reducing content cost as a percentage of revenues to a new low of 40 per cent.”
Dish TV will continue to endeavour towards strengthening its ARPU levels.
“We believe that services like High Definition (HD), Video on Demand and Value Added Services (VAS) are instrumental in achieving that in the long term. However, in the current regime of subsidizing content cost, any spike in activations may exert a temporary pressure on the overall ARPU. The ARPU for the quarter was marginally up at Rs 139,” said Goel.
During the quarter, Dish TV launched its HD service Dish Tru HD and also added eight new channels belonging to varied genres like infotainment, sports, Hindi movies, GEC and devotional.
Meanwhile, it said that the FIFA World Cup 2010 turned out to be a big draw and resulted in increased DTH activations on a pan-India basis. The activations for the month of June were an approximate 240,000, recording a 83 per cent growth over the earlier year.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
