National, June, 2020: Encouraged by the roaring success of the debut season, Dish TV India Limited,
India’s leading DTH Company, culminated the second edition of India’s largest M&E/ Broadcasting
industry hackathon ‘Dish-a-thon 2020’ on Sunday, 21st June, 2020. The 48 hours long contest was
conducted in a virtual format, wherein 64 teams competed against each other, showcasing some
interesting futuristic ideas for M&E/Broadcasting industry. After rigorous rounds of live demo and Q&A
with judges, Team Hackoverflow from IIT Kharagpur claimed the top position with Teams Dish TV and D-
OTT finishing as the first and second Runners up, respectively.
This year’s winning teams created solutions like increasing user engagement in OTT platforms
through unique and smart features, self-help through automation using AI and ML and enhancing the UX
in connected devices. Dish-a-thon 2020, Dish TV’s flagship hackathon in association with IncubateIND is
aimed at giving an opportunity to the young innovators to interact with industry experts and work with
mentors to co-create and co-develop new solution in the field of technologies like Artificial Intelligence
(AI), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Big Data.
Commenting on the successful completion of ‘Dish-a-thon 2020’, Mr. Anil Dua, Executive Director &
Group CEO, Dish TV India Limited, said, “We are overwhelmed to see such astounding response to Dish-
a-thon 2020. Dish TV team takes great pride in successfully conducting the M&E/Broadcasting industry’s
largest hackathon second time. The innovative solutions and ideas presented by participants will shape
up the future of the M&E/Broadcasting industry. We would like to congratulate all the winners and wish
them the best for the future. We are also thankful to our partners for their continuous support and
making this initiative a huge success.”
The contestants went through a rigorous assessment by the jury which helped them put together their
imagination and creativity to co-create and co-develop new solutions and technology. The ‘Dish-a-thon
2020’ witnessed participation from across the country, with entries from 1500+ young and promising
techies, startups, students, developers, designers and data scientists across India and 949 teams to
showcase the best of their technical prowess.
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About Dish TV India Limited:
Dish TV India Limited is India’s leading direct-to-home (DTH) Company and owns multiple individual brands like
Dish TV, Zing and D2H under its umbrella. The company benefits from multiple satellite platforms including SES-8,
GSAT-15, and ST-2 and has a bandwidth capacity of 1278 MHz, the largest held by any DTH player in the country.
Dish TV India Limited has on its platform more than 700 channels & services including 31 audio channels and 71 HD
channels & services. The Company has a vast distribution network of over 3,700 distributors & around 400,000
dealers that span across 9,400 towns in the country. Dish TV India Limited is connected with its pan-India customer
base through call-centers that are spread across 22 cities and are equipped to handle customer queries 24X7 in 12
different languages. For more information on the Company, please visit www.dishtv.in
