Dish TV India today said it has received approval from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) for merger of VideoconBSE -4.19 % d2h with Dish TVBSE 1.01 %, thereby completing the transaction.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting vide its letter dated December 15, 2017 has approved the requests made by the company for completion of the transaction, the company said in a BSE filing.
This paves way for the creation of the largest listed media company in India taking into consideration the last reported revenue and EBITDA numbers of the two DTH players on a proforma basis, the company said.
Jawahar Goel, CMD, Dish TV India Ltd said: “It has been a long journey since the announcement of the agreement between the two companies a year back.
The merger has earlier got approval from the National Company Law Tribunal, the Competition Commission of India, the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the stock exchanges.
