DEN Networks

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DEN Networks Limited
Company typePublic company
BSE:  533137
NSE:  DEN
IndustryTelecommunications, Broadcasting
Founded2007
Headquarters New Delhi, India [1]
Key people
S.N.Sharma, CEO, Satyendra Jindal CFO, RAJ S. COO
Products Cable television, DEN Broadband
Owner Reliance Industries (74.9%) [2] [3]
Website Official Website

DEN Networks Limited is a cable television distribution company in India. It is owned by Sameer Manchanda and was acquired by Reliance Industries in 2018 along with Hathway. [4] In 2003, it stood as one of the three major cable distributors in India alongside Hathway and InCablenet. [5]

On 17 October 2018, Reliance Industries announced that it had acquired a 66% stake in DEN for ₹2,290 crore (US$290 million). The shares would be held through multiple Reliance subsidiaries including Jio Futuristic Digital Holdings Private Limited, Jio Digital Distribution Holdings Private Limited, Jio Television Distribution Holdings Private Limited, Reliance Industries Limited Digital Media Distribution Trust, Reliance Content Distribution Limited and Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited. At the time of the acquisition, DEN had 106,000 broadband subscribers. [6] [7] [8] The acquisition received approval from the Competition Commission of India in January 2019. [9] Reliance acquired an additional 12.05% stake in DEN in March 2019 taking its total stake in the company to 78.62%. [10] [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Reliance to buy majority stakes in Den Networks, Hathway Cable for Rs 5,230 crore". Economic Times. 18 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "RIL To Merge TV18, Hathway And Den Networks With Network18" . Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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