By A Correspondent
After the success of its earlier hackathon, Dish TV India is set to hold the second season of hackathon ‘Dish-a-thon 2020’. The 48-hours hackathon is aimed at inviting disruptive ideas with participation of young innovators/ disruptors/ startups/ students/ developers across India.
Said Anil Dua, Executive Director & Group CEO, Dish TV India Limited: “The amazing response and innovative ideas received during Dish-a-thon 2018 gave us the motivation to organize Dish-a-thon 2020 in a bigger avatar. We, at Dish TV with our DTH brands Dish/d2h and our new OTT brand Watcho, always look at ways to enhance the content consumption experience for our customers and technology plays a huge role in it. The first Dish-a-thon had garnered huge participation and a lot of praise from the M&E/broadcasting industry owing to its unique format and approach, providing a platform to the young and promising techies. This year, with the change in format from on-ground to online, I am sure the competition will be tougher, taking the fun and frenzy even higher.”
Added Sukhpreet Singh, Corporate Head – Marketing, DishTV & Watcho, Dish TV India Limited: “We are excited and proud to bring the second season of Dish-a-thon 2020. Our commitment to promote innovation and provide a platform to emerging talent continues with second season Dish-a-thon. To enhance TV viewing experience and drive digital transformation, Dish-a-thon 2020 will not only be cognizant of today’s technological advancement, but also ignite imagination and creativity to come up with some interesting futuristic ideas for M&E/ broadcasting industry. Like previous season, we look forward to receiving overwhelming response this time too.”
Dish TV is set to premiere its comedy web series ‘4 Thieves’ on its OTT platform Watcho. Written and directed by Gautam Parvi and produced by Filmcurry, the five-episode web series revolves around the lives of four college graduates who are on a mission to steal 125 paintings from an art gallery warehouse.