Dish Renewal With Asia TV To Bring More International Channels

Dish Network is expanding the international programming available on it and its Sling TV service through a long-term renewal agreement with Asia TV USA, part of India's Zee group, Dish said in a news release Thursday. Dish said the renewal will keep the 10 Zee-branded channels it already offers and add 27 more Zee channels. Dish said it and Sling also will be the exclusive U.S. providers of Zee's on-demand library of films and video titles, with Sling eventually becoming the exclusive over-the-top U.S. provider for Zee's South Asian channels except for one as Zee moves viewers from its direct-to-consumer services to Sling TV or authenticated access.