DEN Networks

{{Short description|Television distribution company in India}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}

{{Infobox company

| name = DEN Networks Limited

| logo = DENNetworks.png

| logo_size = 250px

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{BSE|533137}}
{{NSE|DEN}}

| foundation = 2007

| location = New Delhi, India{{cite web |url=http://www.dennetworks.com/contact_us.html |title=(DEN): Contact Us |publisher=Den Networks |access-date=2011-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313115949/http://dennetworks.com/contact_us.html |archive-date=13 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}

| key_people = S.N.Sharma, CEO

| industry = Telecommunications

| products = {{ubl|FTTH|Cable television|Broadband|Internet service }}

| parent =

| owner = Reliance Industries (78.62%){{cite web |title=Reliance to buy majority stakes in Den Networks, Hathway Cable for Rs 5,230 crore |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/reliance-to-buy-majority-stakes-in-den-networks-hathway-cable-for-rs-5230-crore/articleshow/66263846.cms |website=Economic Times |date=18 October 2018}}{{Cite news |title=RIL To Merge TV18, Hathway And Den Networks With Network18 |language=en |url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/ril-to-merge-tv18-hathway-and-den-networks-with-network18 |access-date=2020-07-15}}

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| homepage = {{url|https://dennetworks.com/}}

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DEN Networks Limited is an Indian cable television and broadband service provider company in India. It is owned by Sameer Manchanda and was acquired by Reliance Industries in 2018 along with Hathway.{{Cite web|last=Kapoor|first=Mudit|date=23 October 2018|title=Reliance acquires 58.92% stake in Den Networks, 51.34% share in Hathway|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/top-story/reliance-acquires-58.92-stake-in-den-networks-51.34-share-in-hathway/story/286130.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023133306/https://www.businesstoday.in/top-story/reliance-acquires-58.92-stake-in-den-networks-51.34-share-in-hathway/story/286130.html |archive-date=23 October 2018 |access-date=2021-01-15|website=Business Today}} In 2003, it stood as one of the three major cable distributors in India alongside Hathway and InCablenet.{{Cite book|last=Kohli-Khandekar|first=Vanita|title=The Indian Media Business|publisher=SAGE Publications|year=2003|isbn=978-0-7619-9650-7|location=|pages=67|language=en}}

On 17 October 2018, Reliance Industries announced that it had acquired a 66% stake in DEN for {{INRConvert|2290|c}}.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} At the time of the acquisition, DEN had 106,000 broadband subscribers.{{cite web |title=Reliance acquires 58.92% stake in Den Networks, 51.34% share in Hathway |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/top-story/reliance-acquires-58.92-stake-in-den-networks-51.34-share-in-hathway/story/286130.html |website=Business Today |date=23 October 2018 |access-date=7 April 2019}}{{cite web |author1=Reliance |title=Reliance Media Release |url=http://www.ril.com/getattachment/30b9a86d-eb92-4ac6-8a20-62fbbdef58b2/RIL-announces-strategic-investment-in-and-partners.aspx/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=APRODCT000702&RevisionSelectionMethod=Latest&Rendition=primary |website=ril.com |access-date=11 Jan 2019 |format=PDF |date=17 October 2018 |archive-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111175635/http://www.ril.com/getattachment/30b9a86d-eb92-4ac6-8a20-62fbbdef58b2/RIL-announces-strategic-investment-in-and-partners.aspx/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=APRODCT000702&RevisionSelectionMethod=Latest&Rendition=primary |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last1=Kundu |first1=Rhik |title=What Hathway and Den deals mean for Reliance Jio |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/CbIho0Mzxon95xTKoUh2EL/What-Hathway-and-Den-deals-mean-for-Reliance-Jio.html |website=Mint |access-date=7 April 2019 |language=en |date=19 October 2018}} The acquisition received approval from the Competition Commission of India in January 2019.{{cite web |last1=Laghate |first1=Gaurav |title=Reliance Industries gets CCI nod to acquire Hathway, DEN |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/reliance-industries-gets-cci-nod-to-acquire-hathway-den/articleshow/67643807.cms |website=The Economic Times |access-date=7 April 2019 |date=22 January 2019}} Reliance acquired an additional 12.05% stake in DEN in March 2019 taking its total stake in the company to 78.62%.{{cite web |title=Reliance Jio acquires another 12% of Den Networks |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/cable-tv/multi-system-operators/reliance-jio-acquires-another-12-of-den-networks-190309 |website=Indian Television Dot Com |access-date=7 April 2019 |language=en |date=9 March 2019}}{{cite web |title=Reliance increases shareholding in DEN, Hathway, GTPL through open offer |url=https://www.televisionpost.com/reliance-increases-shareholding-in-den-hathway-gtpl-through-open-offer/ |website=TelevisionPost |access-date=7 April 2019 |date=11 March 2019 |archive-date=7 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407031211/https://www.televisionpost.com/reliance-increases-shareholding-in-den-hathway-gtpl-through-open-offer/ |url-status=dead }}