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The broadcast body has expressed concern about lack of fair competition

Stakeholders warn that unencrypted, non-addressable growth of the platform distorts competition, fuels piracy & undermines regulatory intent, even as Prasar Bharati defends its free-to-air mandate

COLORS Rishtey returns after a three-year hiatus

According to the FICCI-EY M&E Report released on Thursday, the overall television industry continues to shrink with 4.5% decline in total revenues in 2024

Broadcasters across categories secured 60 DD Free Dish slots, but Prasar Bharati lost crores due to controversial disqualifications and weak bidding

According to industry experts, broadcasters are relaunching channels on DD FreeDish to capitalise on the platform’s extensive reach, and to boost advertising revenue

Scrutiny mail on a weekend, rejection at midnight—small broadcasters question the process of Free Dish auctions

As per highly placed sources, leading news channels secured slots at nearly half the price they paid in the previous auction, signalling a shift in...

The inside story of mismanagement at MPEG-2 slot e-auction

While Zee acquired one slot for ?18.60 crore and another for ?17.25 crore, JioStar secured one slot at ?18.25 crore

JioStar’s Colors Rishtey, Sony’s Sony Pal and Sun TV’s Sun Neo have got slots in the auction

The pubcaster has already acquired additional spectrum and started the process of procuring the necessary equipment to operationalise it. These additional slots should be available...

Despite competition from OTT and private channels, Doordarshan is far from retiring, reaching millions of viewers with a mix of classic and new content

The e-auction, tentatively scheduled for August 28th, 2024, will offer MPEG-2 slots for the period from September 5th, 2024, to March 31st, 2025

Industry leaders express concerns over Broadcast Bill exempting DD FreeDish from the encryption mandate that can undermine efforts to combat piracy and maintain industry standards

TRAI, however, has jurisdiction in the case of tariff forbearance and permission to DPOs to form their own bouquets, said the experts

As per experts from the broadcast industry, the recommendation to encrypt DD Free Dish channels is “just to please DPOs” and is pointless until Prasar...

The measure, said TRAI, will prevent unauthorised re-transmission of TV channels and combat piracy

In its recommendations on National Broadcasting Policy, TRAI said that there's a lack of an effective mechanism to authenticate subscriber data numbers on the FreeDish

Broadcasters say the reserve prices in the 77th e-auction for MPEG-2 slots were 'too high'

But there is hope for pay TV as India still has 125 million TV-dark homes, Sanjiv Shankar, Joint Secretary, Broadcast, MIB, told e4m

As per industry experts, the absence of the Big 4 broadcasters, the DTH platform's reach and the upcoming general elections spurred this aggressive bidding

Manoranjan Grand paid the highest price, Rs 21.25 crore, for a slot on the platform

The total number of slots sold in the last six days has reached 59 and the total revenue earned so far is Rs 1079 crore,...

Overall, Prasar Bharati has earned Rs 645 crore from 34 channels in the auction so far

Compared to last year’s Rs 100.35 crore, six news channels have secured slots for a total of Rs 112.25 crore; industry observers attribute the rise...

Cable operators allege that unregistered local players in rural areas are illegally taking unencrypted feed from DD Free Dish and providing it to customers, which...

The QoS regulations that require the channels to be provided in an encrypted manner is being disregarded, say sources

According to sources, two news channels also bid for the spot at Rs 15 crore

Speaking at the 11th CII Big Picture Summit, Vaghela said the TRAI will soon come out with amendments to its new tariff order (NTO) framework