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The broadcast body has expressed concern about lack of fair competition
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While Zee acquired one slot for ?18.60 crore and another for ?17.25 crore, JioStar secured one slot at ?18.25 crore
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
TRAI, however, has jurisdiction in the case of tariff forbearance and permission to DPOs to form their own bouquets, said the experts
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
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
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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
According to sources, two news channels also bid for the spot at Rs 15 crore