• DD STUDIOS INAUGURATED IN MUMBAI; PAK TV BAN GETS GOOD RESPONSE

    Information & broadcasting minister Pramod Mahajan inaugurated Doordarshan‘s multi-storeyed studio building in Mu

  • "WE DON'T MIND WHO REALLY RUNS THE DTH PLATFORM

    star TV CEO Peter Mukerjea set the cat amongst the pigeons when he made a surprise appearance at the Zee TV organised

  • DTH NOTE FRAMED FOR MINISTERS TO STUDY

    Submitted by ITV Production on Apr 12, 1999

    Even as the BJP-led government was fighting to survive in power, the information & broadcasting (I&B) ministry completed its task of preparing a policy note on opening direct-to-home (DTH) Ku-band television transmissions in India. The note, according to Indian business daily, The Economic Times, has recommended that the two-year-old ban on DTH can be easily revoked through an executive order.

    The note has said that the minimum licence fee should be Rs 1 million with the maximum going up to Rs 10 million, depending on the size of the DTH operation. Another recommendation is that foreign equity should be restricted to 20% in any DTH service. Non-resident equity should be treated as Indian equity, the note says. It adds that uplinking for any DTH service has to be done from India, as it will allow any Indian government to keep tabs on it.

    The group of ministers on DTH will study the note before it is drafted as a policy for allowing DTH in India.

  • BROADCASTERS' SOCIETY AIMS HIGH

    The Indian Broadcasting Society (IBS) officially announced its formation at a press conference in Mumbai.

  • GOVERNMENT OKAYS CABLE LAW CHANGES; MOOTS PRIVATE UPLINKING

    The Union Cabinet last week gave the green signal to changes proposed by the information & broadcasting ministry

  • ZEE TV SACKS PROGRAMMING HEAD; SEEKS CONSOLIDATION

    In a move that shocked the entire Indian television industry, Zee Telefilms Ltd (ZTL) issued marching orders to its p

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