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Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar during a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo/ANI)
Cabinet approves revision in guidelines for providing DTH services ANI | Updated: Dec 23, 2020 19:03 IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal for revision of guidelines for obtaining a license for providing Direct-To-Home (DTH) broadcasting service in India.
According to the new guidelines, the license for the DTH will be issued for a period of 20 years in place of the present 10 years. Further the period of License may be renewed by 10 years at a time.
Updated Dec 23, 2020 | 17:57 IST
The amended DTH guidelines, with longer license period and clarity on renewals, relaxed FDI limits, etc., will ensure fair degree of stability and new investments in the DTH sector, said Union Cabinet More industry reforms! License norms for DTH service providers relaxed (File photo) | Photo Credit: Representative Image
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-chaired Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal for revision of the guidelines for obtaining the license for providing Direct-To-Home (DTH) broadcasting service in India.
Under the revised rules, license for the DTH will be issued for a period of 20 years in place of present 10 years. Further the period of license may be renewed by 10 years at a time.
Union Cabinet approves issuance of DTH license for 20 years
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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to revise the guidelines for obtaining a licence for Direct-To-Home (DTH) broadcasting service, to make the period 20 years instead of existing 10 years.
The Cabinet meeting, which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the proposal that licence for the DTH will be issued for a period of 20 years in place of present 10 years. Further, the period of licence may be renewed by 10 years at a time.
AGR will be calculated by deduction of GST from GR. Licence Fee will be collected on quarterly basis in lieu of presently annual basis. DTH operators shall be permitted to operate to a maximum of 5 percent of its total channel carrying capacity as permitted platform channels. A one-time non-refundable registration fee of Rs 10,000 per PS channel shall be charged from a DTH operator, a government statement said.
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The government of India has announced the new guidelines for direct to home (DTH) services in the country as well as updated licensing norms for DTH operators. The big changes in the new guidelines issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting include those for licensing term, infrastructure sharing and foreign direct investment (FDI). These new changes come at a time when DTH operators offering Live TV subscriptions are facing competition from video streaming platforms including Netflix, Amazon Video, Disney+ Hotstar, Voot, Zee5, Sony Liv, Jio Cinema and Lionsgate Play, to name a few. In India, the leading DTH services include Tata Sky, Dis
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New Delhi, December 23
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved revision in guidelines for providing direct to home (DTH) services in the country under which licences would be issued for 20 years, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said.
The Union Cabinet has also approved 100 per cent FDI in the DTH broadcasting services sector, Javadekar said, adding that while the Commerce Ministry had spoken of 100 per cent FDI in the DTH sector, the guidelines of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry needed to be changed.
“In India, more than six crore houses get DTH services. The commerce ministry had earlier decided 100 per cent FDI in DTH services but due to Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s guidelines, the DTH services could not get that benefit. The new guidelines will be in sync with the commerce ministry’s guidelines,” the minister of information and broadcasting said at a press briefing.