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Leading direct-to-home (DTH) player Tata Sky on Wednesday said the government s decision to grant licences to the operators for a longer 20 years would provide certainty to the industry. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a revision in the guidelines for providing DTH services in the country under which licences would be issued for 20 years. Currently, the licence is valid for 10 years for DTH players. We are grateful to (Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash) Javadekar, for resolving the long-standing impasse on the DTH Licence policy which will provide certainty to the industry, Tata Sky Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Harit Nagpal told PTI.
Government s decision for 20-year-long DTH license to provide certainty to industry: Tata Sky
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a revision in the guidelines for providing DTH services in the country under which licences would be issued for 20 years.
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NEW DELHI: Leading direct-to-home (DTH) player Tata Sky on Wednesday said the government s decision to grant licences to the operators for a longer 20 years would provide certainty to the industry.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a revision in the guidelines for providing DTH services in the country under which licences would be issued for 20 years.
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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.