Modified TV channels norms to include HITS operators

The Government on Thursday said in an official statement that it had approved a modification of policy guidelines for downlinking of television channels to enable broadcasters to provide content to Headend-In-The-Sky (HITS) operators.

Earlier in November, the Cabinet had cleared the proposal of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to issue policy guidelines for HITS operators to provide services in the country.

The amended guidelines state, “The applicant company shall provide satellite TV channel signal reception decoders only to MSOs/cable operators registered under the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 or to a DTH operator registered under the DTH guidelines issued by the Government of India or to an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service provider duly permitted under their existing Telecom License or authorised by the Department of Telecommunications or to a HITS operator duly permitted under the policy guidelines for HITS operators issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.”

Source: The Hindu Business Line

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