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CBI looks into spectrum to Telecom companies in DTH business
Widening its probe in the 2G scam, the CBI has now turned to investigate spectrum allocation made to direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasters by seeking details of sanction of bandwidth. The decision to probe the DTH broadcasters was taken after agency sleuths found that some of the telecom companies, under probe in the 2G scam, were also broadcasters of the service, official sources said on Sunday. The CBI had sought details including the original files containing applications for assigning of spectrum and wireless operating licence for DTH services. The files pertained to Dish TV India Limited, Reliance »»»
Prasar Bharati to bid out DTH operations to private players
New Delhi: In what would be a first for a public service broadcaster anywhere in the world, Prasar Bharati is set to outsource the operational and technical management of its free-to-air direct-to-home (DTH) service DD Direct+ to private DTH operators like Dish TV, Tata Sky and others based on a tendering process. Sources said Doordarshan will float a request for proposal (RFP) this week which will invite eligible private DTH and teleport operators to take over the operational command and control of DD Direct+ for the next five years for a fixed monthly fee. The move, according to DD officials, »»»
DD Direct’s free broadcast is biggest challenge
DTH service provider Tata Sky’s MD and CEO Harit Nagpal’s career started as an export manager in erstwhile Lakme, and later at Pepsi. He was group marketing director at Vodafone Essar before joining Tata Sky. In the past ten years, he has seen the exponential growth of mobile subscribers backed by a continuous drop in call charges, before he moved to the DTH space in Aug 2010. In over a year, he revamped the operator’s customer service infrastructure and repackaged its products to make them more customer-friendly. In an interview to FE’s Sohini Mitter, Nagpal sheds light »»»
Tdsat leaves DD’s DTH to decide on channels to carry
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (Tdsat) has said Prasar Bharati is ‘best equipped’ to decide which channel should form part of its DTH bouquet so as to attract viewers and at the same time discharge its duties under Section 12 of the Prasar Bharati Act. This right of Prasar Bharati cannot be defeated for the petty commercial gains of any channels, Tdsat said, disposing off two similar petitions. Justice SB Sinha, Chairperson, and members GD Gaiha and PK Rastogi also said that it was for Prasar Bharati to take a decision as to which channel is to be carried »»»
Prasar Bharti conducts e-auction to award slots to private channels
Prasar Bharti conducted an e-auction to award slots to private channels on its Direct-to-home (DTH) serviceDD Direct Plus on Thursday. The public broadcaster expects to earn more than Rs 46 crore as revenues from this process. “Through the auction, 21 successful bids have been received ranging from Rs 2.17 crore to Rs 2.25 crore. All 21 vacant slots on DD’sDTH platform have been auctioned through this e-auction process,” it said in a statement. The minimum bid amount for the auction was fixed at Rs 1.5 crore. Prior to this e-auction process, Prasar Bharti was earning Rs.80 lakhs »»»
Prasar Bharati staff protest against outsourcing in DD, AIR
NEW DELHI: Employees of Prasar Bharati held a protest meeting to protest the decision of the Board to what they term outsourcing of the direct-to-home platform DD Direct Plus, outside broadcast of cricket on Doordarshan and All India Radio, and procurement and projects under the strategy for New Year. The National Federation of Akashvani and Doordarshan Employees (NFADE) chairman Anilkumar S told indiantelevision.com that if employees remained silent, both All India Radio and Doordarshan would be sold out to private agencies. However, DD sources said there was no plan to outsource DD Direct Plus »»»
PSUs line up to hold DD’s DTH e-auction
New Delhi: Hoping to leverage their experience of conducting e-auctions for coal blocks, minerals and precious metals, around half a dozen public sector entities are now in the race to bag the Prasar Bharati contract for conducting the first-ever e-auctions for TV channel slots on the DD Direct Plus DTH platform. The move to e-auction TV channel slots is in line with the government’s vision of allocating scarce natural resources via a transparent auctioning mechanism. Responding to the tender floated by Prasar Bharati last month, e-auction specialists like MMTC, Telecommunications Consultants »»»
