TV channel Approval statistics 2000-2009 – Over 500 Approved TV channels and 150 more in queue
By Manoj Govindassamy at 2 January, 2010, 10:37 am
With Indian Media space getting into enormous transformation, Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has released some interesting facts on TV Channels and their approval statistics. Recently Ambikani Soni, Minister of I&B, wanted to cap the numbers of TV channels in the country citing spectrum space crunch reason but it was not well received in the parliament.Year 2000, just had 1 new TV channel — Aaj Tak approved and the following 5 years (2001 – 2005) had 15 – 45 channels approved…. Year 2008 saw double the number of TV channels approved compared to the previous and the following year.The total number of TV channels being beamed into Indian homes is over 500 currently, and at least 150 more are in the queue. I&B minister Ambika Soni had recently written to the chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, asking whether there was a need to cap the number of channels in the context of scarce spectrum availability. In this context, new TV Channel approval statistics data over the past decade released by I&B Ministry is really useful.
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By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 22 October, 2009, 12:53 pm
The showbiz business is the one of the biggest money minters in the country. Over the time, the movie industry in India has metamorphosed itself into a fully grown professional business unit. Now and then there have been changes which have helped those involved to mint more and more money.
One of the recent advancement is the [...]
150 more TV channels entering India – I&B Ministry wants to cap numbers
By Manoj Govindassamy at 11 October, 2009, 3:29 am
Adding up the DD channels, India has more than 500 satellite TV channels already.And, not less than 140 new TV channels have already sought permission from Information and Broadcasting Ministry to uplink from India…. Some of the well known foreign channels pending approval are ESPN News and Al Jazeera International.In a country where 3G spectrum is not yet available for public use, how can we accommodate the growing number of TV channels ?… So, the government has asked the regulator TRAI whether there’s a need to cap the number of TV channels.I think, the rules for approving new TV channels are not stringent enough in India…. Should financial viability of the broadcaster be made more rigid so that entry becomes that much tougher;Should experience of the applicant in the media business be made mandatory for opening channels;What should be the maximum number of satellite channels that can be permitted;Should there be an amendment in the uplinking/downlinking clause?So, the final answer on limiting the number of TV channels lies in the hands of TRAI.
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