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  • Freedish slot e-auction on 15 Sept, reserve price Rs 4.3 cr

    Freedish slot e-auction on 15 Sept, reserve price Rs 4.3 cr

    NEW DELHI: The country’s only free-to-air direct-to-home platform Freedish has slated its 30th auction for 15 September, which also coincides with the day Doordarshan first started beaming in 1959.

    A DD announcement stated the auction is for ‘vacant DTH slot’ indicating only one slot, but went on to say that the reserve price per slot is Rs 4.3 crore, thus indicating there may be more. The slots have fallen vacant as the license period of one or more of the 80 TV channels on the platform have expired.

    Freedish had plans to add 24 new channels, increasing the number from 80 to 104 by September 2016.

    Freedish has not raised its reserve price, although the price for one channel went up to Rs 5.3 crore in the last auction when eight channels bid successfully. The reserve price had been Rs 3.7 crore till last year but was raised to its present level for the 25th e-auction in January.

    9X Jalwa Hindi music channel, Premiere Cinema and Sony Wah movie channels and Vision Shiksha educational channel was made available on Freedish after 30 May auction. The platform has space for 80 channels altogether including its own channels and Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha TV along with 24 All India Radio channels.

    Sources told indiantelevision.com that Freedish is being encrypted through Indian Conditional Addressable System (iCAS) to keep a tab on the number of subscribers, but it would remain free-to-air. The e-auction will be conducted by M/s.C1 India Pvt. Ltd., Noida, which also conducted the first stage of the FM Radio Phase III auctions on behalf of Prasar Bharati. The eligibility terms and conditions and other relevant details for this e-auction have been displayed on the DD website: www.ddindia.gov.in.

    The participation amount (EMD) in the e-auction is Rs.1.5 crore which needs be deposited in advance before or by 12 noon on 15 September along with the processing fee of Rs.10,000 (non-refundable) in favour of PB (BCI) Doordarshan Commercial Service, New Delhi.

    Incremental amount for the auction will be Rs 10 lakh and the time for every e-auction slot will be of 15 minutes. This may be extended by five minutes if a bid is received just before the closing time. Of the reserve price, Rs 1.1 crore will be deposited within a month of placement and another Rs 1.1 crore within two months along with service tax of 14.5 per cent on the bid amount.

    The balance bid amount needs to be deposited within six months, failing which the deposited amount would be forfeited and the channel discontinued after a 21-day discontinuation notice.

    Channels already on Freedish are news channels such as Aaj Tak, News 24 and ABP News, and entertainment channels such as Star Utsav, Viacom18’s Rishtey and Rishtey Cineplex, and Sony Pal.

  • Prasar Bharati completes recruitment of 2365 essential posts, no proposal to regularise casuals

    Prasar Bharati completes recruitment of 2365 essential posts, no proposal to regularise casuals

    NEW DELHI: Even as the Government has admitted that there are vacancies in Prasar Bharati, there is no proposal under consideration for regularization of casuals/ contractual employees empanelled or engaged in various Kendras/ Stations of Doordarshan or All India Radio.

    Sources in the pubcaster told indiantelevision.com that the empanelment of casual assignees is on need basis and according to the terms and conditions of engagement/ empanelment of contractuals/ casuals.

    However, the sources said the process of recruitment of 2365 essential posts in various Technical and Non-technical categories has been completed after clearance by the Group of Ministers. This had been undertaken through Staff Selection Commission as a special dispensation with the approval of the Government.

    Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore had told Parliament recently that there is a need to reassess actual requirement of staff in Prasar Bharati keeping in view changes in broadcast technologies.

    He said Prasar Bharati had been advised to carry out a Manpower Audit to identify posts actually needed to be filled up.

    There are 46756 sanctioned posts in Group A, B and C (including erstwhile Group-D).

    This includes 26129 in AIR and 20627 in Doordarshan.

    The sources said there are 8258 casual Announcers, 2622 casual Compere and 97 contractual employees in various Stations of AIR. In addition, there are 18 casual employees and 488 contractual employees in various Doordarshan Kendras.

  • Prasar Bharati completes recruitment of 2365 essential posts, no proposal to regularise casuals

    Prasar Bharati completes recruitment of 2365 essential posts, no proposal to regularise casuals

    NEW DELHI: Even as the Government has admitted that there are vacancies in Prasar Bharati, there is no proposal under consideration for regularization of casuals/ contractual employees empanelled or engaged in various Kendras/ Stations of Doordarshan or All India Radio.

    Sources in the pubcaster told indiantelevision.com that the empanelment of casual assignees is on need basis and according to the terms and conditions of engagement/ empanelment of contractuals/ casuals.

    However, the sources said the process of recruitment of 2365 essential posts in various Technical and Non-technical categories has been completed after clearance by the Group of Ministers. This had been undertaken through Staff Selection Commission as a special dispensation with the approval of the Government.

    Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore had told Parliament recently that there is a need to reassess actual requirement of staff in Prasar Bharati keeping in view changes in broadcast technologies.

    He said Prasar Bharati had been advised to carry out a Manpower Audit to identify posts actually needed to be filled up.

    There are 46756 sanctioned posts in Group A, B and C (including erstwhile Group-D).

    This includes 26129 in AIR and 20627 in Doordarshan.

    The sources said there are 8258 casual Announcers, 2622 casual Compere and 97 contractual employees in various Stations of AIR. In addition, there are 18 casual employees and 488 contractual employees in various Doordarshan Kendras.

  • Private TV Channels urged to carry sign language interpretation of I-Day, freely available from DD channels

    Private TV Channels urged to carry sign language interpretation of I-Day, freely available from DD channels

    NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry said today that all television channels interested in carrying the live telecast of the forthcoming Independence Day Ceremony/Commentar “may like to carry the signals of DD News/DD Bharati with sign language interpretation for the benefit of differently abled Persons.”

    In a note on the Ministry website mib.nic.in, it said the Ministry has been getting requests from members of the civil society to facilitate access to the people with hearing impairment to the telecast of the Independence Day Ceremony/Commentary accompanied with sign language interpretation on TV channels “so that such people can be part of this glorious ceremony”.

    The public broadcaster Doordarshan will carry the sign language interpretation of the event on DD News/DD Bharati channels to provide access to the people with hearing impairment.

    DD News/DD Bharati will also let private satellite TV channels carry the feed of this event free of cost, if they wish to carry the same telecast.

  • Private TV Channels urged to carry sign language interpretation of I-Day, freely available from DD channels

    Private TV Channels urged to carry sign language interpretation of I-Day, freely available from DD channels

    NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry said today that all television channels interested in carrying the live telecast of the forthcoming Independence Day Ceremony/Commentar “may like to carry the signals of DD News/DD Bharati with sign language interpretation for the benefit of differently abled Persons.”

    In a note on the Ministry website mib.nic.in, it said the Ministry has been getting requests from members of the civil society to facilitate access to the people with hearing impairment to the telecast of the Independence Day Ceremony/Commentary accompanied with sign language interpretation on TV channels “so that such people can be part of this glorious ceremony”.

    The public broadcaster Doordarshan will carry the sign language interpretation of the event on DD News/DD Bharati channels to provide access to the people with hearing impairment.

    DD News/DD Bharati will also let private satellite TV channels carry the feed of this event free of cost, if they wish to carry the same telecast.

  • TV channels requested to telecast video “Azadi ke rang” by Defence and Textile Ministries

    TV channels requested to telecast video “Azadi ke rang” by Defence and Textile Ministries

    NEW DELHI: All television channels were today requested by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to telecast the “Aazadi Ke Rang” video that has been prepared by the Ministries of Defence and Textiles.

    The video is available on the link https://we.tl/FxNz8EcuV4 free of cost.

    The note from the I and B Ministry said the video (in HD quality) in celebration of the Independence Day with a view to infuse the message of patriotism across the nation. The said video sends out a strong message of unity, strength, patriotism with a sense of discipline.

    The Ministry noted that electronic media has always been in the forefront to carry such message as it is a powerful tool to reach out to the millennia of people.

    It said: “Keeping in view the spirit of nationalism and patriotism, all TV channels are requested to carry the said video as part of celebration of the festival of Independence so as to spread the message to the farthest corner of the nation.”

  • TV channels requested to telecast video “Azadi ke rang” by Defence and Textile Ministries

    TV channels requested to telecast video “Azadi ke rang” by Defence and Textile Ministries

    NEW DELHI: All television channels were today requested by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to telecast the “Aazadi Ke Rang” video that has been prepared by the Ministries of Defence and Textiles.

    The video is available on the link https://we.tl/FxNz8EcuV4 free of cost.

    The note from the I and B Ministry said the video (in HD quality) in celebration of the Independence Day with a view to infuse the message of patriotism across the nation. The said video sends out a strong message of unity, strength, patriotism with a sense of discipline.

    The Ministry noted that electronic media has always been in the forefront to carry such message as it is a powerful tool to reach out to the millennia of people.

    It said: “Keeping in view the spirit of nationalism and patriotism, all TV channels are requested to carry the said video as part of celebration of the festival of Independence so as to spread the message to the farthest corner of the nation.”

  • Average viewership of DD National according to BARC is 91 million: Rathore

    Average viewership of DD National according to BARC is 91 million: Rathore

    NEW DELHI: The average viewership of Doordarshan National is 91 million according to the Broadcast Audience Research Council.

    The BARC has given details of 21 DD Kendras with DD Kashir being at the botton with average viewership of 6.80,000.

    Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore told the Lok Sabha today that all the regional channels of Doordarshan telecast various programmes promoting the languages included in the Eight Schedule of the Constitution and popular dialects.

    No. Channel Language Average Gross Viewership (lakhs)

    1 DD National HINDI 910.0
    2 DD Punjabi PUNJABI 238.7
    3 DD Sahyadri MARATHI 153.3
    4 DD Podhigai TAMIL 94.8
    5 DD Chandana KANNADA 74.9
    6 DD News HINDI 72.1
    7 DD Kisan HINDI 56.2
    8 DD Bangla BENGALI 59.7
    9 DD Malayalam MALAYALAM 40.5
    10 DD Uttar Pradesh HINDI 53.4
    11 DD Sports HINDI 40.2
    12 DD Madhya Pradesh HINDI 30.7
    13 DD Yadagiri TELUGU 35.7
    14 DD Rajasthan HINDI 26.5
    15 DD Bihar BHOJPURI 26.5
    16 DD Girnar GUJARATI 32.7
    17 DD Oriya ORIYA 29.7
    18 DD Urdu URDU 16.1
    19 DD Bharati HINDI 20.7
    20 DD North East ASSAMESE 10.5
    21 DD Kashir URDU 6.8

  • Average viewership of DD National according to BARC is 91 million: Rathore

    Average viewership of DD National according to BARC is 91 million: Rathore

    NEW DELHI: The average viewership of Doordarshan National is 91 million according to the Broadcast Audience Research Council.

    The BARC has given details of 21 DD Kendras with DD Kashir being at the botton with average viewership of 6.80,000.

    Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore told the Lok Sabha today that all the regional channels of Doordarshan telecast various programmes promoting the languages included in the Eight Schedule of the Constitution and popular dialects.

    No. Channel Language Average Gross Viewership (lakhs)

    1 DD National HINDI 910.0
    2 DD Punjabi PUNJABI 238.7
    3 DD Sahyadri MARATHI 153.3
    4 DD Podhigai TAMIL 94.8
    5 DD Chandana KANNADA 74.9
    6 DD News HINDI 72.1
    7 DD Kisan HINDI 56.2
    8 DD Bangla BENGALI 59.7
    9 DD Malayalam MALAYALAM 40.5
    10 DD Uttar Pradesh HINDI 53.4
    11 DD Sports HINDI 40.2
    12 DD Madhya Pradesh HINDI 30.7
    13 DD Yadagiri TELUGU 35.7
    14 DD Rajasthan HINDI 26.5
    15 DD Bihar BHOJPURI 26.5
    16 DD Girnar GUJARATI 32.7
    17 DD Oriya ORIYA 29.7
    18 DD Urdu URDU 16.1
    19 DD Bharati HINDI 20.7
    20 DD North East ASSAMESE 10.5
    21 DD Kashir URDU 6.8

  • Tiranga song, I-Day programmes on All India Radio and Doordarshan

    Tiranga song, I-Day programmes on All India Radio and Doordarshan

    NEW DELHI: A theme song on Tiranga Yatra to be organized from 15 August to mark the 70thanniversary of India’s Independence from the British has been released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    “The Tiranga Yatra will be a symbol of development, social harmony and unity. It will spread harmony,” Modi said. He also asked the party MPs to highlight the contribution of freedom fighters and martyrs among school children.

    The theme song ’70 Saal Azadi Yaad Karo Kurbani’ has been composed by Dr. Ghazal Srinivas on behalf of Global Hindu Heritage Foundation and Savetemples. The link to the Hindi version is file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Desktop/lyric.htm

    In addition, AIR and Doordarshan will broadcast a message by President Pranab Mukherjee on14 August at 7 pm on all their channels followed by translations in Hindi and other regional languages.

    The Prime Minister will unfirl the national flag on the ramparts of Red Fort and then address the nation. This will be covered live by both AIR and DD on all its channels from 7 am on 15 August. This will be followed by a coverage from states by respective DD channels of the celebrations.

    The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has also commenced a festival of patriotic films to mark the occasion in Delhi.

    Launching the song at a function here today, I and B Mnister M Venkaiaih Nadu also announced that Patriotic songs will be played on All India Radii, Doordarshan and FM Radio for three days.

    A collage of patriotic songs in all languages will be telecast by DD and other channels.

    Biographies of the composers/writers of patriotic songs like Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chhatterjee, Muhammad Iqbal, Kavi Pradeep, ShakeelBadayuni, Naushad, Pitambar Das and others as well as songs in regional languages like Bharatamataku JeyJejelu in Telugu by Acharya Atreya (1972), along with the brief anecdotal background will be broadcast before the songs.

    Video and Audio clips of speeches of national icons are being prepared into a short film and be broadcast on DD/AIR and will be circulated on social media.

    These programmes will be interspersed with PM’s clip.

    All speech documentaries will be telecast in local languages also.
    Naidu said the Festival of Independence being celebrated throughout the country offers an opportunity for the citizens to remember the sacrifices and contributions made by great leaders during the Indian Freedom Struggle and National Movement.

    MoS Rajyavardhan Rathore, and MoS Defence Subhash Ramrao Bhamre were also present during the occasion.

    Elaborating further, Naidu said that the ‘Tiranga Yatra’ song captures the patriotic fervor and showcases the diversity in the country. He said that the Idea of India was being reinforced through the song and that the song aims to promote brotherhood and the feeling of oneness among all the citizens. The Minister also released the list of activities that are going to be performed by various ministries.