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DTH Regulations worldwide
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| Country | Foreign Equity restriction | Cross-media ownership Restriction | Licence period | Domestic uplink requirement |
| Australia | Limited to 35% in total; no individual to own more than 20% | No Restrictions. | Unlimited | No |
| USA | FCC has held that no foreign ownership restrictions apply to DBS licenses | No Restrictions | 10 years for non-broadcast(includes subscription DTH) facilities.
5 Years for broadcast facilities |
No |
| Canada | Limited to 20% foreign ownership and control for broadcast satellite carriers. Foreign ownership through a “qualified corporation ” limited to 33.33% | No Restrictions. M&A reviewed on a case-by-case basis to prevent excess concentration of media ownership | Broadcast license not to exceed 7 years.
Exemption from license requirement for Canadian DTH satellite undertaking who meet certain criteria such as public notice using Canadian satellite facilities. |
Canadian programming distributed in Canada must be uplinked in Canada.
Non-Canadian programming may be uplinked using foreign facilities. |
| UK | Non-EEC nationals may not control a license to provide domestic satellite services | No Restrictions |
15 years domestic satellite service. 10 years non-domestic satellite service. |
No |
| France | Limited to 20% | No Restrictions | 10 years for TV broadcasting service via satellite | No |
| Hong Kong | Limited to 49% for for existing DTH licenses. | The Television Ordinance limits cross-media ownership among cable and satellite television on 15%. | 12 years | No |
| Taiwan | Under the Cable Television Law 1993, 20% foreign ownership limitations on DTH licensees have been mooted. | No Restrictions. Broadcast enterprises may not hold cable licenses.; | 2 years | No |
| Japan | Limited to 20% | No Restrictions | 5 Years. | No |
| Malaysia | Not Available | No Restrictions | Not Available | No |
| Indonesia | Not Available | No Restrictions | Not Available | No |
| Source: Indiantelevision.com compilation | ||||