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  • Female artists should be groomed to take up non-conventional roles: M&E experts

    Female artists should be groomed to take up non-conventional roles: M&E experts

    NEW DELHI: The advancement in technology has made it possible to essay any kind of role in the media and entertainment industry but there is need for proper grooming and training of females in various non-conventional roles in the industry.

     

    This was the general view at a discussion on “An equal space: Gender parity in media and entertainment sector” held here by the National Commission for Women (NCW) in partnership with the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and ASSOCHAM.

     

    The participants felt that technology and digitisation has changed the scenario – for example, equipments were now lightweight as compared to the earlier times and women are entering into various roles like make-up artists, stuntwomen etc.

     

    In his inaugural address, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the world had lost a lot by not giving women equal opportunities and not recognising their talent.

     

    The Minister emphasised that women have qualities like compassion, conviction, consistency and courage which are their unique strengths. There is no difference between men and women in terms of capabilities and men need to be sensitised regarding their attitude towards women, he added. 

     

    NCW chairperson Lalitha Kumara Mangalam said even today, an invisible barrier exists in the media and entertainment industry where women do not get equal opportunities. She said various factors like lack of training and lack of family support are responsible for this situation. “The percentage of women working in this sector is also very low. Even today people do not find this sector as a good place to work,” she added. 

     

    Filmmaker Ramesh Sippy opined that women should be portrayed as empowered characters in the films to send the right message to society. “Female artistes should be encouraged to participate in non-conventional roles in films, which help to eliminate misconception of the entertainment industry being projected as biased,” he added. 

     

    The inaugural session was followed by technical sessions. Deliberations were held on various issues such as equal opportunity for women in media and entertainment, enabling and empowering women at M&E workplace and skill and capacity building.

     

    It was noted that the news industry has much more presence of women as compared to their male counterparts, the participants opined but a lot needs to be done to encourage women to join this sector and establish themselves into the system. 

     

    Personalities related to the M&E industry like actor and director Rajat Kapoor, actresses Divya Dutta and Rajeshwari Sachdev also participated in the seminar. Senior Advocate and Additional Solicitor General of India Pinky Anand, Indian Institute of Mass Communications DG Sunit Tandon, former I&B Ministry director (Films) Nirupama Kotru, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) MD Nina Lath Gupta, and senior journalist Rahul Kanwal, amongst others were panelists in the discussion. 

  • Day 21: Bidders elude 13 cities in FM Phase III; winning price up marginally

    Day 21: Bidders elude 13 cities in FM Phase III; winning price up marginally

    NEW DELHI: With no takers for as many as 13 cities and bidding slowing down on the 21st day in the e-auction for the first batch of FM Phase III cities, the cumulative provisional winning price showed a marginal rise to touch Rs 1134 crore at the end of the 84th round.

     

    Bids continued to elude 13 cities for the 21st day today with no takers for channels in Asansol, Gulbarga, Mangalore, Mysore, Puducherry, Rajahmundry, Siliguri, Tiruchy, Tirunveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vijaywada and Warangal.

     

    The number of provisional winning channels and cities remained the same as Friday (21 August), i.e.: 94 channels in 56 cities, with the total bids surpassing the cumulative reserve price by Rs 675.22 crore or 147.1 per cent against the aggregate reserve price of about Rs 459 crore.

     

    The cumulative provisional winning price has thus risen over the total reserve price of the first batch of 135 FM channels in 69 existing cities – Rs 550.18 crore – by Rs 583.90 crore or 106.1 per cent.

     

    The Auction Activity Requirement rose to 100 per cent after the 59th round on 14 August, after being 90 per cent after the 37th round on 7 August.

     

    So far, 17 cities have got provisional winning price for their channels more than 100 per cent above their respective reserve prices: Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nasik, Patna, Pune, Rourkela and Varanasi, which got provisional winning bidders at prices more than double the respective reserve prices.

     

    With the provisional winning price more than nine times the reserve price, a single channel in Bhubaneshwar has undergone the most competitive bidding increment-wise.

      

    The demand in most cities fell by up to three per cent and by four per cent below the excess demand at the price in the 80th round in Hyderabad.

     

    Price Increment Algorithm for the e-Auction is based on the increment logic used by Department of Telecommunications in its auctions. As per this logic, there should be no increment for negative excess demand, some increment for zero excess demand and a fixed increment above a certain excess demand. Some increment for zero excess demand means that when demand is equal to supply, seller has right to increase price to see whether purchasers are there at increased price.

     

    The Percentage Price Increment applicable for the Next Clock Round rose to five each in Guwahati, Jodhpur and Varanasi but was just one in Allahabad. There was no change in the other cities.

     

    The provisional winning price in the top three cities reflected no change: Delhi at Rs 1.69.16 crore (for just one channel); Mumbai at Rs 122.81 crore (for two channels); and Bengaluru at Rs 109.25 crore.

     

    Kohlapur, which appeared to be the next to enter the Rs 10 crore club, remained static for the second day with Rs 9.44 crore though cities like Kanpur, Rajkot, Amritsar and Aurangabad do not seem to be far behind. 

     

    Chennai at Rs 53.38 crore, Ahmedabad at Rs 42.68 crore, Pune at Rs 42.03 crore, Jaipur at Rs 28.34 crore, Chandigarh at Rs 19.04 crore, Hyderabad at Rs 18 crore, Patna at Rs 17.89 crore, Cochin at Rs 15.04 crore and Lucknow at Rs 14 crore remained static.

  • Day 20: FM Phase III channels winning price rises marginally to Rs 1130 crore

    Day 20: FM Phase III channels winning price rises marginally to Rs 1130 crore

    NEW DELHI: Bidding on the twentieth day in the e-auction for the first batch of FM Phase III cities with the cumulative provisional winning price remained very slow, showing a minuscule rise to touch Rs 1130.51 crore at the end of the 80th round.

     

    The number of provisional winning channels and cities remained the same as yesterday: 94 channels in 56 cities, with the total bids surpassing the cumulative reserve price by Rs 671.65 crore or 146.3 per cent against the aggregate reserve price of about Rs 459 crore.

     

    The cumulative provisional winning price has thus risen over the total reserve price of the first batch of 135 FM channels in 69 existing cities – Rs 550.18 crore – by Rs 580.33 crore or 105.5 per cent.

     

    The Auction Activity Requirement rose to 100 per cent after the 59th round on 14 August, after being 90 per cent after the 37th round on 7 August.

     

    Bids continued to elude thirteen cities for the 20th day today with no takers for channels in Asansol, Gulbarga, Mangalore, Mysore, Puducherry, Rajahmundry, Siliguri, Tiruchy, Tirunveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vijaywada and Warangal.

     

    The demand in most cities fell by up to three per cent and by four per cent below the excess demand at the price in the 80th round in Hyderabad.

     

    The Percentage Price Increment applicable for the Next Clock Round rose to five each in Allahabad, Guwahati, Shillong and Varanasi but was just one in Varanasi. There was no change in the other cities.

     

    The provisional winning price in the top three cities reflected no change: Delhi at Rs 1.69.16 crore (for just one channel); Mumbai at Rs 122.81 crore (for two channels); and Bengaluru at Rs 109.25 crore.

     

    Kohlapur appears to be the next to enter the Rs 10 crore club with Rs 9.44 crore, though cities like Kanpur, Rajkot, Amritsar and Aurangabad do not seem to be far behind. 

     

    Chennai at Rs 53.38 crore, Ahmedabad at Rs 42.68 crore, Pune at Rs 42.03 crore, Jaipur at Rs 28.34 crore, Chandigarh at Rs 19.04 crore, Hyderabad at Rs 18 crore, Patna at Rs 17.89 crore, Cochin at Rs 15.04 crore and Lucknow at Rs 14 crore remained static.

     

    The next round will now commence on 24 August.

  • Day 19: Kohlapur inches towards Rs 10 crore mark in FM Phase III bidding

    Day 19: Kohlapur inches towards Rs 10 crore mark in FM Phase III bidding

    NEW DELHI: After nineteen days in the bidding for the first batch of FM Phase III cities, Kohlapur with a price of Rs 9.34 crore is now inching towards the Rs 10 crore mark.

     

    Among cities recording more than Rs 10 crore, it rose marginally only in Nasik at Rs 14.66 crore. Moreover cities like Kanpur, Rajkot, Amritsar and Aurangabad are also not far behind.

     

    However, interest appeared to be flagging with the cumulative provisional winning price rising very marginally to touch about Rs 1128 crore at the end of the 76th round  on the nineteenth day.

     

    With this, a total of 94 channels in 56 cities became provisional winning channels against their aggregate reserve price of about Rs 459 crore.

     

    Thus the total bids of the provisional winning prices surpassed the cumulative reserve price of the corresponding 94 channels by Rs 669.24 crore or 145.8 per cent.

     

    The cumulative provisional winning price has risen over the total reserve price of the first batch of 135 FM channels in 69 existing cities – Rs 550.18 crore – by Rs 577.92 crore or 105 per cent.

     

    The Auction Activity Requirement rose to 100 per cent after the 59th round on 14 August, after being 90 per cent after the 37th round on 7 August.

     

    As was reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com, despite the slow down, as per Information and Broadcasting Ministry sources, the auction will continue as long as bids are received for any of the 135 channels.

     

    Bids continued to elude thirteen cities for the nineteenth day today, with no takers for channels in Asansol, Gulbarga, Mangalore, Mysore, Puducherry, Rajahmundry, Siliguri, Tiruchy, Tirunveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vijaywada and Warangal.

     

    The demand in most cities fell by up to three per cent and by four per cent below the excess demand at the price in the 76th round in Hyderabad.

     

    The Percentage Price Increment (in INR) applicable for the Next Clock Round rose to five each in Guwahati, Shillong and Varanasi but was just one in Jodhpur and Kolhapur.

     

    The provisional winning price in the top three cities reflected no change: Delhi at Rs 1.69.16 crore (for just one channel); Mumbai at Rs 122.81 crore (for two channels); and Bengaluru at Rs 109.25 crore.

     

    Chennai at Rs 53.38 crore, Ahmedabad at Rs 42.68 crore, Pune at Rs 42.03 crore, Jaipur at Rs 28.34 crore, Chandigarh at Rs 19.04 crore, Hyderabad at Rs 18 crore, Patna at Rs 17.89 crore, Cochin at Rs 15.04 crore and Lucknow at Rs 14 crore remained static.

  • Day 18: FM Phase III bids price rises marginally to Rs 1123 crore

    Day 18: FM Phase III bids price rises marginally to Rs 1123 crore

    NEW DELHI: The eighteenth day of the bidding in the e-auction for the first batch of FM Phase III cities appeared to slump as the cumulative provisional winning price touched about Rs 1123 crore at the end of the 72nd round.

     

    With this, a total of 94 channels in 56 cities became provisional winning channels against their aggregate reserve price of about Rs 459 crore.

     

    Thus the total bids of the provisional winning prices surpassed the cumulative reserve price of the corresponding 94 channels by Rs 664 crore or 144.7 per cent.

     

    The cumulative provisional winning price has thus risen over the total reserve price of the first batch of 135 FM channels in 69 existing cities – Rs 550.18 crore – by 572.68 crore (104 per cent).

     

    The Auction Activity Requirement rose to 100 per cent since 14 August, after being 90 per cent after the 37th round on 7 August.

     

    Information and Broadcasting Ministry sources said the channel allocation stage will continue as long as bids are received for any of the 135 channels.

     

    Bids continued to elude 13 cities for the 19th day today with no takers for channels in Asansol, Gulbarga, Mangalore, Mysore, Puducherry, Rajahmundry, Siliguri, Tiruchy, Tirunveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vijaywada and Warangal.

     

    The demand in most cities fell by up to three per cent and by four per cent below the excess demand at the price in the 72nd round in Hyderabad.

     

    The Percentage Price Increment (in INR) applicable for the Next Clock Round rose to five each in Allahabad, Guwahati, Nasik and Varanasi but was just one in Jodhpur and Srinagar.

     

    The provisional winning price in the top three cities remained the same: Delhi at Rs 1.69.16 crore (for just one channel); Mumbai at Rs 122.81 crore (for two channels); and Bengaluru at Rs 109.25 crore.

     

    Among cities recording more than Rs 10 crore, it rose marginally only in Nasik to Rs 13.29 crore.

     

    Chennai at Rs 53.38 crore, Ahmedabad at Rs 42.68 crore, Pune at Rs 42.03 crore, Jaipur at Rs 28.34 crore, Chandigarh at Rs 19.04 crore, Hyderabad at Rs 18 crore, Patna at Rs 17.89 crore, Cochin at Rs 15.04 crore and Lucknow at Rs 14 crore remained static.

  • DAS: Total registered MSOs touches 349, of which 126 are provisional

    DAS: Total registered MSOs touches 349, of which 126 are provisional

    NEW DELHI: Although there are less than six months left for the completion of Phase III of Digital Addressable System (DAS) for cable television and while the Home Ministry is planning to do away with security clearance, the number of multi-system operators (MSOs) who have been given permanent registration for a period of ten years is just 349.
     
    In addition, a total of 126 MSOs have been given provisional registration. According to the last list dated 12 July, 2015 the licences of 29 MSOs had been cancelled or their files were closed.
     
    However, this figure is impressive considering that 74 new MSOs have been permitted to operate since 12 July, though a majority of them have provisional licences.
     
    While a majority of MSOs including Kal Cables have had their licences cancelled following the Home Ministry denying security clearance, some have been cancelled for non-operation. These include four cancelled in 2015.
     
    MSOs given permanent registration pan India after 12 July include Swamy Cable Network of Ahmednagar in Maharashtra for districts of Ahmednagar, Nashik 
    and Aurangabad in Maharashtra; National Cable TV Nilgiris for Gudalur, Pandalur, Ooty, Coonoor, and Kotagiri Talukas in Niligiris District; ACN Cable Pvt Ltd of Bangalore for areas of Nellore Urban and Nellore rural Mandals; Tyagi Cable Network of Budhana for Bagpat, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli and Meerut districts in Uttar Pradesh; and Valarr Gokulum of Coimbatore for District of Coimbatore, Nilgiri and Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu. 
     
    Eleven MSOs who had earlier been granted permanent licences were permitted to change their areas of operation.
      
    Provisional licences given after 12 July total 61 including one for Assam and another for Mizoram. Provisional licence had been issued prior to12 July to one MSO in Kashmir. 
     
    A majority of provisional MSOs may be made permanent when the Home Ministry begins implementing its plan for doing away with the security clearance clause for MSOs.
  • Day 15: FM Phase III winning price touches Rs 1079 crore; bidding moderate

    Day 15: FM Phase III winning price touches Rs 1079 crore; bidding moderate

    NEW DELHI: Bids remained modest though greater interest was shown in some more channels on the fifteenth day of the e-auction for the first batch of FM Phase III cities as the cumulative provisional winning price touched Rs 1079 crore. However, the overall progress showed only mild signs of rise at the end of the 60th round.

     

    With this, a total of 91 channels in 56 cities became provisional winning channels against their aggregate reserve price of about Rs 449 crore.

     

    Thus, the cumulative provisional winning price exceeded the total reserve price of the first batch of 135 FM channels in 69 existing cities – Rs 550.18 crore – by almost 90 per cent.

     

    While Delhi continued to show a rise, Mumbai overtook Bengaluru although the latter also showed a moderate increase after being static yesterday. The Auction Activity Requirement continued to remain at 90 per cent, raised after the 37th round on 7 August.

     

    The 13 cities for which bids have still not come are Asansol, Gulbarga, Mangalore, Mysore, Puducherry, Rajahmundry, Siliguri, Tiruchy, Tirunveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vijaywada and Warangal.

     

    The demand in most cities fell by up to three per cent and by four per cent below the excess demand at the price in 60th round in Hyderabad.

     

    The Percentage Price Increment (in INR) applicable for the Next Clock Round was just one per cent in Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Cochin, Guwahati, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Mumbai and Nasik.

     

    The highest Provisional winning price was in Delhi at Rs 169.16 crore (for just one channel), followed by Mumbai at Rs 112.40 crore (for two channels) and Bengaluru with Rs 107.10 crore, showing marginal increase as compared to yesterday.

     

    Among cities recording more than Rs 10 crore, it rose sizeably in Chennai at Rs 53.38 crore and Pune at Rs 42.03 crore and marginally in Jaipur at Rs 28.34 crore, Chandigarh at Rs 19.04 crore, Cochin at Rs 13.63 crore and Nasik at Rs 10.61 crore.

     

    Ahmedabad at Rs 42.68 crore, Hyderabad at Rs 18 crore, Patna at Rs 17.89 crore and Lucknow at Rs 14 crore remained static.

     

    e-Auction for the first batch of private FM Radio phase III channels began on July 27, 2015. Four rounds of bidding are held. The auction is being closely monitored and supervised by senior officials to maintain integrity of the process.

     

    The first batch auction will pave the way for onset of FM Phase III regime, which will bestow many new facilities on the operators. In Phase III, license will be for 15 years as against 10 years in Phase II.

     

    Total FDI / FII allowed in new regime is 26 per cent as compared to 20 per cent in Phase II. An operator in Phase III regime may own upto 40 per cent of channels in the same city subject to three different operators in the city, whereas earlier policy provided for only one channel per operator per city. The new regime also gives an operator facility to network its own channels within the country.

     

    Unlike Phase II, Phase III regime permits operators to carry news bulletins of All India Radio in unaltered form on mutually agreed terms and conditions with Prasar Bharati.

     

    As the government has rejuvenated its approach towards North Eastern part of India with its ‘Act East’ policy, FM phase III policy provides much needed support to the FM radio broadcasting services in cities of North Eastern part of India as in the cities of Jammu & Kashmir and island territories, with provision of annual fee of the channels in these areas at half the rates for first three years, besides Prasar Bharati Infrastructure at half the lease rentals.

     

    The ongoing auction is a Simultaneous Multiple Round Ascending (SMRA) e-auction, which is being conducted online from Auction Control Room No. 404 B Wing, Shastri Bhawan by C 1 e-auctioneers.

  • Day 14: Mumbai joins Rs 100 crore club for FM Phase III channels

    Day 14: Mumbai joins Rs 100 crore club for FM Phase III channels

    NEW DELHI: Mumbai finally became the third city to join the Rs 100 crore club on the fourteenth day of the e-auction for the first batch of FM Phase III cities. The cumulative provisional winning price touched around Rs 1022 crore on day 14, though the overall progress showed only mild signs of rise at the end of the 56th round.

     

    With this, a total of 88 channels in 56 cities became provisional winning channels whose aggregate reserve price was about Rs 425 crore. Thus the summation of provisional winning prices surpassed the cumulative reserve price of the 88 channels by Rs 596.61 crore or 140.1 per cent. 

     

    Overall, cumulative provisional winning price exceeded the total reserve price of the first batch of 135 FM channels in 69 existing cities – Rs 550.18 crore – by Rs 472.08 crore or 85.8 per cent – around three per cent above yesterday. 

     

    While Delhi continued to show a rise, Bengaluru remained static though it was still above Mumbai where two channels were allocated to provisional winning bidders for Rs 100.94 crore each.

     

    The Auction Activity Requirement continued to remain at 90 per cent, raised after the 37th round on 7 August. 

     

    The thirteen cities for which bids have still not come are Asansol, Gulbarga, Mangalore, Mysore, Puducherry, Rajahmundry, Siliguri, Tiruchy, Tirunveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vijaywada and Warangal.

     

    The demand over the price in most cities fell by up to three per cent and four per cent below the excess demand at the price in 56th round in Hyderabad. 

     

    The Percentage Price Increment (in INR) applicable for the Next Clock Round rose to five in Chennai and Mumbai but was just one in Amritsar, Chandigarh, Cochin,  Jaipur and Pune.

     

    The highest Provisional winning price was in Delhi at Rs 167.49 crore (for just one channel), followed by Mumbai at Rs 100.94 crore, both showing marginal increase compared to yesterday. Bengaluru with Rs 106.04 crore remained static.

     

    Among cities recording more than Rs 10 crore, it rose sizeably in Chennai at Rs 49.84 crore and Pune at Rs 41.20 crore and marginally in Jaipur at Rs 28.06 crore, Chandigarh at Rs 18.67 crore and Cochin at Rs 13.36 crore.

     

    Besides, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad at Rs 42.68 crore, Hyderabad at Rs 18 crore, Patna at Rs 17.89 crore, Lucknow at Rs 14 crore and Nasik at Rs 10.30 crore remained static.

  • 35 million DTH subscribers inactive, 7 private channels not operational till March 2015: TRAI

    35 million DTH subscribers inactive, 7 private channels not operational till March 2015: TRAI

    NEW DELHI: Almost 34.90 million subscribers of direct-to-home (DTH) operators in India were inactive as against the total registered subscriber base of 76.05 million until the quarter ending March this year.

     

    Citing the number of subscribers across platforms such as DTH, television, multi-system operators (MSOs), internet, broadband, radio etc, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in its latest quarterly report revealed the following:

     

    DTH

     

    The number of active subscribers of the six private DTH operators namely Tata Sky, Dish TV, Videocon d2h, Airtel Digital, Sun TV and Reliance Digital TV stands at 41.15 million.

     

    TELEVISION CHANNELS

     

    Seven television channels are still not active, if one goes by TRAI’s quarterly report, according to which the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry had said that it had cleared 829 private television channels by 31 March, 2015. It may be recalled that Minister of State for I&B Rajyavardhan Rathore had yesterday told the Parliament that a total of 822 channels had been cleared.

     

    Of these channels, there were a total of 245 pay channels as reported by the broadcasters as on 31 January, 2015.

     

    However, six new pay channels namely &TV, &TV HD, Star Sports HD 3, Star Sports HD 4, Asianet Movie and Suvarna Plus – were launched, which took the number of pay channels up to 251 by the end of March.

     

    In areas served by non-addressable systems, the maximum number of TV channels carried in digital form as reported by multi-system operator (MSO) Hathway Cable & Datacom amongst those who have reported, is 393. On the other hand, the maximum number of TV channels carried in analog form, as reported by Ortel Communications amongst those who have reported is 100.

     

    MSOs

     

    There are a total of 155 MSOs, who have been granted Permanent Registration (for 10 years) by the I&B Ministry for providing Cable TV services through Digital Addressable Systems (DAS) by March.

     

    RADIO

     

    Apart from the radio stations operated by All India Radio, there were 243 operational private FM Radio stations as on 31 March, 2015. Meanwhile, as against the 208 community radio licenses issued, a total of 180 community radio stations were operational by March this year.

     

    INTERNET & BROADBAND

     

    The total number of Internet subscribers increased from 267.39 million at the end of December last year to 302.35 million at the end of March, 2015, registering a quarterly growth rate of 13.08 per cent.

     

    Out of 302.35 million, Wired Internet subscribers stood at 19.07 million, whereas there were 283.29 million Wireless Internet subscribers.

     

    The number of Broadband Internet subscribers increased from 85.74 million at the end of December 2014 to 99.20 million at the end of March 2015, showing quarterly growth rate of 15.71 per cent.

     

    NARROWBAND

     

    The number of Narrowband Internet subscribers increased from 181.65 million at the end of December last year to 203.15 million at the end of March this year, with quarterly growth rate of 11.83 per cent.

  • Day 13: FM Phase III bids cross Rs 1000 crore mark; no bids for 13 cities yet

    Day 13: FM Phase III bids cross Rs 1000 crore mark; no bids for 13 cities yet

    NEW DELHI: The thirteenth day of the e-auction for the first batch of FM Phase III cities saw the cumulative provisional winning price cross the Rs 1000 crore mark, though the progress showed only mild signs of rise at the end of the 52nd round.

     

    A total of 87 channels in 56 cities became provisional winning channels with cumulative provisional winning price of Rs 1005 crore against their aggregate reserve price of about Rs 425 crore. Thus the summation of provisional winning prices surpassed the cumulative reserve price of the corresponding 87 channels by Rs 580.23 crore or 136.5 per cent.

     

    Overall, cumulative provisional winning price exceeded the total reserve price of the first batch of 135 FM channels in 69 existing cities of Rs 550.18 crore by Rs 455.08 crore or 82.7 per cent, which is three per cent above yesterday. 

     

    The Auction Activity Requirement continued to remain at 90 per cent, raised after the 37th round on 7 August. 

     

    The 13 cities for which bids have still not come are Asansol, Gulbarga, Mangalore, Mysore, Puducherry, Rajahmundry, Siliguri, Tiruchy, Tirunveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vijaywada and Warangal.

     

    The demand over the price in most cities fell by up to three per cent and four per cent below the excess demand at the price in 52nd round in Hyderabad.

     

    The Percentage Price Increment (in INR) applicable for the Next Clock Round rose to just one per cent in Amritsar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Hisar, Mumbai and Pune.

     

    The highest Provisional winning price was in Delhi at Rs 162.56 crore (for just one channel), followed by Mumbai at Rs 98.95 crore, both showing marginal increase as compared to yesterday.

     

    Among cities recording more than Rs 10 crore, it rose sizeably in Chennai at Rs 47.89 crore and Pune at Rs 39.59 crore and marginally in Jaipur at Rs 27.24 crore; Chandigarh at Rs 18.30 crore and Cochin at Rs 12.84 crore.

     

    Thus Mumbai is the only other city inching towards the Rs 100 crore figure.

     

    Bengaluru at Rs 106.04 crore; Ahmedabad at Rs 42.68 crore, Hyderabad at Rs 18 crore, Patna at Rs 17.89 crore, Lucknow at Rs 14 crore and Nasik at Rs 10.30 crore remained static.