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  • Prasar Bharati invites applications for 62 e-auctions of vacant MPEG-4 slots

    Prasar Bharati invites applications for 62 e-auctions of vacant MPEG-4 slots

    Mumbai: The public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has invited applications for vacant MPEG-4 slots on the DD Free Dish DTH platform on a pro-rata basis for the period 24 August 2022 to 31 March 2023. The 62nd e-auction process will be tentatively held on 17 August and the last day to submit applications is 16 August.

    “The bidding in the e-auction will be open to all genre (language)channels at a starting reserve price of Rs 1.01 crore,” said the public broadcaster in a notice on 8 August.

    Only satellite channels licensed by the ministry of information and broadcasting ( MIB) will be allowed to participate in the e-auction. The companies holding valid permission from the MIB can apply for participation in e-auction for the allocation of the DD Free Dish slot. International public broadcasters licensed by MIB can also participate in the e-auction.

    According to the circular, successful bidders will be required to make the payments in two monthly installments and as per the policy guidelines for the allotment of DD Free Dish slots. The channels participating in e-auction must pay a mandatory fee of Rs 25, 000 and a participation fee of Rs 10 lakh that should be paid via demand draft. Online training will be provided to all participants before the commencement of the actual e-auction.

    The unsuccessful bidders will be refunded with a participation fee within three weeks after the declaration of the e-auction result.

    DD Freedish is the free-to-air (FTA) direct to home (DTH) platform, which reaches more than 40 million households in the country. The reach of MPEG-4 is estimated between 2 to 3 million.

  • Prasar Bharati invites applications for 57 e-auction of vacant MPEG-4 slots

    Prasar Bharati invites applications for 57 e-auction of vacant MPEG-4 slots

    Mumbai: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has invited applications for vacant MPEG-4 slots of the DD Free Dish DTH platform from the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

    The 57 e-auction process will be tentatively held from 10 February and the last day to submit applications is 8 February.

    The bidding for vacant MPEG-4 slots will be open to all genre language TV channels with a reserve price set at Rs 50 lakh per year. Only satellite TV channels licensed by the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) would be allowed to participate in the e-auction. Broadcasters may either participate directly or through their authorised distribution partners. International public broadcasters who are licensed by MIB may participate in the auction process as well, stated the public broadcaster.

    The channels participating in the e-auction process must pay a mandatory non-refundable processing fee of Rs 25,000 and a participation fee of Rs 10 lakhs that should be paid via demand draft. The unsuccessful bidders will receive a refund of the participation fees three weeks after the declaration of e-auction results. The successful bidders will have to make payments in ten monthly installments with each installment amounting to one-tenth of the difference between bid amount and participation fee.

    In case of failure to pay the amount within the stipulated deadline, the public broadcaster said it will charge a 14.5 per cent interest per annum. If the channel does not deposit the required amount, then the participation fee along with any installment already deposited will be forfeited and the channel will be discontinued from the DD Free Dish platform.

  • Prasar Bharati concludes 55th e-auction; allots two MPEG-4 slots

    Prasar Bharati concludes 55th e-auction; allots two MPEG-4 slots

    Mumbai: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has allotted two vacant MPEG-4 slots for its DD Free Dish DTH platform at the end of the 55th e-auction, held on 23 August.

    The successful bids went to the Hindi news and current affairs channels Vertent Samachar Plus 24X7 and FM News. The channels will be available on the free DTH platform starting from 1 September.

    The slots were allotted as per policy guidelines for allotment of DD Free Dish slots notified on 15 January 2019 and amended on 30 March 2019, 1 November 2019, and 22 February 2021. 

    Only satellite channels licensed by the ministry of information and broadcasting for downlinking in India would be allotted slots on DD Free Dish. The bidding for the MPEG-4 slots was open to all genre (language) channels starting at a reserve price of Rs 65.34 lakh.

    The allotment duration lasts from the period 1 September 2021 till 31 March 2022.

  • Prasar Bharati invites bids for vacant MPEG-4 slots in 55th e-auction

    Prasar Bharati invites bids for vacant MPEG-4 slots in 55th e-auction

    Mumbai: Prasar Bharati has invited applications for the allotment of vacant MPEG-4 slots of DD Free Dish DTH platform for the period from 1 September 2021 to 31 March 2022 through the 55th e-auction. The e-auction process will be tentatively held on the afternoon of 23 August.

    The bidding process shall be open to all genre (language) channels at a starting reserve price of Rs 65.35 lakh for the period from 1 September 2021 to 31 March 2022.

    The slots will be allotted in accordance with policy guidelines for allotment of DD Free Dish slots, notified on 15 January 2019 and amended vide amendment notified on 30 March 2019, 1 November 2019, and 22 February 2021.

    Only satellite channels licensed by the ministry of information and broadcasting for downlinking in India would be allotted slots on DD Free Dish. Only license holder companies or their authorised distributor partners can apply for allocation of DD Free Dish slots.

    International public broadcasters permitted/registered/licensed by the I&B ministry can also participate in the e-auction.

    In case the applicant company is other than licensee, the document/agreement signed between the license holder company and applicant company authorising the applicant bidder for distribution of the channel and bidding on behalf of the licensee must be admitted.

    Successful bidders shall be required to make payments in five monthly instalments as per the payment schedule prescribed under the policy guidelines, for allotment for DD Free Dish slots. Each instalment will be one fifth of the difference of bid amount and participation fee.

    Participating channels must pay a mandatory non-refundable processing fee of Rs 25,000 and participation fee of Rs 10 lakh. The payment is to be made only through demand draft.

    For unsuccessful bidders the participation fee will be refunded within three weeks after the declaration of the results of e-auction.

    Successful channels will be required to arrange their own IRD box in advance at DTH Earth Station, Todapur, New Delhi, to place their channel on DD Free Dish platform.

    The last date of submission of online application and original demand draft towards participation fee is 23 August by 11 a.m.