India unveils liberalised uplink, downlink norms for TV channels

India unveils liberalised uplink, downlink norms for TV channels

India on Wednesday unveiled revised and liberalised uplinking and downlinking guidelines for satellite television channels that allows Indian teleports to uplink foreign channels and scraps permission for live telecast of events --- demands that the broadcast industry has been making for many years.


NOCC

In a relief, NOCC charges for b’cast service providers removed

It could be treated as a Diwali gift for India’s broadcast sector, which is expected to grow anywhere between 5-8 annually as per various studies eve as TV ad and subscription revenues are pegged to reach Rs. 344 billion and Rs. 415 billion in 2022, respectively, according to an EY-Ficci report released earlier in th...


DTH operators can now share infrastructure

DTH operators can now share infrastructure

The Indian government on Friday allowed infrastructure sharing, where feasible, by DTH operators, while laying down norms for payment of licence fee and those related to platform services on a satellite service.