The petitions have been dismissed on 4 Feb 2019.
TV channels argued that they were FTA channels and were loss making channels and yet the reserve price was higher than news channels.Delhi HC noted it would not be apposite for this Court to enter into a controversy as to the assessment of the commercial potential of various genres/channels. The question of fixing a reserve price is a matter of commercial discretion of the respondent.
Prasar Bharati pointed out that the reserve price was only a fraction of the operating revenue of the channel.The Court noted that it is unable to accept that the Impugned Guidelines or the reserve price fixed thereunder would amount to disabling an entrepreneur from carrying on the business of broadcasting a music channel.
The petitions were accordingly dismissed
http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/writereaddata/orderSan_Pdf/vib/2019/25908_2019.pdf
9X Media and B4U Broadband have after the dismissal filed a Letter Patents Appeal (LPA) in Delhi HC.