The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) weeks after cancelling 2 satellite TV licenses, has dropped another 8 licenses from its permitted private satellite TV channels database increasing the number of cancelled channels to 352.
All the 8 licenses namely Kalki TV, News World India, Vaa Movies, Day N Night News, Buland News Samachar Plus, Samachar Plus Rajasthan, Xclusive TV and HNN 24×7 have been dropped on September 29th from the database with the reason for cancellation given as ‘Not required’.
| Channel | Company Name | UL & DL/ UL Only/ DL Only | Category | Date of Permission (DD/MM/YYYY) | Date of Cancellation of Permission (DD/MM/YYYY) | Reason for Cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaa Movies (earlier GSI / ERA SPORTS then Fight Sports) | YPT ENTERTAINMENT HOUSE PRIVATE LIMITED | UPLINKING & DOWNLINKING | NON-NEWS | 14/08/2012 | 29/09/2021 | Not required |
| DAY N NIGHT NEWS | JSK MULTI PRODUCTS PVT. LTD. (earlier KANSAN NEWS PRIVATE LIMITED) | UPLINKING & DOWNLINKING | NEWS | 19/03/2009 | 29/09/2021 | Not required |
| Kalki TV (earlier Satyaveeda TV, BHOJPURIA TV ,ERA CHANNEL) | YPT ENTERTAINMENT HOUSE PRIVATE LIMITED | UPLINKING & DOWNLINKING | NON-NEWS | 06/02/2008 | 29/09/2021 | Not required |
| NEWS WORLD INDIA (earlier NAMOSTUTE INDIA, RR News ) | F7 BROADCAST PVT. LTD. (Earlier R & AAR Communication (P) Ltd.) | UPLINKING & DOWNLINKING | NEWS | 06/05/2013 | 29/09/2021 | Not required |
| BULAND NEWS SAMACHAR PLUS (earlier LPS TV/ERA NEWS) | YPT ENTERTAINMENT HOUSE PRIVATE LIMITED | UPLINKING & DOWNLINKING | NEWS | 04/07/2011 | 29/09/2021 | Not required |
| Samachar Plus Rajasthan (earlier Buland News) | YPT ENTERTAINMENT HOUSE PRIVATE LIMITED | UPLINKING & DOWNLINKING | NEWS | 27/05/2013 | 29/09/2021 | Not required |
Out of these 5 channels are from YPT Entertainment House and one channel each from JSK Multi Productions, F7 Broadcast and Angel Admark. Vaa Movies was a Hindi movie channel, Kalki TV was Kannada non-news and Buland News Samachar Plus, Samachar Plus Rajasthan, News World India, HNN 24×7 are Hindi news channels.
Recently, on September 3rd, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had also cancelled ZEEL’s Zee Rang (non-news category) because it was surrendered by the company and on September 18th license of Hindi infotainment channel Living Travelz was cancelled.
Thanks: Kannadiga, DreamDTH Community Forums
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