MIB renames ‘Box Cinema’ TV license to make way for ‘Atrangii’

Box Cinemedia's 'Box Cinema' satellite TV channel license renamed 'Atrangii' by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

By Basil Kannagi Arasu

June 4, 2022 at 5:45 am

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The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) recently renamed Box Cinemedia Services Private Limited’s existing satellite TV channel license to make way for ‘Atrangii’.

The Ministry renamed Box Cinemedia’s ‘Box Cinema’ satellite TV channel license. The ‘Non-News and Current Affairs’ category TV channel license was initially granted on 12th November 2018 named ‘Box Cinema’.

Company	Category	Channel Name	Permission Type	SAT	Language	Satellite Type
Box Cinemedia Services Pvt. Ltd.	NON- News and Current Affairs	Atrangii	Uplinking and Downlinking	GSAT-30	All Indian Scheduled langauge, Hindi	Indian

The license is authorized to broadcast in Hindi and all Indian scheduled languages with both uplinking and downlinking permission. The license is authorized to broadcast from GSAT-30, an Indian satellite.

The Ministry recently also renamed Information TV Private Limited’s existing satellite TV channel license ‘NE News’ to pave the way for ‘India News Business’.