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NEW DELHI: Public broadcaster
Doordarshan’s free direct-to-home
(DTH) service Freedish is set to
increase its capacity to 112 channels
as the equipment required for
upgrading the DTH platform has been
installed, Minister of State in the
Ministry of Information &
Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore
said.
The DTH platform, which was earlier
providing 64 channels, has increased
its capacity to 80 channels as on
date. It has added 11 new channels
including two Marathi channels while
five slots are empty, as per the
minister.
“Prasar Bharati has intimated that DD
Freedish DTH service of Doordarshan
provides 80 channels. Equipment for
upgrade of DTH platform for telecast
of 112 TV channels has been
installed,” Rathore told the Lok
Sabha.
The new channels are Manoranjan
Movies, Movie House, Shri News,
Star Gold Romance, Naaptol Blue,
Khushboo, Housefull Action, RT
Movies, Vision TV Shiksha, Fakt
Marathi, and Chitrapat Marathi.
Rathore also said that there are no
plans to provide pay channels on the
platform. “At present, there is no
policy for making DTH services of
Doordarshan available to telecast pay
channels,” he stated.
Buoyed by the availability of
additional capacity, Freedish had
recently reserved slots for non-Hindi
regional channels for the first the
time as part of the 26th e-auction,
which was held on 15 February. It
had also put up slots in the general
category for auction.
The DTH operator had set a reserve
price of Rs 2 crore (Rs 20 million)
per slot for regional channels. The
reserve price for general channels
remained the same at Rs 4.3 crore
(Rs 43 million).
“There is expansion due to which we
have got additional capacity and we
have some slots for regional
channels to make the bouquet richer.
Capacity has increased; however, I
am not in a position to reveal the
actual number,” Prasar Bharati
deputy director general CK Jain had
earlier told TelevisionPost.com.
Freedish had migrated to GSAT-15
satellite with effect from 1 February.
I&B minister Arun Jaitley had earlier
said that Freedish would get
additional transponder capacity on
GSAT-15 to enhance its capacity to
250 channels as part of the approved
12th Plan.
The Department of Space (DoS) has
agreed in principle to provide
additional transponders on the new
GSAT-15 satellite required for
upgrade to 250 TV channels, Jaitley
had said.
Doordarshan’s free direct-to-home
(DTH) service Freedish is set to
increase its capacity to 112 channels
as the equipment required for
upgrading the DTH platform has been
installed, Minister of State in the
Ministry of Information &
Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore
said.
The DTH platform, which was earlier
providing 64 channels, has increased
its capacity to 80 channels as on
date. It has added 11 new channels
including two Marathi channels while
five slots are empty, as per the
minister.
“Prasar Bharati has intimated that DD
Freedish DTH service of Doordarshan
provides 80 channels. Equipment for
upgrade of DTH platform for telecast
of 112 TV channels has been
installed,” Rathore told the Lok
Sabha.
The new channels are Manoranjan
Movies, Movie House, Shri News,
Star Gold Romance, Naaptol Blue,
Khushboo, Housefull Action, RT
Movies, Vision TV Shiksha, Fakt
Marathi, and Chitrapat Marathi.
Rathore also said that there are no
plans to provide pay channels on the
platform. “At present, there is no
policy for making DTH services of
Doordarshan available to telecast pay
channels,” he stated.
Buoyed by the availability of
additional capacity, Freedish had
recently reserved slots for non-Hindi
regional channels for the first the
time as part of the 26th e-auction,
which was held on 15 February. It
had also put up slots in the general
category for auction.
The DTH operator had set a reserve
price of Rs 2 crore (Rs 20 million)
per slot for regional channels. The
reserve price for general channels
remained the same at Rs 4.3 crore
(Rs 43 million).
“There is expansion due to which we
have got additional capacity and we
have some slots for regional
channels to make the bouquet richer.
Capacity has increased; however, I
am not in a position to reveal the
actual number,” Prasar Bharati
deputy director general CK Jain had
earlier told TelevisionPost.com.
Freedish had migrated to GSAT-15
satellite with effect from 1 February.
I&B minister Arun Jaitley had earlier
said that Freedish would get
additional transponder capacity on
GSAT-15 to enhance its capacity to
250 channels as part of the approved
12th Plan.
The Department of Space (DoS) has
agreed in principle to provide
additional transponders on the new
GSAT-15 satellite required for
upgrade to 250 TV channels, Jaitley
had said.
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