Broadcasters vs Regulators

he information and broadcasting ministry has two sets of policy guidelines for permission/regulation of private satellite TV channels in India, namely the downlinking and uplinking guidelines. On October 7, the Union Cabinet revised these guidelines by upwardly revising the net worth criteria for both news and non-news channels. For obtaining a news channel licence, the net worth requirement for the applicant is now set at R20 crore, up from R3 crore earlier. For a non-news TV licence, the net worth will be R5 crore, up from R1.5 crore.

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