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July 5, 2005Radio GaGa: 100 % Foreign Ownership in Satellite Radio Broadcasting Mooted
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ("TRAI") submitted its recommendations on Satellite Radio Service ("SRS") to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on June 27, 2005 advocating 100 per cent foreign ownership in satellite radio broadcasting. TRAI proposed that the operation of SRS providers should be in line with those of FM radio broadcasters. TRAI's salient recommendations include:
In addition, TRAI proposed certain technical considerations including:
TRAI recommended that the government should encourage uplinking of satellite radio channels from the country and evolve a common uplinking and downlinking policy for both television and radio taking into account all aspects including security. We expect detailed guidelines on satellite radio broadcasting to be issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on the basis of the TRAI recommendations soon. Source: TRAI |
Radio GooGoo: Private FM Radio Broadcasting Phase 2 Announced The Government of India on June 30, 2005 announced the policy framework for the second phase of private FM radio broadcasting, replacing the existing licensing model with a revenue sharing regime. Some of the salient features of the second phase include:
According to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, common infrastructure for private FM channels will be set up in nine cities and a total of 48 FM channels would be available for bidding by the private sector on the common infrastructure network. Hyderabad and Bangalore would have the highest number of FM radio channels available for bidding at seven each, while Kolkata and Mumbai would have five FM radio channels each. The new policy could prove to be just the right impetus required by the ailing FM radio sector as the license fee regime adopted in the first phase had 108 frequencies put on bid and only 21 are operational, 2 of which have also been given notice to close down.
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