The transfer is anticipated to permit channels from Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal to uplink from India

New Delhi:

In a bid to pitch India as an uplinking hub, the federal government at the moment introduced leisure in tips for compliance for tv channels and in addition made a 30-minute day by day public curiosity broadcast obligatory, primarily for leisure channels.

The ‘Guidelines for Uplinking and Downlinking of Television Channels in India, 2022’, which have been authorised by the Union Cabinet, enable restricted legal responsibility partnerships and firms to permit uplinking of international channels from Indian teleports for beaming content material in international locations coated by the satellite tv for pc footprint.

The transfer is anticipated to permit tv channels of Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal to uplink from India, as an alternative of Singapore, the popular uplinking hub for channels beamed within the subcontinent.

Currently, solely 30 channels are uplinked from India out of the entire 897 registered with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, officers stated.

“Requirement for seeking permission for live telecast of events has been done away with; only prior registration of events to be telecast live would be necessary,” Sanjiv Shankar, Joint Secretary (Broadcasting) stated in a presentation to the media right here.

He stated there can be no requirement of prior permission for change of language or conversion of mode of transmission from Standard Definition (SD) to High Definition (HD) or vice versa.

The channel will solely have to tell the ministry in regards to the modifications, he stated.

The tips had been first issued in 2005 and revised in 2011. The present revision has taken place after 11 years after making an allowance for the technological advances within the interim interval.

In case of emergency, for an organization/ LLP with solely two Directors/Partners, modifications could be carried out topic to safety clearance submit such appointment, to allow enterprise resolution making.

The new tips state that an organization can use information gathering tools aside from Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG), reminiscent of optic fibre, again pack, cellular, for which no separate permission can be obligatory.

The tips state that digital information gathering gadgets can be utilized.

Television channels should broadcast half-hour of public curiosity content material each day on themes of nationwide curiosity reminiscent of training and unfold of literacy, agriculture and rural growth, well being and household welfare, science and expertise, welfare of girls, welfare of the weaker sections of the society, safety of surroundings and of cultural heritage and nationwide integration.

“It is not that the government will give any programmes to the television channels for broadcasting under public interest content. The channels are free to create their own content on the themes mentioned in the guidelines,” I&B Secretary Apurva Chandra stated.

The tips additionally grant permission for a information company for a 5 yr interval towards one yr at current.

The tips additionally make it obligatory for TV Channels uplinking in frequency band aside from C-band to encrypt their alerts.
 

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