Participation fee pegged at Rs 1.5 crore; reserve prices range from Rs 4.87 crore to Rs 11.22 crore across five channel categories

e4m Staff Jul 10, 2026 8:12 AM

A total of 26 slots were sold across two days

Aditi Gupta Feb 18, 2026 9:07 AM

In round two, the reserve price will drop to Rs 2.10 crore

e4m Staff Jan 17, 2026 8:28 AM

According to sources, India News bagged the slot at the reserve price

Aditi Gupta Aug 22, 2025 6:02 PM

The slots, valid from May 28, 2025, to March 31, 2026, will now be auctioned via an online process tentatively scheduled for May 19, 2025

e4m Staff May 13, 2025 8:47 AM

Sony Pal has been placed on No 39 and NDTV India has been placed on No 55

e4m Staff Mar 27, 2025 4:34 PM

Prasar Bharati defends mid-auction broadcaster disqualifications in TDSAT; Vision Corporation to file rejoinder. Next hearing on March 21

e4m Staff Mar 3, 2025 8:28 AM

Industry insiders believe that broadcaster exits, lack of genre-hopping and disqualification of R1 bucket are responsible for the pubcaster's Rs 300 crore revenue loss in the MPEG-2 slot auctions

e4m Staff Feb 24, 2025 9:11 AM

Scrutiny mail on a weekend, rejection at midnight—small broadcasters question the process of Free Dish auctions

Tasmayee Laha Roy Feb 20, 2025 8:54 AM

As per highly placed sources, leading news channels secured slots at nearly half the price they paid in the previous auction, signalling a shift in their strategy

Tasmayee Laha Roy Feb 19, 2025 9:04 AM

While Zee and JioStar secured two slots each, Sony and Sun Neo both got hold of one in Bucket A+ category

e4m Staff Feb 13, 2025 9:00 AM

The slots will be allotted for the period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026

e4m Staff Jan 9, 2025 6:29 PM

The e-auction, tentatively scheduled for August 28th, 2024, will offer MPEG-2 slots for the period from September 5th, 2024, to March 31st, 2025

e4m Staff Aug 16, 2024 8:25 AM

Broadcasters, e4m has learnt, have found the base price exorbitant

e4m Staff Jul 19, 2024 8:39 AM

Broadcasters say the reserve prices in the 77th e-auction for MPEG-2 slots were 'too high'

Sonam Saini May 29, 2024 8:27 AM

The total number of slots sold in the last six days has reached 59 and the total revenue earned so far is Rs 1079 crore, crossing last year's revenue

Sonam Saini Feb 24, 2024 9:52 PM

Last year, the pubcaster earned a total of Rs 1,073 crore from the 65 slots on the DD FreeDish

Sonam Saini Feb 24, 2024 9:19 AM

The pubcaster sold 13 slots in the last two days of the FreeDish MPEG-2 auction

Sonam Saini Feb 21, 2024 8:06 AM

The slots were bought by nine channels

Sonam Saini Feb 20, 2024 7:07 PM

Both slots have been secured by Manoranjan TV Group for its general entertainment channels - Manoranjan Grand and Manoranjan TV

Sonam Saini Feb 20, 2024 8:46 AM

The e-auction will be tentatively held from February 19, 2024

e4m Staff Jan 18, 2024 4:52 PM

The first two slots under Bucket C, for news & current affairs (Hindi) channels, has been picked up for Rs 19.85 crore and Rs 16.55 crore say sources

Sonam Saini Mar 16, 2023 4:46 PM

Six GEC and five movie channels grab slots even as auction continues

Sonam Saini Mar 14, 2023 7:27 PM

Originally scheduled for March 13, the online auction is for vacant MPEG-2 slots of the DD Free Dish from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024

exchange4media Staff Mar 14, 2023 8:05 AM

The slots are being allotted for a period of one year, from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024

exchange4media Staff Feb 10, 2023 3:24 PM

Industry sources say Disney Star, ZEEL, Culver Max Entertainment and Viacom18 plan to bid for the DD FreeDish slots for their Hindi GECs like Star Utsav, Zee Anmol, Sony Pal and Colors Rishtey

Sonam Saini Jan 30, 2023 8:53 AM