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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
Bharat Express, Republic TV, Vistaar News among successful bidders; slots valid till March 2027
The slots allotted through this process will be valid for a one-year period, from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027
e4m Staff Feb 10, 2026 6:42 PM
The allotment, part of Prasar Bharati’s 93rd round, aims to expand regional language reach on India’s free-to-air DTH platform
Saam TV and Skyama Daily Post News have secured their respective slots on a pro rata basis from November 7, 2025, to March 31, 2026
According to sources, India News bagged the slot at the reserve price
Aditi Gupta Aug 22, 2025 6:02 PM
Rhythm of BLR is designed to evoke a sense of warmth, familiarity, and emotional resonance, the company said
e4m Staff Aug 5, 2025 11:34 AM
The auction is scheduled to tentatively begin on July 2, 2025, and the slots will be allotted for the period July 11, 2025 to March 31, 2026
e4m Staff Jun 24, 2025 4:09 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
These channels include Aastha Telugu, Bansal News, Bharat 24 Vision of New India, Chardikla Time TV, Gangaur Television, Jai Maharashtra, Live Times, Maiboli, TV9 Gujrati and Zee 24 Kalak
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
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
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
Only the satellite channels licensed by the Ministry of I&B would be allowed to participate in the e-auction
e4m Staff Jul 17, 2024 12:21 PM
Products with Swiggy Instamart branding appeared on the conveyor belt, mixed in with other luggage, surprising the passengers
e4m Staff Jul 15, 2024 3:25 PM
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
As per industry experts, the absence of the Big 4 broadcasters, the DTH platform's reach and the upcoming general elections spurred this aggressive bidding
Sonam Saini Feb 28, 2024 8:36 AM
Last year, the pubcaster had earned Rs 1073 crore from the e-auction of 65 MPEG-2 slots
Sonam Saini Feb 26, 2024 5:02 PM
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
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 slots will be awarded through the 70th online e-auction process to be tentatively held on July 4
exchange4media Staff Jun 26, 2023 1:15 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
The industry bodies believe that the auction procedure is skewed against all news and current affairs channels
Sonam Saini Mar 14, 2023 10:30 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 were bagged by Aastha Bhajan, Aastha Tamil, Bansal News, Chardikla Time TV, MH ONE DIL SE, News 18 UP/UK, News State UP/UK, RT, Sudarshan News, Swadesh News and Vedic
exchange4media Staff Feb 20, 2023 6:01 PM
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
The slots will be allotted for the period, April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024
exchange4media Staff Jan 19, 2023 12:30 PM
The revenue has reduced due to the exit of key channels of big four broadcasters and the drop in overall collection from the news genre, say industry sources
Javed Farooqui Mar 14, 2022 8:06 AM
The public broadcaster has so far earned Rs 567 crore from sale of MPEG-2 slots in this round of auctions
exchange4media Staff Mar 11, 2022 8:51 AM
Industry watchers say that the pullout of channels like Star Utsav, Zee Anmol, Colors Rishtey and Sony Pal will also benefit news channels in the form of more slots being allotted to Bucket C
exchange4media Staff Mar 10, 2022 10:04 AM
Republic Bharat, ABP News, Zee News, News Nation and Times Now Navbharat are the channels that secured slot
exchange4media Staff Mar 9, 2022 7:17 PM