(a) whether the Government has any proposal to issue licenses for Free-to-air Mobile TV in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the time by which these are likely to be provided; and
(d) if not, the reasons therefor?
(a) whether the Government has any proposal to issue licenses for Free-to-air Mobile TV in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the time by which these are likely to be provided; and
(d) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI GURUDAS KAMAT)
(a) & (b) No, Madam. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has been in consultation with TRAI
for laying down a policy for provisioning of Mobile TV services. As of now, no final dicision on the
policy has been taken. However, Doordarshan is providing Mobile TV service [Digital Video Broadcasting
–Hand held (DVB-H) transmission] in Delhi since May, 2007, as a Pilot project. The service initially
started with a bouquet of 8 TV channels, the number of TV channels has now been increased to 16.
(c) No time limit can be prescribed as such policy issues require large scale consultation with stakeholders
and other Ministries/Departments of the Government.
(d) Does not arise.