(a) whether the Government has issued any public notice/information before taking the decision
on not permitting for uplinking/downlinking of TV channels;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) if not the reasons therefor; and
(d) the details of the adequate range of spectrum required for downlinking/uplinking of TV
channels?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING (SHRI C. M. JATUA)
(a) and (b) Yes, Sir. The Ministry had suspended receipt of applications for obtaining
permission for new satellite TV channels from 18-01-2010 to 31-03-2010. A notice to this
effect was uploaded on the Ministry’s website www.mib.nic.in on 18-01-2010.
(c) Does not arise.
(d) The spectrum required for downlinking/uplinking of TV channels depends upon various factors
like the content of TV channel, modulation scheme/compression technique (MPEG-2/MPEG-4)
employed by the teleport operator for downlinking/uplinking the TV channel. This varies
from 1.2 MHz to 4.5 MHz per channel.