Question : CONVERSION OF PAY CHANNELS INTO FREE CHANNELS

(a) whether keeping in view of the two types of channels i.e. pay channel and non-payment channels being shown in the country, there is a need to bring all the channels within the scope of free Direct to Home (DTH) system in the interest of consumers as they remain deprived of the pay channels which earn huge revenue through advertisements even after receiving transmission charges;

(b) if so, whether the Government is making efforts to overcome this problem;

(c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) the details of the pay channels and non-payment channels including the channel-wise fee being charged by them;

(e) whether the Government would lay maximum emphasis on free transmission;

(f) if so, the details thereof;

(g) whether the Government proposes to convert the pay channel transmission with free channel transmission by adopting special advertisement policy; and

(h) if not, the reaction of the Government thereto?

THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI P. R. DASMUNSI)

(a) to (d): No, Sir. Currently DTH service in the country is being provided by two service providers. One is DD-Direct (free to air DTH Service) being provided by Doordarshan. The other M/s ASC Enterprises Ltd., private company is a pay DTH service provider. The consumers have choice either to have free service of DD-Direct or the pay service of private service provider or both to see their favourite programmes. A list of channels provided by DD-Direct and M/s. ASC Enterprises Ltd. is attached as Annexure.

(e) & (f): The Government has already permitted Doordarshan to increase capacity of its free to air DTH service to 50 channels.

(g): No such proposal is being considered.

(h): Does not arise.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UBNSTARRED Q. NO. 1282 FOR 1.12.2005

List of channels included in the bouquet of DD Direct Plus

DD Channels	Private Channels	Radio Channels
1.DD National	Aaj Tak	Vividh Bharati
2.DD News	Headlines Today	AIR FM Rainbow
3.DD Sports	BBC World	AIR FM Gold
4.DD India	Jain TV	AIR Hindi
5.DD Bharati	Star Utsav	AIR Bangla
6.DD Kashir	Zee Music	AIR North East
7.DD Punjabi	Smile TV	AIR Oriya
8.DD North East	ETV Marathi	AIR Gujarati
9.DD Bangla	Sun TV	AIR Marathi
10.DD Oriya	Kairali TV	AIR Telugu
11.DD Gujarati	Aakash Bangla	AIR Tamil
12.DD Sahyadri ( Marathi)	ETC Punjabi	AIR Kannada
13.DD Saptagiri (Telugu)	MH-1
14.DD Chandana (Kannada)	TV-9
15.DD Podhigai ( Tamil)
16.DD Malyalam
17.DD LS ( Lok Sabha)
18.DD RS ( Rajya Sabha)
Educational Channel
1. Gyan Darshan

Package	Rates
Dish Plus Package	125/-
1.	pogo
2.	Boomerang
3.	HBO
4.	Zee Studio
5.	TCM
6.	VHI
7	STC
8.	Trace TV
9.	Reality TV
10.	Zee Caf	Rs. 
Goal TV Package	Rs. 20/-
1.	Goal TV One
2.	Goal TV Two
Dish Bisoscope	Rs.55/-
1.	Zee Premier
2.	Zee Action
3.	Zee Classic
4.	Filmazia
Dish News	Rs.60/-
1.	CNBC TV 18
2.	Euro News
3.	CNN- Headlines News
4.	Euro Sports News
5.	Zee Business
6.	CNBC Awaz
7	NDTV 24X7

Movis	Music	English Entertainment
Zee Cinema	Zee Music	ABC Asiapa	ETC Music	cCCTV 9	B4U Music	MH1 Music	Balle Balle	The Musik

Kids	Fashion	Sport
Cartoon Network	Zee Trendz	ESPNS	Fashion TV	star Sports	Zee Sports

Religious	Regional Entertainment	News
Zee Jagran	ETC Punjabi	Zee News
Aastha	Zee Arabiya	Aaj Tak
GOD	NETV	CNN
TVTCT World	NTV	Total TV
QTV	Akash Bangla	Channel 7	3ABN	BBCWorld

International	Hindi Entertainment
TVS Asia (French)	Zee Smile	Siti Channel	Play TV

dish Hindi/Punjabi	dish Gujarati	dish Oriya
Zee TV	Ze TV	ETV – Oriya
Sahara One	Zee Gujarati	ZEE TV
Zee Punjabi	ETV –Gujarati	Sahara One
ETV - Rajasthan	Sahara One	ETV – Urdu
ETV – UPETV – Bihar	NDTV India	ETV- Bihar
ETV – MP	Sahaara Samay	Nepal 1
ETV – Urdu	ETV –Udu	NDTV India
Geo TV	India TV	Sahara Samay
Sahara Samay	India TV
India Tv
NDTV India
The City

dish Tamil/Malayalam	dish Bangla	dish Marathi
Asianet	Zee Bangla	Zee Marathi
Jeevan TV	ETV – Bangla	Zee TV
Jaya TV	Zee TV	Sahara On
NDTV 24x7	Sahara On	NDTV India
ETV – Urdu	ETV – Bihar	Sahara Samay
Indiavision	Nepal 1	ETV – Urdu
SS Music	NDTV India India TV
DAN Ozhi	Sahara Samay
DANCinema	India TV
Asianet News
Asianet Plus
DAN Music

dish Telugu	dishKannada
Ze Telugu	ETV – Kannada
ETV - Telugu	The City
MAA TV	ETV – Urdu
ETV – Urdu	NDTV 24x7
ETV2 Telugu News SS Music
NDTV 24x7
SS Music

DD1	DDSapthagiri	DD Gyandarshan	Akash Bangla
DD India	DD Bangla	Aaj Tak	ETV Marathi
DD Nws	DD North East	BBC World	Sun TV (Tamil)
DD Spots	DD Gujarati	Star Utsav	Kairali (Malayalam)
DD Lok Sabha	DD Sahayadri(Marathi)	Jain TV	TV 9 (Telugu)
DD Rajya Sabha	DD Oriya	Hadlines Today	ETC PunjabiDD Kashir	DD Chandana(Kannada)	Zee Music
DD Punjabi	DDPodigai(Tamil)	MHq Music
DD Bharathi	DD Malayalam	Zee Smile

Radio Channels
Punjab Radio	AIR Tamil	AIR Kannada	AIR NE
AIR VBS	AIR Gujarati	AIR Bangla	AIR Punjabi
AIR Telugu	FM Rainbow	AIR Hindi	FM Gold
AIR Marathi