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Two channels acquire vacant MPEG-4 slots of DD Free Dish in 89th e-auction
The 89th online auction for vacant MPEG-4 slots took place on July 2, 2025, for the period July 11, 2025 to March 31, 2026.
In its response, the Ministry informed the committee that a Prasar Bharati Recruitment Board has been set up to fill vacant posts in Akashvani and Doordarshan
Prasar Bharati has released the list of channels that won vacant MPEG-4 slots for the period July 11, 2025 to March 31, 2026. According to the list, TNP NEWS and Living India News acquired the vacant slots.
The 89th online auction for vacant MPEG-4 slots took place on July 2, 2025.
The e-auction was conducted in accordance with e-auction methodology 2025 for allotment of DD Free Dish slots to private TV channels, notified by Prasar Bharati on January 3, 2025.
Only satellite channels permitted and licensed by the Ministry of I&B were allowed to participate in he e-auction. Only companies holding valid permission from the Ministry of I&B can applied for the participation in e-auction for allocation of DD Free Dish slots. International public broadcasters permitted by Ministry of I&B can also participate in the e-auction.
In June, the public broadcaster held 88th online e-auction for the allotment of vacant MPEG-4 slots for the period June 13, 2025 to March 31, 2026. Among the channels that won the vacant slots were Dabangg, Sandesh News, Punjabi Hits, Argus and Tabbar Hits.
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Categorisation of TV channels in different buckets in accordance with the genres and languages of channels for the allotment period:
Bucket R1 includes all genres of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam that is in operation and available in the concerned language on the date of issue of notification for e-auction on at least one private DTH Platform/DD Free Dish and/or on (ii) at least one registered MSO.
R2 includes all genres of Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Odiya that is in operation and available in the concerned language on the date of issue of notification for e- auction on at least one private DTH Platform/DD Free Dish and/or on at least one registered MSO.
R3 includes all genres of other regional languages, as mentioned in schedule 8 of Indian Constitution (except Hindi & Urdu), not covered under Buckets Rl and R2 and is in operation and available in the concerned language on the date of issue of notification for e-auction on at least one private DTH Platform/DD Free Dish and/or on at least one registered MSO.
G1 includes news and current affairs TV channels and G2 includes all genres of non-news and current affairs TV channels.
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