Permission to 13 of the 23 television channels cleared for uplinking last month has been held back as they have not paid the requisite fee as on 15 July. These include three channels of the TV18 Group, Information TV’s four channels, Krishnaswamy Associates Media Rennaissance's Krishna TV, Raj Television Network’s Raj TV Asia, Vijayanthi Televentures’ Rhythm, Pavitar Entertainment’s Pavitar, Anoli Holdings’ City Pulse, and Vedic Broadcasting’s Vedic. The three channels proposed by TV18 are CNBC-TV18 South, CNBC-TV18 Gujarat, and CNBC-TV18 Channel 3.
Information TV’s channels are: Awam, Samaj, Mumbai News, and Delhi News.
Those cleared to uplink within the next three months are four of the Fox Channels (India) group, a channel owned by Tamil Nadu chief minister K Karunanidhi's family, Pride East Entertainments’ E Live, Amoda Broadcasting’s ABN-Andhra Jyothy, Priyamda Media’s Apna News, Eastern Media’s Kanak Sambad, and Rama Associates’ Fresh TV. According to Information and Broadcasting Ministry sources, Minister Ambika Soni decided to give composite clearance to all proposals which were found fulfilling the requisite conditions. The channels proposed by Fox are National Geographic HD Channel, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Adventure, and Nat Geo Music, while Kalaignar Asia is the channel owned by Karunanidhi’s Kalaignar TV P Ltd.
Credits : Indiantelevision
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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