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Posted: Fri, Oct 9 2009. 11:00 PM IST Marketing and Media Media | Ministry seeks advice on number of channels At present there are 454 channels that have been approved to be broadcast in the country New Delhi: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has sought views from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on the number of channels that should be allowed to operate in the country. A senior official of the I&B ministry said, “About three days back the I&B Secretary has written to the chairman of TRAI on whether there should be additional qualifications for channels to enter the space.” The official said, since the amount of spectrum available is scarce, views are sought from the regulator as to how many players should be given licences, if there is a need to curb it or not. “We are only asking for views of the regulator at this point of time, we will see how they respond to it,” added the official. At present there are 454 channels that have been approved to be broadcast in the country. --Ishita Russell ------------------------------------ -- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTMedia mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE Share media news, discuss journalism issues and network with media professionals across South Asia on this mailing list. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTMedia by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
