Uplink-downlink guidelines for private tv channels delayed
India Today
The new uplinking and downlinking guidelines for private TV channels, a long-standing demand by television channels, which would have curbed losses to the exchequer, have been delayed.
The new uplinking and downlinking guidelines for private TV channels, a long-standing demand by television channels, which would have curbed losses to the exchequer, have been delayed.
According to sources in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, while the work of the guidelines has been delayed, it hasn’t been cancelled. While some officials cited Covid-related difficulties as the reason for the delay, others said it was because the guidelines would change the encryption module. Hence, it is a cumbersome process and is bound to take time.
The Ministry of I&B has on several occasions received complaints on how unencrypted signals were being used to uplink and delink signals over free DISH, resulting in exchequer losses.
