Govt invites applications for DD FreeDish MPEG-2 slots
The online e-auction process to be tentatively held on September 12, 2023
Prasar Bharati has invited applications for allotment of vacant MPEG-2 slots of DD FreeDish DTH platform for the period from September 9, 2023 to March 31, 2024. The slots will be allotted through 72nd online e-auction process to be tentatively held on September 12, 2023.
Prasar Bharati said that the e-auction will be conducted in accordance with e-auction methodology for allotment of DD Freedish slots to private channels. The pubcaster has categorised TV channels in different buckets based on the genres/language of the channel.
The reserve price for Bucket A+ which comprises All GEC (Hindi) Channels is Rs 14.17 crore. The Bucket A which includes All Movie (Hindi) and teleshopping channels (all languages) has a reserve price of Rs 12.81 crore.
Bucket B, which comprises Music (Hindi) Channels, Sports (Hindi) Channels, and all channels of Bhojpuri language has a reserve price of Rs 11.24 crore. The reserve price for News & Current Affairs (Hindi) that fall under Bucket C is Rs 10.57 crore.
The reserve price for Bucket D which has All other remaining Genre of Hindi, devotional/spritual/ ayush/ all genres of Marathi, Punjabi, and Urdu channels is Rs 8.52 crore. Bucket R1 which has all channels in languages not covered above has a base price of Rs 1.62 crore.
