A recent report by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on the Media and Entertainment sector of India revealed that 905 satellite TV channels were present in India as of 2022-2023, an increase of 7 satellite channels from the previous year.
Post-COVID, the number of satellite TV channels dropped every year at an increasing rate. In 2020-2021, this number was 914, marking a decrease of four channels from 2019-2020. Further, 2021-22 saw a huge decline of 16 satellite TV channels, dropping the number to 898.
The steepest decline to date was seen in 2014-15, when the number of satellite TV channels dropped by 38, amounting to a total of 821 channels.
On the other hand, in 2015-2016 the number of TV channels increased by 52. A similar growth in numbers was seen in 2019-2020.
