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The e-auction, tentatively scheduled for August 28th, 2024, will offer MPEG-2 slots for the period from September 5th, 2024, to March 31st, 2025
e4m Staff Aug 16, 2024 8:25 AM
Only the satellite channels licensed by the Ministry of I&B would be allowed to participate in the e-auction
e4m Staff Jul 17, 2024 12:21 PM
Products with Swiggy Instamart branding appeared on the conveyor belt, mixed in with other luggage, surprising the passengers
e4m Staff Jul 15, 2024 3:25 PM
Broadcasters say the reserve prices in the 77th e-auction for MPEG-2 slots were 'too high'
Sonam Saini May 29, 2024 8:27 AM
As per industry experts, the absence of the Big 4 broadcasters, the DTH platform's reach and the upcoming general elections spurred this aggressive bidding
Sonam Saini Feb 28, 2024 8:36 AM
Last year, the pubcaster had earned Rs 1073 crore from the e-auction of 65 MPEG-2 slots
Sonam Saini Feb 26, 2024 5:02 PM
The total number of slots sold in the last six days has reached 59 and the total revenue earned so far is Rs 1079 crore, crossing last year's revenue
Sonam Saini Feb 24, 2024 9:52 PM
Last year, the pubcaster earned a total of Rs 1,073 crore from the 65 slots on the DD FreeDish
Sonam Saini Feb 24, 2024 9:19 AM
The pubcaster sold 13 slots in the last two days of the FreeDish MPEG-2 auction
Sonam Saini Feb 21, 2024 8:06 AM
Both slots have been secured by Manoranjan TV Group for its general entertainment channels - Manoranjan Grand and Manoranjan TV
Sonam Saini Feb 20, 2024 8:46 AM
The slots will be awarded through the 70th online e-auction process to be tentatively held on July 4
exchange4media Staff Jun 26, 2023 1:15 PM
The first two slots under Bucket C, for news & current affairs (Hindi) channels, has been picked up for Rs 19.85 crore and Rs 16.55 crore say sources
Sonam Saini Mar 16, 2023 4:46 PM
The industry bodies believe that the auction procedure is skewed against all news and current affairs channels
Sonam Saini Mar 14, 2023 10:30 PM
Six GEC and five movie channels grab slots even as auction continues
Sonam Saini Mar 14, 2023 7:27 PM
Originally scheduled for March 13, the online auction is for vacant MPEG-2 slots of the DD Free Dish from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024
exchange4media Staff Mar 14, 2023 8:05 AM
The slots were bagged by Aastha Bhajan, Aastha Tamil, Bansal News, Chardikla Time TV, MH ONE DIL SE, News 18 UP/UK, News State UP/UK, RT, Sudarshan News, Swadesh News and Vedic
exchange4media Staff Feb 20, 2023 6:01 PM
The slots are being allotted for a period of one year, from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024
exchange4media Staff Feb 10, 2023 3:24 PM
Industry sources say Disney Star, ZEEL, Culver Max Entertainment and Viacom18 plan to bid for the DD FreeDish slots for their Hindi GECs like Star Utsav, Zee Anmol, Sony Pal and Colors Rishtey
Sonam Saini Jan 30, 2023 8:53 AM
The slots will be allotted for the period, April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024
exchange4media Staff Jan 19, 2023 12:30 PM
The revenue has reduced due to the exit of key channels of big four broadcasters and the drop in overall collection from the news genre, say industry sources
Javed Farooqui Mar 14, 2022 8:06 AM
The public broadcaster has so far earned Rs 567 crore from sale of MPEG-2 slots in this round of auctions
exchange4media Staff Mar 11, 2022 8:51 AM
Industry watchers say that the pullout of channels like Star Utsav, Zee Anmol, Colors Rishtey and Sony Pal will also benefit news channels in the form of more slots being allotted to Bucket C
exchange4media Staff Mar 10, 2022 10:04 AM
Republic Bharat, ABP News, Zee News, News Nation and Times Now Navbharat are the channels that secured slot
exchange4media Staff Mar 9, 2022 7:17 PM
The public broadcaster is believed to have mopped up over Rs 75 crore from Bucket A + category which is reserved for Hindi GECs
exchange4media Staff Mar 9, 2022 7:14 PM
According to senior industry players, news channels want to be on DD Free Dish due to the incremental reach it provides but the cost of buying a slot has increased significantly
Javed Farooqui Feb 23, 2022 8:49 AM
The highest bid price stood at Rs 1.6 crore and the average slot price was Rs 1.27 crore
exchange4media Staff Feb 14, 2022 8:10 AM
The slots will be awarded through the fourth annual e-auction process to be tentatively held from March 7
exchange4media Staff Feb 10, 2022 8:31 AM
The public notice reads that broadcasters desirous of allotment of the slot on DD Free Dish are required to provide clear and unambiguous proof in support of genre classification of their channel
exchange4media Staff Dec 17, 2021 8:37 AM
The platform has added Showbox, Ishara TV, Sun Marathi, Naaptol, and Enterr10 Bangla
exchange4media Staff Aug 16, 2021 3:47 PM
The latest expansion now pushes the total number of MPEG-2 slots from 88 to 94
Tasmayee Laha Roy Apr 2, 2021 8:25 AM
The hiked prices were hardly a deterrent for news channels that wanted to get on to the DD Free Dish platform
Tasmayee Laha Roy Mar 17, 2021 8:31 AM
We bring you a roundup of the news that made headlines this past week
exchange4media Staff Mar 6, 2021 8:58 AM
The reserve price has been increased to Rs 50 lakh/annum from Rs 5 lakh/annum, and the incremental amount has been revised to a minimum of Rs 2 lakh and multiples against the initial Rs 10,000
Tasmayee Laha Roy Mar 5, 2021 8:20 AM
Hindi movie channels, which are placed under A bucket, have outshined other genres by paying Rs 194.85 crore for 15 slots
exchange4media Staff Mar 1, 2021 8:35 AM
The five-day e-auction will be conducted in multiple rounds starting with genres with highest reserve price
Tasmayee Laha Roy Feb 24, 2021 9:03 AM
The agency won the account following a multi-agency pitch and will service the brand from its Bengaluru office
exchange4media Staff Feb 15, 2021 11:25 AM
The allotment will be valid for the period from 10.11.2020 to 31.03.2021
exchange4media Staff Nov 5, 2020 6:29 PM
The e-auction is expected to be held on 02.06.2020; bids invited are for allotments for the period 10.06.2020 to 31.03.2021
exchange4media Staff May 25, 2020 7:38 AM
The 44th e-auction allotment of MPEG-2 slots of DD Free Dish was concluded last month where only 53 out of the 54 available slots were sold to the highest bidder
Tasmayee Laha Roy Mar 19, 2020 2:39 PM
Bids for second annual e-auction of MPEG-2 slots have been higher than reserved prices for all buckets with News & Current Affairs (Hindi / Punjabi) recording the highest increase of over Rs 5 crore
Tasmayee Laha Roy Mar 3, 2020 8:07 AM
Bucket A+ channel slots awarded to Shemaroo GEC, Dangal, Big Magic and ABZY Cool
exchange4media Staff Feb 29, 2020 9:44 AM
Samay, 9X Jalwa, Sangeet Bangla and JK 24x7 win slots on a pro-rata basis for the period - February 1 to May 14 - as part of the 43rd e-auction
Sonam Saini Jan 24, 2020 4:11 PM
