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
Broadcasters, e4m has learnt, have found the base price exorbitant
Only the satellite channels licensed by the Ministry of I&B would be allowed to participate in the e-auction
Products with Swiggy Instamart branding appeared on the conveyor belt, mixed in with other luggage, surprising the passengers
Broadcasters say the reserve prices in the 77th e-auction for MPEG-2 slots were 'too high'
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
Last year, the pubcaster had earned Rs 1073 crore from the e-auction of 65 MPEG-2 slots
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
Last year, the pubcaster earned a total of Rs 1,073 crore from the 65 slots on the DD FreeDish
The pubcaster sold 13 slots in the last two days of the FreeDish MPEG-2 auction
The slots were bought by nine channels
Both slots have been secured by Manoranjan TV Group for its general entertainment channels - Manoranjan Grand and Manoranjan TV
The e-auction will be tentatively held from February 19, 2024
The slots will be awarded through the 70th online e-auction process to be tentatively held on July 4
The award follows a competitive tender
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
The industry bodies believe that the auction procedure is skewed against all news and current affairs channels
Six GEC and five movie channels grab slots even as auction continues
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
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
The slots are being allotted for a period of one year, from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024
This has come into effect from 27th January
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
The slots will be allotted for the period, April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024
The duration of the contract will be 12 years
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
The public broadcaster has so far earned Rs 567 crore from sale of MPEG-2 slots in this round of auctions
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
Republic Bharat, ABP News, Zee News, News Nation and Times Now Navbharat are the channels that secured slot
The public broadcaster is believed to have mopped up over Rs 75 crore from Bucket A + category which is reserved for Hindi GECs
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
The highest bid price stood at Rs 1.6 crore and the average slot price was Rs 1.27 crore
The slots will be awarded through the fourth annual e-auction process to be tentatively held from March 7
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
The platform has added Showbox, Ishara TV, Sun Marathi, Naaptol, and Enterr10 Bangla
The latest expansion now pushes the total number of MPEG-2 slots from 88 to 94
The hiked prices were hardly a deterrent for news channels that wanted to get on to the DD Free Dish platform
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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
Hindi movie channels, which are placed under A bucket, have outshined other genres by paying Rs 194.85 crore for 15 slots
The five-day e-auction will be conducted in multiple rounds starting with genres with highest reserve price
The agency won the account following a multi-agency pitch and will service the brand from its Bengaluru office
The allotment will be valid for the period from 10.11.2020 to 31.03.2021
The slots have been awarded to fifteen channels
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
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
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
Bucket A+ channel slots awarded to Shemaroo GEC, Dangal, Big Magic and ABZY Cool
The e-auction is to be tentatively held from February 24
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