MUMBAI: Doordarshan’s free direct-to-home (DTH) platform Freedish will hold a new round of slot auction less than a month after the earlier one was sold to three broadcasters.
Freedish’s 31st e-auction will take place on 5 October.
The reserve price per DTH slot remains at Rs 4.3 crore (Rs 43 million). Gurgaon-based C1 India will conduct the auction.
Private television channels whose annual agreements expire on 31 December are eligible to participate in the e-auction, while those whose agreements expire in January or later are not eligible to participate.
The last date for submission of completed application is 5 October, 12 noon.
In the previous e-auction, three channels—IBN7, WOW Cinema and Bhojpuri Cinema—renewed their slots on Freedish.
Interested channels will have to submit uplinking and downlinking permission from the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) with the application.
They also have to give a participation amount of Rs 1.5 crore (Rs 15 million) as demand draft in favour of DD, besides a non-refundable processing fee of Rs 10,000.
Successful channels will have to arrange IRD boxes in advance to place their channels on the platform on time. The EMD drafts will be returned to the unsuccessful bidders within a week or immediately after the e-auction is over.
Channels that have won slots on the platform will have to deposit Rs 1.10 crore (Rs 11 million) within one month from the placement of the channel on Freedish along with Service Tax @ 15% on the total bid amount.
The second instalment amounting to Rs 1.10 crore (Rs 11 million) will have to be deposited in the second month from the placement of the channel.
The balance bid amount needs to be deposited in six months from the placement of the channel, failing which the deposit amount will be forfeited and the channel will be discontinued from the platform after a 21-day discontinuation notice.
http://www.televisionpost.com/dth/dd-fre...nt-in-dec/
Freedish’s 31st e-auction will take place on 5 October.
The reserve price per DTH slot remains at Rs 4.3 crore (Rs 43 million). Gurgaon-based C1 India will conduct the auction.
Private television channels whose annual agreements expire on 31 December are eligible to participate in the e-auction, while those whose agreements expire in January or later are not eligible to participate.
The last date for submission of completed application is 5 October, 12 noon.
In the previous e-auction, three channels—IBN7, WOW Cinema and Bhojpuri Cinema—renewed their slots on Freedish.
Interested channels will have to submit uplinking and downlinking permission from the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) with the application.
They also have to give a participation amount of Rs 1.5 crore (Rs 15 million) as demand draft in favour of DD, besides a non-refundable processing fee of Rs 10,000.
Successful channels will have to arrange IRD boxes in advance to place their channels on the platform on time. The EMD drafts will be returned to the unsuccessful bidders within a week or immediately after the e-auction is over.
Channels that have won slots on the platform will have to deposit Rs 1.10 crore (Rs 11 million) within one month from the placement of the channel on Freedish along with Service Tax @ 15% on the total bid amount.
The second instalment amounting to Rs 1.10 crore (Rs 11 million) will have to be deposited in the second month from the placement of the channel.
The balance bid amount needs to be deposited in six months from the placement of the channel, failing which the deposit amount will be forfeited and the channel will be discontinued from the platform after a 21-day discontinuation notice.
http://www.televisionpost.com/dth/dd-fre...nt-in-dec/