DD Free Dish e-auction for 7 Bucket D slots fetches over Rs 79 crore
Eight slots under Bucket D of the DD Free Dish e-auction are beihg held. So far, seven out of the eight slots have been sold, which has fetched Prasar Bharati over Rs 79 crore. As per industry sources, bidding for the eighth slot is currently underway.
Bucket D channels, the base price of which has been kept at Rs 6 crore, comprise:
- All other remaining genres of Hindi
- Devotional/ Spiritual/ Ayush
- All genres of Marathi channels
- All genres of Punjabi channels
- All genres of Urdu channels
- English news and current affairs channels
- The base price has been kept at Rs 6 crore
Among the channels that have successfully bid for the seven slots under Bucket D, include Zee Chitramandir, Zee Punjabi, Fakt Marathi, Shemaroo Marathi Bana, Manoranjan Movies, Sanskar TV and Sun Marathi.