Prasar Bharati to hold 65th e-auction for vacant MPEG-2 slots of DD Free Dish

Prasar Bharati has invited applications for allotment of vacant MPEG-2 slots of DD Free Dish DTH Platform on pro-rata basis for the period from December 24, 2022 to March 31, 2023 through the 65th online e-auction process. The e-auction is slated to be held on December 19, 2022.

Only satellite channels licensed by the the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) would be allowed to participate in the e-auction. Only companies holding valid permission from the MIB can apply for participation in e-auction for allocation of DD Free Dish slot.

International Public Broadcasters licensed by the MIB can also participate in e-auction.

The e-auction will be conducted in accordance with policy guidelines for allotment of DD Free Dish slots, notified on January 15, 2019, and as amended from time to time.

Categorisation of TV channels in different buckets in accordance with genres/ language of channel and their starting reserve price for the allotment period will be as below:

The e-auction will be Bucket-wise starting with bucket having highest reserve price, that is, from Bucket ‘A’ and will progressively go down in the order of reserve price, as given in table above, subject to availability of slot.