India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) cancelled 19 television licences in the 5-week period between August 1^st and September 5^th.

The cancellations take this year’s total to 216, AS AT September 5^th. Most of the cancelled channels were for services that were not taken up by the licence-holders and were non-operational.

Typical were 3 channels from Star India (Star Movies Premiere, Star Movies Premiere HD and Fox Crime HD) and were not brought into use. Two of B4U’s licences were withdrawn because they were non-operational.

Ten new channels were awarded during August, taking the net total of approved channels to 881.

Other posts by :

1. SpaceX gets a portion of India
2. TerreStar wants to build LEO network
3. Musk: “No Starlink phone”
4. Russia accused of eavesdropping on satellites
5. FCC welcomes Musk’s 1m satellite plan
6. Telesat has problems with an LEO
7. Orbital debris a real danger 
8. India boosts space budget
9. Blue Origin drops passenger flights

Categories: Broadcast, Policy, Regulation