Mumbai: Colors Rishtey has bagged a slot on the DD Free Dish for Rs 19.26 crore. Prasar Bharati invited applications for allotment of vacant MPRG-2 slots of DD Free Dish for the period July 11, 2023, to March 31, 2024, through the 70th e-auction. 

The reserve price for the bucket A+ which comprises GEC (Hindi) channels is priced at Rs 17.41 crore. 

The channel bagged the slot when the pubcaster invited applications for allotment of DD Free Dish MPEG-2 slots on a pro-rata basis for the period on 1 December 2022 to 31 March 2023 through the 63rd online e-auction that was held on 18 November 2022.