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Noting
that the television and broadcasting industry
has grown tremendously during the last two
decades, Trai says the industry has changed
the way of life of masses of the country.
In the last few years, number of satellite
television channels has increased many fold
from 136 channels in year 2005 to close
to 500 channels today. At present various
satellite TV channels of different genres
and languages are available to the public.
The
consultation paper on “Policy issues
on uplinking/downlinking television channels
in India ” has been issued following
a letter on 8 October last year by the Information
and Broadcasting Ministry seeking an opinion
on cap on number of satellite television
channels, eligibility criteria for and process
of granting permission and guidelines to
develop the country into a teleport/hub
for uplinking/turnaround of TV channels
which are not meant for viewing in India.
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