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“Since we are not equipped to examine the technical and legal aspects
of a corporate entity in entirety, DCA’s help has been sought,”
the official added.
Asked whether the I&B ministry feels that Space TV’s application
complies more or less with the DTH guidelines after changes had
been incorporated by the company, as suggested by the government,
the ministry official shot back, “On the face of it, everything
looks satisfying.”
However, the official, while admitting that a note had been readied
on the issue for minister’s comments, refused to give a time frame
to final issuance of an LoI to Space TV. “Government procedure takes
it own time,” was about all he would say.
Space TV’s quest of a DTH licence began in 2002. In between, the
application had to be made afresh in 2003 as the government felt
that in the earlier version of Space TV, the Indian partnership
was more of a dummy.
The project cost is estimated to be Rs 16 billion ($350 million).
The government had announced a set of DTH guidelines towards the
end of 2001 by which time quite a few interested players had already
got frustrated and abandoned their plans to make forays into the
DTH segment.
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