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DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni indicated today that
the government was unlikely to permit increase in foreign investment in TV news
channels as recommended by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
Soni
was answering questions in Parliament about increasing the limits in foreign direct
investment (FDI) in news and current affairs TV channels from the present 26 per
cent to 49 per cent. Soni
said: We are sensitive about it, we do not want too much of foreign investment
in print, electronic media or radio. |