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Byindiantelevision.comTeam Postedon:06Sep201403:36pm

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MUMBAI: 12 new channels have been

added to the list of permitted private
satellite TV channels in India after they
received licence clearances from the
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
(MIB). As of 31 August 2014, there are
810channelsinallascomparedto798till
28August2014.

Ofthe12additions,oneisanewschannel
and the rest are nonnews. The total news
and current affairs channels in the country
are now 398 and nonnews and current
affairsare412.

The new channels that have received

clearances include Blue, ESPN, ESPN HD,
related stories
Star Sports Highlights, Star Cricket Asia,
TotalnumberofprivateTV
JanamandGreenTV.
channelsinthecountrygoesupto
821
Meanwhile, existing channels Star Sports
1, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 3 and Star
TRAIissuesconsultationpaperon
Sports4havegotpermissionforlanguages
regulatinglocalTVchannels
English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo,
Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri,
TheNewGovernmentandIndian
Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri,
Media:AgendaforReform
Marathi, Nepali, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi,
AndhraPradesh:Achaoticnews
Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and any other
market
language as permitted under the
ConstitutionofIndia.
TAMappliesforregistrationwith

MIB
StarSportsHD1andStarSportsHD2have
got permission for languages English,
Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo and Dogri. New channels under Star India that
got permission ESPN, ESPN HD, Star Sports Highlights and Star Cricket Asia
alsohavepermissionforalltheabovelanguages.

ThenumberofTVchannelspermittedforuplinkfromanddownlinktoIndiahas
increased from 671 to 682 with 376 (earlier 375) news and 306 (earlier 296)
nonnewschannels.ThenumberofchannelspermittedforuplinkfromIndiahas
increasedfrom34to35withsixnewsand29(earlier28)nonnewschannels.

TVchannelsthatcanonlydownlinkinIndiastayedconstantat93with16news
and77nonnewschannels.

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