Honest 836 Report post Posted December 17, 2008 Govt considering policy on Mobile TV Press Trust of India l 17 Dec l New Delhi The government is considering opening up Terrestrial Television broadcasting so that operators can offer mobile television services in the country. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anand Sharma today told the Lok Sabha that the the policy is currently being considered based on an earlier TRAI recommendation. "A policy to allow the opening up of terrestrial television broadcasting so as to enable the operators to offer mobile TV services is under consideration of government," Sharma said in a written reply. The proposed policy will cover all issues such as licencing, regulatory mechanism, cross-media restrictions, foreign investment, sharing of infrastructure and others. According to the TRAI recommendation on Mobile TV service, a composite foreign investment to the extent of 74 per cent for mobile TV could be allowed. The authority had stated that funding to the extent of upto 49 per cent may be permitted under the automatic route, beyond which an approval from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) of the Ministry of Finance would be required. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sadikk 301 Report post Posted December 17, 2008 Very good news Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mufaddal 678 Report post Posted December 17, 2008 finally it is been thought over by indian telecom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted December 17, 2008 Hope this consideration soon come to Reality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sadikk 301 Report post Posted December 18, 2008 Hope so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted December 18, 2008 Lets hope for the best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harshal 11 Report post Posted December 18, 2008 I can recollect that when RCom had just launched I used to access Aaj Tak and several other news channels thru Rworld. Not sure if that is still active. In any case my question is how is this diff? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kshah 452 Report post Posted December 18, 2008 Mobile TV is real time where as RWORLD WALA was used to 30 minutes old stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mufaddal 678 Report post Posted December 18, 2008 and also a lot of channels ..... i think it will also come in effect with the launch of 3G .....better quality and lot of fun..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
