Advisory dated 12.06.2015 for mandatory carriage of Doordarshan

No. 15/112013-BP&L
Government of India
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
'A' Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-l
Dated the l2th June. 2015
ADVISORY
Whereas, in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (l) of section 8 of the Cable Television
Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995(hereinafter referred to as ("the Cable Act"), the Ministry vide
its notification No. S.O.2693 (E) dated 05.09.2013 and subsequent notification No. S.O. 1388
(E) dated 25.05.2015 has specified list of channels that are to be mandatorily carried by MSOs
and Cable operators on their cable TV networks.
Whereas, in areas where cable TV digitization has been completed, it is obligatory for the cable
operators to carry 23 channels of Doordarshan including Kisan Channel, besides Lok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha channels. In other areas, the cable operators are required to carry 8 channels of
Doordarshan, in addition to Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha channels.
Whereas,
it
has been found that many MSOs/Cable operators are not carrying mandatory
channels notified by the Ministry vide the aforesaid notifications which is a violation of Section
8 of the Cable Act.
Whereas, non-carriage of mandatory channels is liable to attract Section I l, Section 12 and
Section l8 of the Cable Act.
All MSOs and Cable operators are accordingly advised to carry the mandatory channels in the
manner as notified by the Ministry.
Any violation of Section 8 of the Cable Act shall invite such action as provided in the
Cable TV
Act and the Rules framed thereunder as well as the terms and conditions stipulated in the
MSO
permission, as the case may be.
(K.S.Rejimon)
Director (BP&L)
Tel. 23381246
To,
l. All MSOs (in DAS
2. All other MSOs.
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areas by name)
Secretary, Department of Posts with a request to circulate all post offices
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S.O.2693(E).-In
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powers conferred by sub-section
Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 (hereinafter
notifications numbers S.O. g23(El
5th
(l) of section 8 of the Cable Television
refened to as "the Act") (7 of 1995) and in
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such channels, namely :-
l. Where digital addressable system has been introduced in accordance with the provisions of sub-section
(l ) of section 4,{ of the Act, following channels are to be mandatorily carried by the cable operators , namely:
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TABLE. I
S.No
Name of the Channel
Genre
I
DD National
General Entertain ment (Hindi)
2.
DD News
News and Current Affairs
3.
DD Bharati
Infotainment
4.
DD Urdu
Infotainment
5.
DD Spons
Sports
6.
DD India
Infotainment
7.
DD Kashir
General Entertainment (Regional)
8.
DD Puniabi
General Entertain ment (Regional )
9.
ED Girnar
General Entertain ment (Regional)
10.
DD Sahvadri
General Entertain ment (Regional)
ll
DD Saptagiri
General Entertainment (Regional)
12.
DD Malayalam
General Entertain ment (Regional)
13.
DD Podhigai
General Entertain ment (Regional)
14.
DD Chandana
General Entertain ment (Regional)
15.
DD Bangla
General Entertain ment (Regional)
t6.
DD North East
General Entertain ment (Regional)
17.
DD Bihar
General Entertainment (Hindi )
18.
DD Uttar Pradesh
General Entertain ment (Hindi,)
19.
DD Rajasthan
General Entertainment (Hindi )
20.
DD Madhya Pradesh
General Entertain ment (Hindi )
2t.
DD Oriya
General Entertain ment (Regional)
22.
Gyan Darshan Channel
Infotainment
23.
Lok Sabha Television Channel
News and Current Affairs
24
Rajya Sabha Television Channel
News and Current Affairs
Provided that every cable operator shall provide the above channels to the subscribers,
irrespective of any
bouquet(s) or a-la-carte channel(s) being subscribed by them.
Provided further that every cable operator shall also place the above channels in
the respective genre and
shalldisplay them in full television screen.
2'
Where digital addressable system has not been introduced
-a--' (,.,| ) ot section
44 of the Act, it shall be
subscribers, namely :
W4e
in accordance with the provisions of sub-section
obligatory for every cable operator to provide following channels to the
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Name of channel
Placement ofchannel
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DDI (National Channel)
Prime band
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DD (News Channel)
Prime band
3.
One regional language of Doordarshan channel of the State in which the
cable operator is located according to the SCHEDULE
Prime band
4,
Lok Sabha Television Channel
Prime band
5.
Rajya Sabha Television Channel
Prime band
6.
DD Sports channel
Non prime band
7.
Gyan Darshan Channel
Non prime band
8.
DD Urdu channel
Non prime band
9.
DD Bharati
Non prime band
S.No
Providedtha[echannelofDoordarshanisnotavailable'DDBharatishall
be provided according to ths Schedule in prime band whereas, in State where regional language channel of
Doordarshan is available, DD Bharati shall be provided in the non prime band.
SCHEDULE
States/ Union territories
S.
No.
Name of the regional
language channel of
States / Union territories where
Doordarshan to be Provided
by the cable oPerator in
prime band
the cable operator in
DD Bharati to be provided
prime band
I
Andhra Pradesh
DD Saptagiri
DD Bharati
2
Arunachal Pradesh
DD-North-East
DD Bharati
a
J
Assam
DD-North-East
DD Bharati
4
Bihar
DD Bihar
DD Bharati
5
Chattisgarh
DD Bharati
6
Goa
DD Bharati
7
Gujarat
DD Girnar
8
Haryana
DD Bharati
9
Himachal Pradesh
DD Bharati
l0
Jammu and Kashmir
DD Kashir
ll
Jharkhand
DD Bharati
t2
Karnataka
DD Chandana
DD Bharati
l3
Kerala
DD Malayalam
DD Bharati
14
Madhya Pradesh
DD Madhya Pradesh
DD Bharati
l5
Maharashtra
DD Sahyadri
DD Bharati
l6
Manipur
DD-North-East
DD Bharati
l7
Meghalaya
DD-North-East
DD Bharati
18
Mizoram
DD-North-East
DD Bharati
19
Naealand
DD-North-East
DD Bharati
20
Orissa
DD Oriya
DD Bharati
DD Bharati
DD Bharati
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DD Punjabi
DD Bharati
22
Rajasthan
DD Rajasthan
DD Bharati
23
Sikkim
DD-North-East
DD Bharati
24
TamilNadu
DD Podigai
DD Bharati
25
Tripura
DD-North-East
DD Bharati
26
Uttar Pradesh
DD Uttar Pradesh
DD Bharati
27
Uttarakhand
DD Bharati
28
West Bengal
DD Bangla
29
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
DD Bharati
30
Chandigarh
DD Punjabi
DD Bharari
3t
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
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32
Daman and
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UuJarati
DD Bharati
uD
M.atayalam
DD Bharati
uD
Bnaratr
DD Bharati
Every cable operator shall ,__-
(i)
takeonly c-band satellite signals of Doordarshan channels
forretransmission on their cable service
by dish antenna / Television Receive only of not less
than l2feet diameter dish, and not yagi antenna
to ensure good quality reception ;
(ii)
not transmit any channel on the cable service in the
same frequency band in which Doordarshan
terrestrial channels are transmitted
(iii)
;
use standard equipment.to ensure good quality
reception and re-transmission
channels upto tail-end subscriberr.Jrpurubte wittr
other sateltite channels.
of alt mandatory
Rxplanation : For the purpose of this notification, the
expression "prime band,, constitutes frequencies
relating to
channel falling in band I (channels 2to 4ranging
from 47 to 6g MHz) and band III (channels
5 to I2
ranging tiom l74to230MHz) and "non'prime
band" shall be construed accordingly, in
relation to
"prime band,'.
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MINISTRY OF IIYF'ORMATION AND BROADCASTING
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 25th May,2015
S,O.13E8(E).- ln exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (l) of section 8 of the Cable Television
Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 (7 of 1995) , the Central Government hereby makes the following anendments in the
notification of the Government of India in the Minisry of Information andBroadcasting number S.O.2693(E), dated
the 5ft September, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as " the principal notification") , namely:In the principal notificatior,
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Note:- The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Ptrt II, Section 3, Sub'section (ii)
vide notification number S.O. 2693(E), dated the 5th September, 2013.
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