11/10/2017
#1. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has asked DD to suspend e-auctioning of slots, which were picked up by private broadcasters on DD Free Dish until further notice
#2. The last e-auction took place in July, in which DD-Free Dish had earned Rs 85.10 crore and awarded slots to 11 private broadcasters
#3. Reports said private broadcasters, while paying an average of about Rs 6-8 crore per annum to DD-Free Dish were earning Rs 500-700 crore per channel in advertising revenue due to the high reach obtained via DD-Direct while DD was losing hundreds of crores in its revenue.
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NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MOIB) has decided to review the channel slot auction process of state broadcaster Doordarshan’s free-to-air direct-to-home (DTH) platform DD Free Dish.