Recent News (Prasar Bharati to bid out DTH operations to private players.)
joseph martin
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Prasar Bharati to bid out DTH operations to private players. .
In what would be a first for a public service broadcaster
anywhere in the world, Prasar Bharati is set to outsource the
operational and technical management of its free-to-air direct-to-home (DTH)
service DD Direct+ to private DTH operators like Dish TV, Tata Sky and
others based on a tendering process.
Sources said Doordarshan will float a request for proposal (RFP) this week
which will invite eligible private DTH and teleport operators to take over
the operational command and control of DD Direct+ for the next five years
for a fixed monthly fee.
The move, according to DD officials, is aimed at cutting costs and
maximising the revenue of DD Direct+, especially when it is gearing up to
boost its channel capacity from 59 to 200 and beyond in 6-8 months. “Why
should government officials manage DTH services at a higher cost when
private agencies can do it more efficiently,” an official said, justifying
the need to involve private agencies to run DD Direct+.
Doordarshan spends R35-40 crore every year to operate 59 channels on DD
Direct+ (including 22 DD channels) whereas private operators manage over
230 channels on their respective DTH platforms at nearly half the cost (on
a per channel basis), sources said. Under the proposed arrangement,
private operators will manage the entire technical back-end of DD Direct+
including uplink and downlink of channels, quality control, expansion and
subscriber management, among others.
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