{"id":74286,"date":"2020-12-24T10:48:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T05:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=74286"},"modified":"2021-01-08T16:43:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T11:13:19","slug":"100-fdi-in-dth-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/100-fdi-in-dth-service\/","title":{"rendered":"100% FDI in DTH service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=G3583MSEV.1&amp;imageview=0\">The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0Union Cabinet has approved revised guidelines for Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcasting services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Direct to Home(DTH):\u00a0<\/strong>It enables a broadcasting company to directly beam the signal to your TV set through a receiver that is installed in the house.There is no need for a separate cable connection.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advantages of DTH:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>One can do away with the cable operator who will give you channels of his choice.<\/li>\n<li>The quality of signals in this case is expected to be superior since the signal is not split through a cable.<\/li>\n<li>There is a possibility of reducing your monthly cable bill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Disadvantages:\u00a0<\/strong>Capital cost has to be borne initially. Since this involves setting up of a receiving apparatus at the subscribers end, the cost can be prohibitively high.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What are the revised guidelines for DTH Services?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It allowed 100% Foreign direct Investment(FDI) in the direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting services sector.Currently, FDI was limited to 49%.<\/li>\n<li>License for the DTH will be issued for a period of 20 years in place of present 10 years.Further the period of License may be renewed by 10 years at a time.<\/li>\n<li>License fee has been revised from 10% of GR (gross revenue) to 8% of AGR (adjusted gross revenue).License fee will be collected on a quarterly basis against the current annual basis.<\/li>\n<li>Sharing of Infrastructure between DTH operators. DTH operators, willing to share DTH platforms and transport streams of TV channels on a voluntary basis will be allowed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The Hindu News:\u00a0Union Cabinet has approved revised guidelines for Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcasting services. Facts: Direct to Home(DTH):\u00a0It enables a broadcasting company to directly beam the signal to your TV set through a receiver that is installed in the house.There is no need for a separate cable connection. Advantages of DTH: One can do away&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/100-fdi-in-dth-service\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">100% FDI in DTH service<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1460,1302],"class_list":["post-74286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-eco_11","tag-eco_7","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704738172},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}