20-year-long DTH licence to provide certainty to industry: Tata Sky

Leading direct-to-home (DTH) player Tata Sky on Wednesday said the government’s decision to grant licences to the operators for a longer 20 years would provide certainty to the industry.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a revision in the guidelines for providing DTH services in the country under which licences would be issued for 20 years.

Currently, the licence is valid for 10 years for DTH players.

“We are grateful to (Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash) Javadekar, for resolving the long-standing impasse on the DTH Licence policy which will provide certainty to the industry,” Tata Sky Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Harit Nagpal told PTI.