Deregulation of uplinking of satellite TV channels within a month: I&B ministry

The government on Friday said it will deregulate uplinking of satellite television channels within a month in a bid to make India an uplinking hub.

Addressing the India Space Congress here, Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra said of the 898 television channels broadcast in the country, 532 use foreign satellites for uplinking and downlinking of their services.

“We want to deregulate uplinking to satellites under the guidelines so that India can become a hub,” Chandra said.

He said the uplinking and downlinking guidelines were last issued in 2011 and the process to revise them was underway.