Centre caps platform channels on DTH at 5 pc of total capacity

The government on Friday capped the number of platform channels on direct-to-home (DTH) services at 5 per cent of the operators’ total channel carriage capacity.

The operational guidelines in respect of “licence fee”, “platform services” and “sharing of infrastructure” for DTH services in India, issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), also bar the platform service channel from sharing content directly or indirectly with any other distribution platform operator (DPO).