News broadcasters boycott e-auction by DD free dish

TV news broadcasters have decided to boycott the current DD Free Dish e-auction, citing a new methodology by Prasar Bharati that they believe is skewed against news and current affairs channels.

TV news bodies News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDA) and News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) have dashed off a joint letter signed by their respective presidents to Information and Broadcasting (I&B) minister Anurag Thakur seeking his intervention in the matter.