Lok Sabha Question No. 711 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-24
Subject: Monitoring of Private TV Satellite Channels
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 711**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.7. 2015**

**Monitoring of Private TV Satellite Channels.**

**711. 	SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:**

**SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:**

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Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

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(a) whether several private satellite channels in the country are screening their programmes in other countries through uplinking facility;

1. if so, the details of such channels, language-wise;

(c) whether the Government monitors the contents of the programmes of the said satellite channels and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether certain State Governments have either launched their own channels in regional languages or are in the process of launching the same; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

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**THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING, [COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHODE (RETD.)]**

(a)& (b): Government has permitted 36 TV channels uplinked from India and downlinked abroad under Uplinking Guidelines. Details are as per Annexure.

(c): As per clause 12.1 of Uplinking Guidelines of 5.12.2011, “TV channels operating in India and uplinked from India but meant only for foreign viewership are not required to comply with the programme and advertisement code of India. The concerned broadcasters will be required to ensure compliance of the rules and regulations of the target country for which content is being produced and uplinked. However, the uplinked content should not contain anything which is against the sovereignty, integrity and national security of India as well as its relations with friendly countries. For Monitoring purposes, these channels will be required to preserve the recordings of the proceedings for at least six months instead of the present stipulation of 3 months.

(d)&(e): No State Government has been permitted to launch any TV Channel.

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| **ANNEXURE**                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                               |                                       |              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                        |
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| **ANNEXURE AS REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 711 FOR ANSWER ON 24.7.2015,  ASKED BY SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO AND SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA.** |                                                               |                                       |              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                        |
| **Channels permitted to Uplink from India, Downlinked abroad**                                                                                                                                  |                                                               |                                       |              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                        |
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| **Sr. No.**                                                                                                                                                                                     | **Channel Name**                                              | **Name of the Company**               | **Category** | **Language**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | **Date of Permission** |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                                               | ASIANET MIDDLE EAST                                           | ASIANET COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED        | NON-NEWS     | MALAYALAM/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 05/03/2010             |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                                               | News18 India (earlier CNBC TV18 GUJRATI / CNN-IBN CHANNEL -3) | IBN18 BROADCAST LIMITED               | NEWS         | English, Hindi & Regional Languages                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 18/07/2008             |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                                               | KALAIGNAR ASIA                                                | KALAIGNAR TV PRIVATE LIMITED          | NEWS         | TAMIL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 30/06/2009             |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                                               | KAIRALI ARABIA (Earlier ARABIA)                               | MALAYALAM COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED      | NEWS         | MALAYALAM                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 04/12/2014             |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                                               | RAJ TV ASIA                                                   | RAJ TELEVISION NETWORK LIMITED        | NEWS         | HINDI/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 23/09/2009             |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                                               | SOUTH ASIA WORLD                                              | SGA NEWS LIMITED                      | NEWS         | HINDI                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 02/09/2004             |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                                               | STAR ONE SOUTH EAST ASIA                                      | STAR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED            | NON-NEWS     | HINDI                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 16/07/2010             |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                                               | Life OK (Middle East) [Earlier known as STAR ONE MIDDLE EAST] | STAR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED            | NON-NEWS     | HINDI                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 16/07/2010             |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                                               | STAR GOLD SOUTH EAST ASIA                                     | STAR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED            | NON-NEWS     | HINDI                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 16/07/2010             |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                                              | STAR PLUS MIDDLE EAST                                         | STAR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED            | NON-NEWS     | HINDI                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 16/07/2010             |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                                              | STAR Cricket Asia                                             | STAR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED            | NON-NEWS     | English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and any other language as permitted under the Constitution of India | 28/08/2014             |
| 12                                                                                                                                                                                              | VIJAY INTERNATIONAL FEED                                      | VIJAY TELEVISION PRIVATE LIMITED      | NON-NEWS     | TAMIL/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 16/09/2010             |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE TV UK                                                     | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HINDI/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 23/11/2004             |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE TV USA                                                    | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HINDI/ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 23/11/2004             |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE TV-SOUTH AFRICA                                           | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HINDI/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 23/11/2004             |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE TAMIZH (ZEE INTENATIONAL)                                 | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | TAMIL AND ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 23/11/2004             |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE CINEMA UK                                                 | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HINDI/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 23/11/2004             |
| 18                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZING UK                                                       | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HINDI/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 23/11/2004             |
| 19                                                                                                                                                                                              | ALPHA PUNJABI UK                                              | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HYBRID HINDI/ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 23/11/2004             |
| 20                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE TV SE ASIA                                                | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HYBRID HINDI/ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 23/11/2004             |
| 21                                                                                                                                                                                              | JAGRAN USA                                                    | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HINDI/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 02/05/2005             |
| 22                                                                                                                                                                                              | JAGRAN UK                                                     | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HINDI/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 02/05/2005             |
| 23                                                                                                                                                                                              | CLASSIC CINEMA USA                                            | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HYBRID HINDI/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 02/05/2005             |
| 24                                                                                                                                                                                              | CLASSIC CINEMA UK                                             | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HYBRID HINDI/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 02/05/2005             |
| 25                                                                                                                                                                                              | ACTION CINEMA USA                                             | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HYBRID HINDI/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 02/05/2005             |
| 26                                                                                                                                                                                              | ACTION CINEMA UK                                              | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HYBRID HINDI/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 02/05/2005             |
| 27                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE CINEMA USA                                                | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HYBRID HINDI/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 02/05/2005             |
| 28                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE TV RUSSIA                                                 | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HYBRID HINDI/ ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 21/03/2007             |
| 29                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE CINEMA-MIDDLE EAST                                        | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HINDI/ENGLISH/FOREIGN                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 17/11/2008             |
| 30                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE SEA                                                       | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HINDI/ ENGLISH/ FOREIGN                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 17/11/2008             |
| 31                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE ME                                                        | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HINDI/ ENGLISH/ FOREIGN                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 17/11/2008             |
| 32                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE VARIASI (ZEE ASTRO)                                       | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HINDI/ ENGLISH/ FOREIGN                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 17/11/2008             |
| 33                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE BANGLA USA (Earlier known as Alpha Gujarati USA)          | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HYBRID HINDI/ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 02/05/2005             |
| 34                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE TELUGU USA                                                | ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NON-NEWS     | HYBRID HINDI/ENGLISH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 02/05/2005             |
| 35                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE BANGLA-USA                                                | Zee Media Corporation Ltd.            | NEWS         | BANGLA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 17/10/2011             |
| 36                                                                                                                                                                                              | ZEE TELUGU-USA                                                | Zee Media Corporation Ltd.            | NEWS         | TELUGU                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 17/10/2011             |

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