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The authorities has published the draught Telecommunications (Television, Radio and Associated Services) Rules, 2026, for nationalist consultation. They person been framed to consolidate the assorted guidelines issued for tv and vigor services nether the erstwhile Telegraph Act, wrong the model of the recently enacted Telecommunications Act, 2023
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry administers the provisions relating to television, radio, and associated services.
In the draught rules, existing presumption and conditions of authorisation person been harmonised and rationalised to facilitate continuity, portion enabling reforms and proviso for a azygous regulatory model successful spot of aggregate guidelines.
Digital implementation of the authorisation process, simplified authorisation procedures, removal of the request for signing Grant of Permission Agreement, and proviso of transparent adjudication mechanics are the different cardinal features.
The draught rules comprise argumentation guidelines for uplinking and downlinking of outer tv channels successful India, dated November 9, 2022; guidelines for obtaining a licence to supply Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcasting services successful India, dated March 15, 2001, arsenic amended from clip to time; and guidelines for providing Headend-in-the-Sky (HITS) broadcasting services, dated November 26, 2009.
Policy guidelines connected enlargement of FM vigor services done backstage agencies (Phase III), dated July 25, 2011, arsenic amended up to September 10, 2024; revised argumentation guidelines for mounting up assemblage vigor stations, dated February 13, 2024; and guidelines for provisioning of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services, dated September 8, 2008, person besides been integrated.
Unified rule-book
“With this acceptable of rules, the manufacture volition present person a unified and importantly simplified regularisation book. These rules are designed to simplify and harmonize the existing authorities portion promoting easiness of doing concern successful the tv and vigor broadcasting sector,” said the Ministry.
Once notified, the rules volition regenerate assorted existing guidelines governing broadcasting services.
