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Will Fm Radio come to town or Urban area in FM Phase 3 bidding?
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drhosrivastava
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Yes. In FM Phase 3, about 800 radio stations shall come in about 200 cities with population of 1 lakh.
Dr. Srivastava
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Dr. Srivastava
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drhosrivastava
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ohh its great , but , FM phase 3 bidding is taking very long time , i read in newspaper , that defence ministery has objection on FM station on border area , . little issue affecting the entire bidding process
Yes, FM Phase 3 is taking long, but this is how the things happen in Govt. where many Ministrries are involved. We hope it starts soon.
Dr. Srivastava
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Yes, FM Phase 3 is taking long, but this is how the things happen in Govt. where many Ministrries are involved. We hope it starts soon.
Dr. Srivastava
drhosrivastava@gmail.com
lightgreen49
Regular
no it wont , you will have settle down with aakashwani vividh bharti or alternatively u can try SW receivers and enjoy programmes from bbc ,voa ,rnw dw-world and large number of international broadcasters
still no news for FM phase 3 bidding, ambika soni is the minster of broadcasting, the lady come from my distric , Hosiarpur in punjab , a Rajya Sabha member , i personally asked her PA for FM phase 3 bidding , he reply me , process is just started , then there is cabinate approval , then minsitry of defence problem , it must take atleast 2 years to start auction and another 6 month to rolling out
drhosrivastava
Newbie
There is a good news for those waiting for FM Phase-3. I reproduce the news item from RadiandMusic.com
"11 Jan 11 11:01 IST
NEW DELHI: The Group of Ministers is expected to meet shortly to take a decision on phase III of FM Broadcasting and raising of foreign direct investment in FM radio, even as Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Ambika Soni, admitted that the government was not opposed to increasing the FDI from the present 20 per cent.
She was speaking to mediapersons soon after receiving the report of the Committee on TRPs headed by FICCI Secretary General Amit Mitra.
She said the GoM had not been able to meet as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had not been in the city, but would do so shortly.
India, which has about 248 FM channels spread across 86 cities, is planning to sell 806 more FM licenses in the Phase III expansion. "
Dr. H. O. Srivastava
drhosrivastava@gmail.com
World Development Foundation | Best FM solution provider in India,content development & Acoustic Services Broadcast Consultant
"11 Jan 11 11:01 IST
NEW DELHI: The Group of Ministers is expected to meet shortly to take a decision on phase III of FM Broadcasting and raising of foreign direct investment in FM radio, even as Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Ambika Soni, admitted that the government was not opposed to increasing the FDI from the present 20 per cent.
She was speaking to mediapersons soon after receiving the report of the Committee on TRPs headed by FICCI Secretary General Amit Mitra.
She said the GoM had not been able to meet as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had not been in the city, but would do so shortly.
India, which has about 248 FM channels spread across 86 cities, is planning to sell 806 more FM licenses in the Phase III expansion. "
Dr. H. O. Srivastava
drhosrivastava@gmail.com
World Development Foundation | Best FM solution provider in India,content development & Acoustic Services Broadcast Consultant
^^^^^ woo news is good, but even we do not know when the meeting took place , may be after 6 month or year, but if this happen with in next few dys , then it is good and welcome step . well i also email them about FM phase 3 bidding , ministry always reply very soon , very shortly I hve lot of option to entertain my self, But my concern is towards poor people. who also needs to listen some quality entertainment from private FM stations, So this things do not be late anymore , and Gov must approved news on private FM Broadcasters Well Dr Thanks for ur update news, i think u also cares people who needs this
drhosrivastava
Newbie
Good news for those waiting for 3rd phase FM. I reproduce this news from RadioandMusic.com "GoM finalizes e-auction model for FM Phase III; license period likely to be extended to 15 yrs Bhushan Nagpal 20 Jan 11 16:58 IST NEW DELHI: Even as the auction for Phase II of FM Radio had yielded huge dividends to the national exchequer, Phase III is also expected to have greater transparency with the government having decided on an e-auction format of the kind followed in the 3G auctions last year. The Group of Ministers on FM radio Phase-III met on Wednesday and finalized and approved the e-auction model. The GoM is also understood to have extended the license period for the radio stations to 15 years from the existing 10 years.There is a proposal for allowing 806 private FM Radio stations in Phase III in addition to the 245 channels at present. "
The Union Cabinet in its meeting today has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to approve of the 'Policy Guidelines on Expansion of FM radio broadcasting services through private agencies (Phase-Ill)'. Cabinet has also cleared the proposal of the Ministry for conducting ascending e-auction, as followed by Department of Telecommunications for the auction of 3G and BWA spectrum, mutatis-mutandis, for award of license of FM Channels, as recommended by the GoM on Licensing Methodology for FM Phase-Ill.
FM Phase-Ill Policy extends FM radio services to about 227 new cities, in addition to the present 86 cities, with a total of 839 new FM radio Channels in 294 cities. Phase -III policy will result in coverage of all cities with a population of one lakh and above with private FM radio channels.
Salient features of the approved Policy for Phase-Ill as against Phase-11 are as under;-
i) Radio operators have been permitted carriage of news bulletins of All India Radio.
ii) Broadcast pertaining to the certain categories like information pertaining to sporting events, traffic and weather, coverage of cultural events, festivals, coverage of topics pertaining to examinations, results, admissions, career counselling, availability of employment opportunities, public announcements pertaining to civic amenities like electricity, water supply, natural calamities, health alerts etc. as provided by the local administration will be treated as non-news and current affairs broadcast and will therefore be permissible.
iii) The limit on the ownership of Channels, at the national level, allocated to an entity has been retained at 15%. However channels allotted in Jammu & Kashmir, North Eastern States and island territories will be allowed over and above the 15% national limit to incentivise the bidding for channels in such areas;
iv) Private operators have been allowed to own more than one channel but not more than 40% of the total channels in a city subject to a minimum of three different operators in the city.
v) FDI+FII limit in a private FM radio broadcasting company has been increased from 20% to 26%;
(vi) Networking of channels will be permissible within a private FM broadcaster's own network across the country instead of in 'C' and 'D’ category cities only of a region allowed at present.
(vii) A choice is proposed to be given to the private FM broadcasters to choose any agency other than BECIL for construction of CTI within a period of 3 months of issuance of LOI failing which BECIL will automatically become the system integrator and set up co-location facilities and CTI.
(viii) Special incentives for North East (NE) Region and Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Island territories:
• Private FM Radio broadcasters in North East (NE) Region and Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Island territories will be required to pay half the rate of annual license fee for an initial period of three years from the date from which the annual license fee becomes payable and the permission period of fifteen (15) years begins.
• The revised fee structure has also been made applicable for a period of three years, from the date of issuance of guidelines, to the existing operators in these States to enable them to effectively compete with the new operators.
• Apart from the fee relaxation, it is further proposed that Prasar Bharati infrastructure would be made available at half the lease rentals for similar category cities in such areas.
• The limit on the ownership of Channels, at the national level, allocated to an entity has been retained at 15%. However channels allotted in Jammu & Kashmir, North Eastern States and island territories will be allowed over and above the 15% national limit to incentivise the bidding for channels in such areas;
The provisions of the Policy will also be available to FM Phase-II operators.
The incentives provided in the Policy with regard to J&K, North Eastern States and Island territories will make the operations viable in these areas and are expected to result in better offtake of channels. The steps taken in the new policy will bring down operational costs and improve viability in general. To improve the viability further as against a maximum of 4 channels in D category cities permitted in FM Phase-II, FM Phase-Ill proposes only 3 FM channels in D category cities so that there are lesser operators to share the advertisement pie. The reduction in the lockin period of shareholding of promoters/majority shareholders from the present 5 years to 3 years will give them greater freedom to change the Share Holding Pattern.
Content diversification because of news content provided by All India Radio, because of categories being specifically permitted and because of multiple ownership of channels in a city except in D category cities will allow operators to distinguish themselves from others to be able to cater to niche audiences. This will also increase the overall listenership base and the listening time.
E-auction for the channels will be conducted in batches and number of batches will be decided by the Ministry of I&B, depending upon the response from the bidders after auction of first batch. The Ministry of l&B will appoint an independent expert agency, though a transparent selection process, following established procedure, to conduct e-auction. The Ministry will separately issue a detailed Information Memorandum, in due course, enabling the prospective bidders to participate, and also indicating the cities, reserve prices city-wise, number of channels to be taken up in each batch and other procedures for e-auction. A Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for participation in the Auction(s) will also be issued in due course of time.
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FM Phase-Ill Policy extends FM radio services to about 227 new cities, in addition to the present 86 cities, with a total of 839 new FM radio Channels in 294 cities. Phase -III policy will result in coverage of all cities with a population of one lakh and above with private FM radio channels.
Salient features of the approved Policy for Phase-Ill as against Phase-11 are as under;-
i) Radio operators have been permitted carriage of news bulletins of All India Radio.
ii) Broadcast pertaining to the certain categories like information pertaining to sporting events, traffic and weather, coverage of cultural events, festivals, coverage of topics pertaining to examinations, results, admissions, career counselling, availability of employment opportunities, public announcements pertaining to civic amenities like electricity, water supply, natural calamities, health alerts etc. as provided by the local administration will be treated as non-news and current affairs broadcast and will therefore be permissible.
iii) The limit on the ownership of Channels, at the national level, allocated to an entity has been retained at 15%. However channels allotted in Jammu & Kashmir, North Eastern States and island territories will be allowed over and above the 15% national limit to incentivise the bidding for channels in such areas;
iv) Private operators have been allowed to own more than one channel but not more than 40% of the total channels in a city subject to a minimum of three different operators in the city.
v) FDI+FII limit in a private FM radio broadcasting company has been increased from 20% to 26%;
(vi) Networking of channels will be permissible within a private FM broadcaster's own network across the country instead of in 'C' and 'D’ category cities only of a region allowed at present.
(vii) A choice is proposed to be given to the private FM broadcasters to choose any agency other than BECIL for construction of CTI within a period of 3 months of issuance of LOI failing which BECIL will automatically become the system integrator and set up co-location facilities and CTI.
(viii) Special incentives for North East (NE) Region and Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Island territories:
• Private FM Radio broadcasters in North East (NE) Region and Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Island territories will be required to pay half the rate of annual license fee for an initial period of three years from the date from which the annual license fee becomes payable and the permission period of fifteen (15) years begins.
• The revised fee structure has also been made applicable for a period of three years, from the date of issuance of guidelines, to the existing operators in these States to enable them to effectively compete with the new operators.
• Apart from the fee relaxation, it is further proposed that Prasar Bharati infrastructure would be made available at half the lease rentals for similar category cities in such areas.
• The limit on the ownership of Channels, at the national level, allocated to an entity has been retained at 15%. However channels allotted in Jammu & Kashmir, North Eastern States and island territories will be allowed over and above the 15% national limit to incentivise the bidding for channels in such areas;
The provisions of the Policy will also be available to FM Phase-II operators.
The incentives provided in the Policy with regard to J&K, North Eastern States and Island territories will make the operations viable in these areas and are expected to result in better offtake of channels. The steps taken in the new policy will bring down operational costs and improve viability in general. To improve the viability further as against a maximum of 4 channels in D category cities permitted in FM Phase-II, FM Phase-Ill proposes only 3 FM channels in D category cities so that there are lesser operators to share the advertisement pie. The reduction in the lockin period of shareholding of promoters/majority shareholders from the present 5 years to 3 years will give them greater freedom to change the Share Holding Pattern.
Content diversification because of news content provided by All India Radio, because of categories being specifically permitted and because of multiple ownership of channels in a city except in D category cities will allow operators to distinguish themselves from others to be able to cater to niche audiences. This will also increase the overall listenership base and the listening time.
E-auction for the channels will be conducted in batches and number of batches will be decided by the Ministry of I&B, depending upon the response from the bidders after auction of first batch. The Ministry of l&B will appoint an independent expert agency, though a transparent selection process, following established procedure, to conduct e-auction. The Ministry will separately issue a detailed Information Memorandum, in due course, enabling the prospective bidders to participate, and also indicating the cities, reserve prices city-wise, number of channels to be taken up in each batch and other procedures for e-auction. A Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for participation in the Auction(s) will also be issued in due course of time.
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drhosrivastava
Newbie
It is a good news. After a long wait, Cabinet has cleared the auctioning of frequency.
The time given of three months for private broadcasters to decide the agency for CTI, else it's automatic going to BECIL is unreasonable and helps BECIL which is a service provider like others.
Dr. H. O. Srivastava
President
World development Foundation
New Delhi
http://wdfinfia.org
drhosrivastava@gmail.com
09810523668
The time given of three months for private broadcasters to decide the agency for CTI, else it's automatic going to BECIL is unreasonable and helps BECIL which is a service provider like others.
Dr. H. O. Srivastava
President
World development Foundation
New Delhi
http://wdfinfia.org
drhosrivastava@gmail.com
09810523668
drhosrivastava
Newbie
It is a good news that the FM Phase 3 auctions have ultimately started. For those cities, where CTI is available, the applications are likely to be invited in two weeks.
Dr. H. O. Srivastava
World Development Foundation
Dr. H. O. Srivastava
World Development Foundation
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Now, pay Rs 5 lakh and have your own FM station - The Times of India
Now, pay Rs 5 lakh and have your own FM station - The Times of India
