DTH
DD FreeDish annual e-auction of MPEG-2 slots on 19 February
Mumbai: It’s FTA e-auction time once again. Pubcastr Prasar Bharati has invited applications for allotment of vacant MPEG-2 slots of DD Free Dish DTH Platform for the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. The e-auction process is scheduled to be held on 19 February.
The pubcaster has classified channels who are eligible to apply after following Indian government guidelines as follows:
| S. No. | Bucket | Genre / Language |
| 1. | Bucket A+ | GEC (Hindi / Urdu) Channels |
| 2. | Bucket A | Movie (Hindi / Urdu) Channels |
| 3. | Bucket B |
a. Music (Hindi / Urdu) Channels  b. Sports (Hindi / Urdu) Channels c. All Channels of Bhojpuri Language d. All other remaining Genre of Hindi / Urdu |
| 4. | Bucket C | News & Current Affairs (Hindi / Urdu) Channels |
| 5. | Bucket D |
a. Devotional / Spiritual / Ayush b. All Genres of Marathi & Punjabi Channels c. News & Current Affairs (English) Channels |
| 6. | Bucket RI | This bucket is for all Channels in languages not covered above |
The reserve price for MPEG-2 slots has been defined as follows in round 1 of the auction as follows:
DTH Operator
JC Flowers withdraws NCLT plea against Dish TV over EGM demand
Move eases pressure on DTH firm as long-running shareholder dispute cools
MUMBAI: In a breather for Dish TV India, JC Flowers Asset Reconstruction has withdrawn its petition before the National Company Law Tribunal seeking directions to convene an extraordinary general meeting.
The development was disclosed by Dish TV in a regulatory filing, confirming that the petitioner chose to withdraw the case during a hearing at the Mumbai bench of the tribunal. A detailed order from the bench is still awaited.
The petition, originally filed under Sections 98 to 100 of the Companies Act, 2013, sought to push for an extraordinary general meeting to address governance issues at the company. The case had its roots in a prolonged shareholder tussle dating back to 2021, when Yes Bank, then the largest shareholder, was at odds with the promoter group led by Subhash Chandra over board reconstitution.
JC Flowers had stepped into the picture as an assignee of Yes Bank’s stressed assets, effectively continuing the legal push initiated earlier. The withdrawal now signals a pause, if not a closure, to that chapter of dispute.
While the reasons behind the withdrawal have not been formally detailed, the move reduces immediate legal pressure on Dish TV, which has been navigating both operational and regulatory challenges in recent years.
For now, the focus shifts back to the company’s business fundamentals, even as the legal dust settles, at least temporarily, on one of its more closely watched shareholder battles.
