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Radio/TV Government - Policy Industry & Economy - Radio/TV Rs 500 cr for Prasar Bharati's DTH project Our Bureau
New Delhi , Oct. 15 IN a bid to expand television network coverage to remote and hilly regions of the country, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), today sanctioned Rs 500 crore to be used over a five-year period to Prasar Bharati's direct-to-home (DTH) services using KU band. Of this, a provision of Rs 35 crore is being made for 2003-03, and the total capital cost involved will be Rs 53 crore per annum. The KU band services project is being implemented as a pilot project in areas not covered by terrestrial transmission, said a Government official. Using KU band, Doordarshan will offer DTH services to the North-Eastern States and some others in the first phase.
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