MUMBAI: In a recent Rajya Sabha session, the information and broadcasting ministry responded to a query about the uplinking issue by stating that there in total 80 channels that were permitted to uplink from Indian shores.
Among the companies permitted to uplink are TV Today Network, Sun TV, Jain Studios, STV Enterprises, Zee Telefilms, Sahara Sanchar and New Delhi Television
However the issues about NDTV group's second channel NDTV World, Independent News Services' India TV, Star News Broadcasting's Star News and BBC uplinking from India is still in process of being considered.
The list of all the 80 companies that have been allowed to uplink is as below:
Sr
|
Name of the Companies
|
Name of the Channels
|
No
|
1
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Mavis Satcom Pvt. Ltd
|
Jaya TV
|
1
|
2
|
Malayalam Communication Ltd
|
Kairali
|
1
|
3
|
Vijay Broadcasting Co. Pvt Ltd.
|
Vijay
|
1
|
4
|
TV Today Network Ltd.
|
India Today
|
1
|
5
|
Sun TV Ltd
|
Sun TV, Sun News, Surya TV, Surya News,SCV, Sun -II, Surya -II, Ushe TV, Udaya News, Teja News, KTV
|
11
|
6
|
Jain Studios Ltd
|
Jain TV
|
1
|
7
|
Asianet Communications Ltd.
|
Asianet Malayalam (analog), Asianet Global (digital), Asianet Malayalam (digital)
|
3
|
8
|
Udaya TV Ltd
|
Udaya TV, Udaya TV -II
|
2
|
9
|
Technology Media Group (P) Ltd.
|
TMG Enter
|
1
|
10
|
Sky (B) Bangla Pvt. Ltd.
|
Akash B
|
1
|
11
|
Ushodaya Enterprises Ltd.
|
ETV Telugu, ETV Bengali, ETV Marathi, ETV Kannada (in analog and digital mode), ETV Urdu, ETV Oriya, ETV Gujarati (in digital mode only), ETV UP (Hindi), ETV MP (Hindi), ETV Rajasthan (Hindi), ETV Bihar (Hindi), ETV Punjabi, ETV Tamil, ETV Assami, ETV Malayalam |
15
|
12
|
Raj TV Network Ltd.
|
Raj TV, Raj digital plus
|
2
|
13
|
Intelevision Ltd.
|
Splash Tv, Num TV
|
2
|
14
|
STV Enterprise Ltd.
|
Punjab Today
|
1
|
15
|
Zee Telefilms Ltd.
|
Alpha Marathi, Alpha Gujarati, Alpha Bangla, Alpha Punjabi, Zee News, Zee Music, Alpha Kaveri, Alpha Bharathi, Alpha Krishna, Zee TV, Zee Cinema
|
11
|
16
|
Entertainment Television Network Pvt. Ltd
|
Etc- Hindi, Etc- Punjabi
|
2
|
17
|
Maa Television Network Ltd.
|
Maa TV
|
1
|
18
|
Diksaat Transworld Ltd.
|
Win TV
|
1
|
19
|
Sahara Samachar Limited
|
Sahara TV, Sahara TV digital, Sahara TV Entertainment, Sahara Samay National & International, Sahara Samay UP, Sahara Samay MP, Sahara Samay Bihar, Sahara Samay Mumbai, Sahara Samay Rajasthan, Sahar Samay NCR
|
10
|
20
|
Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd.
|
Sabe TV
|
1
|
21
|
Broadcast Worldwide Ltd.
|
Tara Bangla, Tara Marathi, Tara Gujarati, Tara Punjabi
|
4
|
22
|
New Delhi Television Limited
|
NDTV
|
1
|
23
|
Jeevan Telecasting Corporation Ltd.
|
Jeevan TV
|
1
|
24
|
Gemini TV Pvt. Ltd.
|
Gemini TV, Teja TV
|
2
|
25
|
Indiavision Satellite Communications Ltd.
|
Indiavision
|
1
|
26
|
TV Live India Pvt. Ltd
|
TV Live
|
1
|
27
|
Tamilian Kalaikodam (P) Ltd.
|
Tamilian Televison
|
1
|