The two media companies controlled by Mukesh Ambani have together procured 11 television channel licences in April, mirroring the expansive mood at TV18 and Viacom18 Media.
While TV18 Broadcast has received six licences, Viacom18 has got five.
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) has granted licences to 16 private satellite channels in the month of April.
Outside Ambani’s companies, there are four broadcasters who have got five licences.
MIB has granted nine channel licences in the non-news category while seven are from the news genre.
Apart from Viacom18, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) has received two licences and Sony Pictures Networks India (earlier known as Multi Screen Media) one to launch television channels in the non-news genre.
ZEEL could be launching two channels under the ‘&’ brand. One of them could be a music channel.
The licence has been received under the name of &Music.
The other is for a Hindi channel under the name of &Youth HD.
Mukesh Ambani’s media firms get 11 channel licences in April; Zee and Sony also in the list | TelevisionPost.com
