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With strong recommendations for the grant of Digital Addressable System(DAS) license for Arasu Cablecoming from the Tamil Nadu government the Centrehas announced that it has asked "TRAI to expeditiously reconsider its recommendation on allowing government entities into broadcasting and distribution."
"There is a larger question. I am aware of the concerns raised by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. The Members of Parliament have also come and met me. That is why we have requested the TRAI chairperson to expedite their consideration so that we can take a conclusive decision at the earliest," I&B minister Manish Tewari said.
Tewari also said it was correct that Arasu was granted a license in 2008.
Subsequently, there was a recommendation by the Trai which explicitly stated that entities, which include the state government or their instrumentalities, should not be allowed either in distribution or in the broadcasting business.
Arasu, the dominant MSO in Tamil Nadu, applied for DAS licence on 5 July but is yet to get the licence as the government is mulling whether or not to grant broadcasting or the distribution licences to government-owned entities.
Arasu, which was lying defunct under the DMK regime, was revived by AIADMK government after it stormed to power in April last year.
"There is a larger question. I am aware of the concerns raised by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. The Members of Parliament have also come and met me. That is why we have requested the TRAI chairperson to expedite their consideration so that we can take a conclusive decision at the earliest," I&B minister Manish Tewari said.
Tewari also said it was correct that Arasu was granted a license in 2008.
Subsequently, there was a recommendation by the Trai which explicitly stated that entities, which include the state government or their instrumentalities, should not be allowed either in distribution or in the broadcasting business.
Arasu, the dominant MSO in Tamil Nadu, applied for DAS licence on 5 July but is yet to get the licence as the government is mulling whether or not to grant broadcasting or the distribution licences to government-owned entities.
Arasu, which was lying defunct under the DMK regime, was revived by AIADMK government after it stormed to power in April last year.