[icernet] Dept of Space wants fee for DD channels

[Arul Selvan]

 Prasar Bharati Corporation is now learning that autonomy comes for a price.
The Department of Space (DoS) has asked it to part with Rs 500 cr for using
its transponders or face a blackout. Doordarshan beams its 20-odd channels
through INSAT 3-C, PAS-10, 2 DT and Thiacom, to name a few — all courtesy
DoS. Corporation officials are trying to remind DoS that it is a public
service broadcaster and not another PSU. But this argument worked when DD
and AIR were little more than mouthpieces of the Government and the DoS
didn’t mind. 

Source:
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=17733