Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has announced that it is giving Multi-system operators provisional licences.
According to MIB, the provisional licences will only be given to applicants who have no history of convictions and to those who have passed earlier security clearances. MSOs, whose subsidiaries or parent companies have been denied security nod, will also not be given the provisional registration. Delay in security clearance from MHA as well as the fast approaching date for digital addressable system phase III rollout has prompted the Ministry to issue temporary licences.
“A large number of applications for grant of MSO registrations have been received in the Ministry. All complete applications have been sent to Ministry of Home Affairs for security clearance, as security clearance is mandatory as per rule11C of the Cable TV Networks Rules, 1994 for grant of MSO registration, MIB said.
Around 700 MSO applications have been pending before the MIB and the Ministry of Home Affairs. MIB has asked MSOs to sign an affidavit, declaring that they don’t have any criminal cases against them and that they will close operation if they are denied security clearance by the MHA, reports Indian Television.
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