Prasar Bharti ne apne annual E Auction ke liye new guidelines announce kar di hai. Jisme MPEG2 or MPEG4 dono slots ke liye rules bana diye gaye hai.
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Methodology For MPEG2 Slots –
Last Annual E Auction me jaisa schedule dekhne ko mila tha, Vaisa hi 2025 me dekhne ko milega. Lekin jo bucket R1 tha ab usko change karke Bucket R name de diya gaya hai. Inki complete detail below di gayi hai.
| Bucket A+ | GEC (Hindi / Urdu) Channels |
| Bucket A | Movie (Hindi / Urdu) Channels |
| Bucket B | a. Music (Hindi / Urdu) Channels b. Sports (Hindi / Urdu) Channels c. All Channels of Bhojpuri Language d. All other remaining Genre of Hindi / Urdu |
| Bucket C | News & Current Affairs (Hindi / Urdu) Channels |
| Bucket D | a. Devotional / Spiritual / Ayush b. All Genres of Marathi & Punjabi Channels c. News & Current Affairs (English) Channels d. Yet to be launched/re-launched channels in regional languages as mentioned in schedule 8 of the constitution of India except Hindi & Urdu which fulfill the eligibility criteria |
| Bucket R | All channels of regional languages* (languages as mentioned in schedule 8 of the constitution of India except Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, and Punjabi fulfilling following criteria, in addition to eligibility criteria: Channel is in operation and available in the concerned language on the date of issue of notification for e-auction on (i) at least one private DTH Platform/DD Free Dish and/or (ii) at least one registered MSO. |
Starting BID Price Of MPEG2 –
2024 me hum sabhi ko dekhne ko mila tha ki Prasar Bharti baar baar new E Auction announce karti. Lekin har baar E Auction ko cancel karna padta. Jiska reason tha BID price ka high hona. Abki baar bhi Prasar Bharti ne price me changes nahi kiye. Same price mode par E Auction start kiya jayega. Starting BID price below diya gaya hai.
| Bucket A+ | Rs. 15.00 Cr |
| Bucket A | Rs. 12.00 Cr |
| Bucket B | Rs. 10.00 Cr |
| Bucket C | Rs. 7.00 Cr |
| Bucket D | Rs. 6.00 Cr |
| Bucket R | Rs. 3.00 Cr |
First Round ke baad amount increase hoti jayegi.
E Auction Process For MPEG2 Slots –
First round for Bucket ‘A+’ Channels –
Bucket A+ 6 slots ke liye kiya jayega. Jitni bhi application aayi hongi, unke dwara jo high 6 bid hongi unko slot sell kar diya jayega.
First round for Bucket ‘A’ Channels –
Bucket A ke liye bhi first round 6 slots ke liye rakha jayega.
First round for Bucket ‘B’ Channels –
Bucket B ke liye bhi first round 6 slots ke liye rakha jayega.
First round for Bucket ‘C’ Channels –
Bucket C ke liye bhi first round 6 slots ke liye rakha gaya hai.
First round for Bucket ‘D’ Channels –
Bucket D ke liye first round 8 slots ke liye rakha gaya hai.
First round for Bucket ‘R’ Channels –
Bucket R ke liye first round 3 slots ke liye rakha jayega.
First round ke baad second round hoga. Jisme all bucket ke channels participate kar sakte hai. MPEG2 ke liye total 7 round kiye jayenge.
Methodology For MPEG4 Slots –
Prasar Bharti ne abki baar MPEG4 slots ke liye kuchh changes kiye hai. 2025 ke E Auction me alag se HD channels ke liye slot rakhe gaye hai. Complete detail below di gayi hai.
| Bucket | No. Of Slots | Genre/Language |
| H (HD Channels) | 02 | All genres & languages of HD channels |
| R1 | 10 | All genres of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada & Malayalam languages fulfilling criteria. |
| R2 | 6 | All genres of Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Odiya languages fulfilling criteria. |
| R3 | 2 | All genres of other regional languages, as mentioned in schedule 8 of Indian Constitution (except Hindi & Urdu), not covered under Buckets Rl & R2 fulfilling following criteria, in addition to eligibility criteria. |
| G1 | 6 | News & Current Affairs TV channels |
| G2 | 8 | All genres of Non-News & Current Affairs TV channels |
First time MPEG4 ke bucket bana kar unko rounds me kiya Jayega. All winner channels ko 01 April 2025 se DD Free Dish ke platform par add kar diya jayega.
Starting BID Amount For MPEG4 Slots –
| Bucket H | Rs. 80.00 Lakh |
| Bucket R1 | Rs. 05.00 Lakh |
| Bucket R2 | Rs. 05.00 Lakh |
| Bucket R3 | Rs. 05.00 Lakh |
| Bucket G1 | Rs. 30.00 Lakh |
| Bucket G2 | Rs. 30.00 Lakh |
Ye amount First round ke liye rahi gayi hai. Second round me amount increase kar di jayegi. Agar yaha par koi vacant slot dekhne ko milta hai to uske liye General Open Round rakha gaya hai. Jisme koi bhi channel participate kar sakta hai.
