He noted that the satellite capacity is not being adequately utilised due to the use of MPEG-2 video compressions format by the industry players including Prasar Bharati's DD Free Dish. "Uplinking can be deregulated so at least the channels from the neighbouring countries let's say Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka can use India as a hub for uplinking of channels and that will provide a further boost to the satellite communication sector of the country," he added. He added that India will become an uplinking hub if it is cost-competitive and satellite footprint covers a larger geography. The deregulation of uplinking channels will help broadcasters from neighbouring countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka to uplink channels from India. We want to deregulate the uplinking of satellite under the guideline so that India can become a hub," Chandra stated. We are in the process of revising these guidelines and the revision should be out very shortly. "The uplinking/downlinking guidelines of 2011 are now around 11 years old. He added that the new guidelines will aim to make India a hub for uplinking of TV channels by deregulating uplinking of satellite channels from the country. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) will soon come out with fresh uplinking and downlinking guidelines for satellite TV channels, Secretary Apurva Chandra said while addressing the Indian Space Congress 2022.
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