New Delhi: The government is planning to make India a teleport hub, enabling it to become an up-linking/downlinking centre, such as Hong Kong and Singapore.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) will hold consultations with industry very soon to explore modalities, challenges and finalise the road map for the same, said I&B secretary Uday Kumar Verma, at the CII Media & Entertainment Summit, here today.
“The initiative will bring on foreign investment, better technology and sustainable employment opportunities,” Verma said. The government’s recent decision to allow 74 per cent of foreign direct investment (FDI) in DTH, IPTV, mobile TV and so on are some of the steps that have been taken in this direction, he added.
Varma also said that the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) is looking into some of the grey areas in the auction of 839 new FM radio stations across over 290 towns and cities in the country. “We hope to complete the auction of the first tranche of stations by the end of the financial year,” he added.
The proposed National Film Heritage Mission (NFHM), which would undertake frame-by-frame picture and sound restore more than 2,500 important films, would have a budget of Rs 400 crore, and would also look at constructing preservation vaults to international standards for archiving the restored material and for conducting workshops and training, Verma said.
The ministry is also planning to set up a Film Commission that would enable institution of a single window clearance system for shooting in India. The ministry has already signed an agreement with the Ministry of Tourism to work towards promoting India as a global film shooting destination.
On digitization, Verma said that about 45,000-50,000 set top boxes are being installed every day, and the first phase of digitization would be completed within the stipulated dateline.
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