150 new channels awaiting approval to start broadcasting

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According to a report on rapidtvnews.com there are around 150 channels awaiting clearance to launch services into India.

98 news & current affairs channels (!)
32 for Reliance's Big TV service
20 are non Indian channels including:
3 from Discovery
2 from Fox

Full story _http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/200907224314/india-huge-log-jam-of-new-tv-channels.html

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More info - this time from the indiantelevision.com site:


A total of 20 foreign channels are awaiting downlinking permission. These include

3 from the Discovery Channel group (Discovery HD, Discovery Science, and Discovery Turbo);
2 from Fox TV (Fox Life and Fox News)
2 from Taj TV (Ten Golf and Ten Sports Two) which owns Ten Sports;
Al Jazeera International;
ESPN News;
2 from NDTV India (Grenada TV and Trace TV);
the Maharishi Channel uplinked from the Netherlands;
Raj TV Asia;
Baby First channel;
FETV;
Hope TV;
Property TV;
TBN Channel;
Tele Viva;
Career TV.

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