MIB informed in an official release said that there are 869 private satellite TV channels that have valid permission. Out of which 402 are news and current affairs channels, whereas 467 channels are non-news and current affairs channels.
Out of 755 permitted uplink TV channels from India and also downlink to India, 380 are news channels and 375 are non-news.
Likewise, there are only 20 TV channels which have permission for uplink from India but not permitted to downlink in India, which includes 7 news channels and 13 non-news genre.
Out of 94 TV channels which have permission to only downlink into India, 15 are news channels and rest 79 are from non-news category.
