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Prasar Bharati invites tenders for marketing, distribution of DD-World in US, Canada

May 30

National broadcaster Doordarshan is inviting sealed tenders from parties /agencies who are interested in distribution

Press Release Inviting bids for running DD Metro for Three

Submitted by ITV Production on May 29

Sealed bids are invited for Bulk AIR Time Sale of 60 mts and 30 mts slots for telecast over DD-Metro for a period of three years for the 7.00 PM to 10.00 PM slots and 10.00 PM to 00.30 AM slots.
The following is the Telecast Schedule:-

1. a)1900 hrs. ? 2100 hrs. w.e.f. 11.09.2001

b) 2100 hrs. - 2200 hrs. w.e.f. 16.10.2001

2. 2200 hrs. ? 0030 hrs. w.e.f. 03.09.2001

The Floor Prices of the slots are as under:-

Telecast Time	Floor Prices (net) (in Rs)	FCT (In Sec.)
1900 hrs -2000 hrs	225 million	600 per day
2000 hrs - 2100 hrs	325 million	600 per day
2100 hrs - 2200 hrs	425 million	600 per day
2200 hrs -2300 hrs	175 million	600 per day
2300 hrs -0000 hrs	No floor price	600 per day
0000 hrs -0030 hrs	No floor price	300 per day

There shall be a 10% annual increase in the bid amount quoted.

Programmes in Hindi will be telecast between 1900 hrs ? 2200 hrs and from 2200 hrs to 2300 hrs and in Hindi/English from 2300 hrs ? 0030 hrs.

The bidders have to apply for slots on hourly basis. The bidder can also apply for the entire three hour slot together for the 7.00 pm to 1000 pm band.

There could be a separate bid of half hour for the 0000 hrs to 0030 hrs slot.

Application forms along with general instructions/terms and conditions can be collected free of cost from the office of Directors, Doordarshan Kendras, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai from 30.5.2001 to 15.6.2001 between 11.00 AM to 1.00 PM.

Bids (pre-qualification and financial bid) can be submitted to the Deputy Director General (Metro),
Directorate General,
Doordarshan,
5th Floor,
Doordarshan Bhawan,
Copernicus Marg,
New Delhi-110001

11.00 AM ? 1.00 PM on all working days with effect from 11.6.2001 to 18.6.2001 along with the processing fee for 7.00PM, 8.00 PM, 9.00PM, 10.00 PM and 11.00 PM slots and 0000 hrs slot and earnest money as quoted in the bid document through demand draft drawn in favour of PBBCI, Doordarshan Commercial Service payable at New Delhi.

The pre-qualification bids shall be opened on 18.6.2001 at 1530 hrs and the financial bids will be opened on 19.6.2001 at 1530 hrs in Doordarshan Bhawan, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi.

Bidders are permitted to be present at the time of opening of both the bids.

The bid document will also be available on Doordarshan Web site at http://www.ddindia.net
PRASAR BHARATI (BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF INDIA) DIRECTORATE GENERAL:DOORDARSHAN F.No.8/2/2001-PI Doordarshan Bhawan, New Delhi

Dated:28.05.2001

Issued for favour of publication/broadcast/telecast ( MS. SURAT MISRA )
DY. DIRECTOR (PR) FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL TEL:3382187

Press Release Inviting bids for running DD Metro for Three years

May 29

Sealed bids are invited for Bulk AIR Time Sale of 60 mts and 30 mts slots for telecast over DD-Metro for a period of

Prasar Bharati calls for fresh bids on DD Metro, Nine Gold out in the cold

Submitted by ITV Production on May 29

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After months of wrangling, Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) yesterday set the wheels in motion throwing open bidding for all time slots on its Doordarshan Metro channel. HFCL Nine Broadcasting currently holds the rights for the 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm slot.The 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm slot expires in September, while the 10:00 to 11:00 pm one completes its run in October.

Obviously, the mandarins in Prasar Bharati have decided that enough was enough with Channel Nine and that they would not give in to pressure from its manager that it had not lived up to commitments of increasing DD penetration and reach in urban cable and satellite homes, re-engineering its transmitter setup and hence extending the contract to a longer term - 10 years at best and 18 months at the worst.

The current bidding process is slated to commence from tomorrow and the tender documents will be available online from the DD site and from its stations from 30 June.

DD has set the following floor prices for the various time slots it is throwing open to wannabe bidders:

If at first you don‘t succeed...you try again... DD style
No	Time slot	Floor price (Rs million)	Free commercial time (in seconds)
1	7:00 pm - 8:00 pm	225	600
2	8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	325	600
3	9:00 pm - 10:00 pm	425	600
4	10:00 pm - 11:00 pm	175	600
5	11:00 pm - 12:00 am	no floor price	600
6	00:00 am - 00:30 am	no floor price	300

DD has said that bidders should be open to an annual increase of 10 per cent for any bids they make. Additionally bidders can bid for individual hourly slots or for the entire band of 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

The pre-qualification bids will be opened on 18 June while the final bids will be opened on 19 June. Clearly, executives in television channels have a busy month ahead of them.