Foreign investment limits in TV uplinking impose differentiated caps with mandatory government approval and compliance requirements. Foreign direct investment for up-linking of TV channels is permitted under differentiated ceilings with prior government approval: 49% for up-linking HUBs/teleports; 100% for non-news and current-affairs channels; and 26% (including FII/NRI investment) for news and current-affairs channels, subject to portfolio investors not acting in concert with FDI investors and annual certification of compliance. Indirect foreign holdings in Indian shareholder companies must be reckoned pro-rata, and all FDI is subject to compliance with broadcasting laws and the Government's Uplinking Policy.
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Foreign investment limits in TV uplinking impose differentiated caps with mandatory government approval and compliance requirements.
Foreign direct investment for up-linking of TV channels is permitted under differentiated ceilings with prior government approval: 49% for up-linking HUBs/teleports; 100% for non-news and current-affairs channels; and 26% (including FII/NRI investment) for news and current-affairs channels, subject to portfolio investors not acting in concert with FDI investors and annual certification of compliance. Indirect foreign holdings in Indian shareholder companies must be reckoned pro-rata, and all FDI is subject to compliance with broadcasting laws and the Government's Uplinking Policy.
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