{"id":391772,"date":"2026-01-04T20:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/391772\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T20:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:54:11","slug":"50-tv-channels-give-up-licences-as-viewers-shift-to-ott-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/391772\/","title":{"rendered":"50 TV channels give up licences as viewers shift to OTT platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OTT-platforms.jpg\" alt=\"OTT platforms\" is_main_img=\"1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image sp-no-webp\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>   Representational Image    <\/p>\n<p>Over the last three years, as many as 50 broadcast channels\u00a0reportedly surrendered their licenses amid changing viewership habits, digital takeover and pressures on advertisement revenues, states data from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/www.kingsalmangate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Advertisement\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/King-Salman-Gate.jpg\"\/> <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Some of the names include NDTV, JioStar, Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Eenadu Television, TV Today Network and ABP Network.<\/p>\n<p>Enter10 Media, which operates a Hindi entertainment channel called Dangal, also surrendered licenses for Dangal HD and DaDangal Oriya. Dangal ranks in the country\u2019s top 10 television channels by viewership.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=siasat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"google-news-btn\" style=\"display:inline-block;transition:transform .2s ease,box-shadow .2s ease;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0;font-size:0;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"213\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" style=\"display:block;margin:0;padding:0;height:70px;width:auto;\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/preferred_publisher.webp.webp\"\/><\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/mubaraktravels.com\/?ref=siasat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"display: block;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\u201cMubarak\" generate=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" style=\"width: auto; max-height: 280px;\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mubarak-travels-haj2026.webp.webp\"\/> <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>A report by the Economic Times suggests a substantial dip in India\u2019s DTH subscriber base, from 72 million in FY19 to 62 million in FY24. <\/p>\n<p>These numbers will further decline.<\/p>\n<p>Experts attribute the decline to affluent families preferring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siasat.com\/entertainment\/ott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">OTT <\/a>platforms (Over-the-Top), while those who cannot afford monthly or yearly subscriptions prefer to move towards DD Free Dish, the free-to-air service. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mseducationacademy.in\/?ref=siasat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"display: block;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Memory Khan Seminar\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" style=\"width: auto; max-height: 280px;\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MS-NEET.webp.webp\"\/> <\/a>         <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Representational Image Over the last three years, as many as 50 broadcast channels\u00a0reportedly surrendered their licenses amid changing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,30256,134,209664,434,427,209665],"class_list":{"0":"post-391772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-broadcast","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ott-platforms","13":"tag-television","14":"tag-tv","15":"tag-viewership"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}