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E-Auction of First Batch of Private FM Radio Phase III Channels Continues 28 Rounds of Bidding Completed at the End of Day 7

4-8-2015
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Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

04-August-2015 18:05 IST

E-Auction of the First Batch of Private FM Radio Phase III Channels re-commenced today on 04th August 2015 at 09.30 A.M. and during the day, four rounds of bidding took place. Till now, 28 rounds of bidding are over.

At the close of the seventh day of bidding, 83 channels in 56 cities became provisionally winning channels with cumulative provisional winning price of around ₹ 827 Crore against their aggregate reserve price of about ₹ 395 Crore. Thus the summation of provisional winning prices exceeded the total reserve price of the first batch by about ₹ 277.05 Crore or 50.35 %.  Rs 550.18 Crore is the total reserve price of the first batch.

The Auction for the first batch comprising 135 FM Channels in 69 existing cities of Phase II began on 27th July 2015.

The Auction Activity Requirement of 80% set at the beginning of the auction continued to remain the same on the seventh day. Daily auction report for day 7 has been put on MIB website, www.mib.nic.in. Bidding will re-commence on 5th August, 2015 at 09.30 AM.

The following Table summarizes first seven days of bidding: 

Sl.No

Date of Bidding

Status at the end of Round No

No of Provisionally Won Channels

No of Cities

Cumulative Reserve Price of Provisionally Won Channels (In Crore Rs)

Cumulative Provisional Winning Price (In Crore Rs)

1

27.07.2015

4

78

54

357

395

2

28.07.2015

8

79

55

377

479

3

29.07.2015

12

80

55

377

549

4

30.07.2015

16

80

55

391

643

5

31.07.2015

20

80

55

391

714

6

03.08.2015

24

82

56

395

779

7

04.08.2015

28

83

56

395

827

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