MIB grants 8 new licences to MSOs in a month

The total number of registered MSOs now stands at 850 as of August 31, 2024

by A P Sriram
Published: Sep 18, 2024 11:07 AM | 1 min read

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has granted eight new licences to multi-system operators (MSOs) between August 5, 2024 and September 6, 2024. The total number of registered MSOs stands at 850 as of August 31, 2024.

These new licences include MSOs like Innolens Media and Broadcasting Pvt. Ltd, JDM Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Deenet Services Pvt. Ltd., Omkar Digital Cable Network, Metrocast SSV Network Pvt. Ltd., Citynet Infra Pvt. Ltd, Ziggtv Pvt. Ltd, and Corpus Enterprises Pvt. Ltd..

During this period only one MSO Haldwani Digital Services Pvt. Ltd’s registration was surrendered of September 9, 2024.

As earlier reported by exchange4media, as of 31st December 2023, there were 998 MSOs registered with MIB . According to the data reported by MSOs and HITS operators, as of 31st December 2023, there were 11 MSOs & 1 HITS operator who have a subscriber base greater than one million with GTPL Hathway being the top player with the highest subscriber base of over 8 million subscribers.