NEW DELHI: The Government has said that while it is prepared to give temporary live uplinking permission for major events to private television channels, applications should be sent at least 15 days prior to the date of the event.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has made it clear that it will not entertain applications made less than 15 days before the event.
 
Temporary uplinking permissions are granted for live uplink of various events from India for a short duration on a case to case basis according to the uplinking guidelines.

The Ministry usually examines details relating to teleport service provider, DSNG service provider, use of satellite, programme details (with timing/duration), uplinking & downlinking locations, etc.

The notice was issued as it had been observed that more often such applications are received in the Ministry at a very short notice. This does not give sufficient time to process such requests and examine the issues involved.
 
Even after getting permission from the I&B Ministry, the WPC Wing of the Department of Telecommunications also examines such cases for issue of wireless operating licence. They will also need sufficient time to process the case.