OREANDA-NEWS. August 19, 2015. E-Auction of the First Batch of Private FM Radio Phase III Channelsre-commenced today on 18thAugust 2015at 09.30 AM and during the day, fourrounds of bidding took place. Till now, 68rounds of bidding are over.

At the closeof the 17thday of bidding, 93 channels in56cities became provisional winning channels with cumulative provisional winning price of about Rs 1116Croreagainst their aggregate reserve price of about Rs458 Crore.Thus the summation of provisional winning pricessurpassed the cumulative reserve price of thecorresponding93channels by Rs657.59Crore or 143.5%.Overall, cumulative provisional winning price became more than double the reserve price of the entire first batch. It exceeded the total reserve price of the first batch i.e. Rs 550.18 Crore by Rs 565.66Crore or 102.8%.

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 (AAR) is 100%. It was increased from 90% after 59th Round on 14th August, 2015.The channel allocation stage will continue till the bids are received for any of the 135 channels.

Daily auction report for day 17has been put on MIB website, www.mib.nic.in.Bidding will re-commenceon 19thAugust, 2015at 09.30 AM.

The following Table summarizes first seventeendays 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

8

05.08.2015

32

83

56

395

869

9

06.08.2015

36

85

56

407

900

10

07.08.2015

40

86

56

425

946

11

10.08.2015

44

87

56

425

969

12

11.08.2015

48

86

56

425

987

13

12.08.2015

52

87

56

425

1005

14

13.08.2015

56

88

56

426

1022

15

14.08.2015

60

91

56

449

1079

16

17.08.2015

64

92

56

451

1090

17

18.08.2015

68

93

56

458

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