Jayalalithaa for digital licence for state TV corporation

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct the ministry of information and broadcasting to issue the digital addressable system licence to a state-government owned cable TV corporation. In a letter to Singh, the text of which was released to the media here, Jayalalithaa said the multi-system operator Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation had applied for the licence July 5 but the issue is till pending. ‘It is learnt that the ministry of information and broadcasting has issued the digital addressable system licence to nine other multi-system operators (MSO) in Tamil Nadu, including those who applied after the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Ltd,’ Jayalalithaa added. She said the digital addressable system licence has not been issued to Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable despite a team of parliament members belonging to AIADMK meeting Manmohan Singh on 29 November.