No further extension would be given, Information and Broadcasting Minister S Jaipal Reddy said reporters after a Cabinet meeting in New Delhi.
He said the companies operating such channels were earlier required to conform to the revised guidelines by March 2004, that is, to restructure their equity to conform to these guidelines.
The decision for extension of the deadline will give time to the ministry to finalise the proposal to review the uplinking guidelines, Reddy added.
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