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Phase III auction: Cumulative provisional winning price exceeds total reserve price by 109.3%

At the close of Day 26 of bidding, 94 channels in 56 cities became provisional winning channels with cumulative provisional winning price of about Rs 1151.6 crore

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Phase III auction: Cumulative provisional winning price exceeds total reserve price by 109.3%

At the close of Day 26 of bidding, 94 channels in 56 cities became provisional winning channels with cumulative provisional winning price of about Rs 1151.6 crore

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | September 1, 2015

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E-auction of the first batch of private FM radio Phase III channels re-commenced yesterday at 9.30 am. During the day, four rounds of bidding took place. Till now, 104 rounds of bidding are over.

At the close of the 26th day of bidding, 94 channels in 56 cities became provisional winning channels with cumulative provisional winning price of about Rs 1151.6 crore, against their aggregate reserve price of about Rs 459 crore. Thereby, the summation of provisional winning prices surpassed the cumulative reserve price of the corresponding 94 channels by Rs 692.7 crore or 150.9 per cent. Overall, cumulative provisional winning price exceeded the total reserve price of the first batch, that is, Rs 550.18 crore, by Rs 601.4 crore or 109.3 per cent.

 The auction for the first batch comprising 135 FM channels in 69 existing cities of Phase II began on July 27, 2015.

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

Bidding re-commences today at 9.30 am.

Summary of 26 days of bidding:

Day 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

1116

18

19.08.2015

72

94

56

459

1123

19

20.08.2015

76

94

56

459

1128

20

21.08.2015

80

94

56

459

1130.5

21

24.08.2015

84

94

56

459

1134

22

25.08.2015

88

94

56

459

1136.6

23

26.08.2015

92

94

56

459

1139.3

24

27.08.2015

96

94

56

459

1143

25

28.08.2015

100

94

56

459

1147

26

31.08.2015

104

94

56

459

1151.6

List of cities and clock round price at end of Day 26 of the e-auction:

Daily_Auction_Public_Report_at_the_End_of_Day-30 Click on the image to enlarge.

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