NEW DELHI: The Broadcasting Engineering Consultancy India Ltd. (BECIL), a department under the Information and Broadcasting ministry, earned a profit of Rs 79.2 million in the year 2006-2007 as against Rs. 22.7 million a year ago.The turnover rose three-fold during the year, rising to Rs 986.7 million as against Rs 315.2 million in the previous year.
The major activities which contributed towards this increase included the successful implementation of common transmission infrastructure (CTI) to private broadcasters during FM Phase II, wherein the company created CTI for 245 FM channels in 87 cities using Prasar Bharati infrastructure spread over the entire country.
In addition, Becil executed orders for setting up studios for a large number of FM Phase II broadcasters and commissioning of Lok Sabha TV channel and multi-media studio for Rashtrapati Bhawan.The company also took up the consultancy and system integration or establishment of interim transmission set ups in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Bangalore for various FM broadcasters and provided transmission power to broadcasting organisations.
In the FM radio sector, the company has orders worth Rs 1.83 billion for bringing up CTI in 87 cities. The company has also submitted a proposal of Rs 977.2 million to the External Affairs Ministry for re-enforcement of radio coverage in Afghanistan involving medium wave and short wave hp transmissions along with studio centres.