NEW DELHI: With no takers for thirteen cities and bidding slowing down on the twenty-first day in the e-auction for the first batch of FM Phase III cities, the cumulative provisional winning price showed only a marginal rise to touch Rs 1134 crore at the end of the 84^th round.

The number of provisional winning channels and cities remained the same as Day 20: 94 channels in 56 cities, with the total bids surpassing the cumulative reserve price by Rs 675.22 crore or 147.1 per cent against the aggregate reserve price of about Rs 459 crore.

The cumulative provisional winning price has risen over the total reserve price of the first batch of 135 FM channels in 69 existing cities - Rs 550.18 crore – by Rs 583.90 crore or 106.1 per cent. 

The Auction Activity Requirement rose to 100 per cent after the 59^th round on 14 August, after being 90 per cent after the 37th round on 7 August.

So far, 17 cities have got provisional winning price for their channels more than 100 per cent above their respective reserve prices: Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nashik, Patna, Pune, Rourkela and Varanasi which got provisional winning bidders at prices more than double the respective reserve prices.

With the provisional winning price more than nine times the reserve price, a single channel in Bhubaneshwar has undergone the most competitive bidding increment-wise.

Bids continued to elude thirteen cities for the 21st day today with no takers for channels in Asansol, Gulbarga, Mangalore, Mysore, Puducherry, Rajahmundry, Siliguri, Tiruchy, Tirunveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vijaywada and Warangal.

The demand in most cities fell by up to three per cent and by four per cent below the excess demand at the price in the 80^th round in Hyderabad.

So far, 17 cities have got provisional winning price for their channels more than 100 per cent above their respective reserve prices: Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nasik, Patna, Pune, Rourkela and Varanasi which got provisional winning bidders at prices more than double the respective reserve prices.

With the provisional winning price more than nine times the reserve price, a single channel in Bhubaneshwar has undergone the most competitive bidding increment-wise.

The Percentage Price Increment applicable for the Next Clock Round rose to five each in Guwahati, Jodhpur and Varanasi but was just one in Allahabad. There was no change in the other cities.

The provisional winning price in the top three cities reflected no change: Delhi – Rs 1,69,16,89,481 (for just one channel); Mumbai – Rs 1,22,81,31,349 (for two channels); and Bengaluru - Rs 1,09,25,45,545.

Kolhapur which appeared to be the next to enter the Rs 10-crore club remained static for the second day with Rs 9,44,24,489 though cities like Kanpur, Rajkot, Amritsar and Aurangabad do not seem to be far behind. 

Chennai - Rs 53,38,83,479; Ahmedabad at Rs 42,68,76,267, Pune at Rs 42,03,50,268; Jaipur – Rs 28,34,98,387; Chandigarh at Rs 19,04,72,374; Hyderabad at Rs 18,00,00,000, Patna – Rs 17,89,83,876, Cochin - Rs 15,04,83,548, Nashik - Rs 14,66,24,270; and Lucknow - Rs 14,00,55,000 remained static.

The following table summarises 21 days of bidding:

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