Synopsis While the Commerce Ministry had spoken of 100 per cent FDI in the DTH sector, the guidelines of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry needed to be changed. ANI He said the change in guidelines would also allow 100 per cent FDI in the DTH sector. MUMBAI: The union cabinet has approved the long pending revisions to the licensing guidelines of the direct-to-home (DTH) sector, information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday. Under the revised terms, the licences will be awarded for 20 years — from the present 10—with an auto renewal clause for 10 years. The existing DTH guidelines were silent on the course of action to be adopted after expiry of the 10 year license period and that led to multiple temporary extensions to DTH players after expiration of their original licenses.