New Delhi – The latest digital TV technology of Headend-In-The-Sky (HITS) will be finalized shortly, the minister of state for information and broadcasting Anand Sharma said. With its wider operational coverage area through satellite, HITS will help spread digital distribution of signals throughout the country at one go with lower investments by cable operators, compared to the present cable networks. Sharma also pegged the projected annual growth of the television industry at 22 percent and FM radio at 24 percent due to a liberal policy framework over the last few years. The number of private TV channels uplinking from India had increased to 376 from 131 at the end of 2004, including 200 news and current affairs channels. The members also voiced their concerns about the acts of violence and gory details of incidents being beamed by private TV channels purely for competitive TRP ratings. The members emphasized that regional language channels should be given priority in the local bouquet offered by the cable and DTH operators. The members also underlined the need of a grievance system relating to both programming content as well as hardware. In the context of the coverage of the recent Mumbai terrorists attack, the proposal for setting up of a Standing Media Consultative Committee in the Ministry of I&B also came up for discussion.