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April 9th, 2019 12:27 PM 1 COMMENTS

BARC Resumes Public Sharing of Weekly Viewership Reports After Trai Lashes Out

After Trai thundered down on the Broadcasters Audience Research Council (BARC), the council has finally resumed publishing weekly viewership data. After resuming its report, the BARC has put out data for week 13 of the period 23-26 March. The council had stopped sharing data publicly after Trai introduced the new tariff regime in India. Following that, the last report which was publicly available was the week six report, after which... Read More

April 8th, 2019 12:27 PM 3 COMMENTS

Trai Mandate Effect: Cable TV Subscribers Start Migrating to DTH Operators in Large Number

There's no doubt that the new Trai broadcasting regime will help DTH and Cable TV operators in increasing their revenue and ARPU. With the new pricing scheme coming into effect from April 1, subscribers are being moved to Best Fit plans. That said, under the new Best Fit plan, subscribers are noticing higher TV bill than earlier, especially the Cable TV users. It's already a known piece of news that... Read More

April 7th, 2019 7:15 AM 3 COMMENTS

Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV Withdraw Sports Channel Preview Offer Within a Week of Rollout

With the beginning of the cricket season in India as the Indian Premier League kickstarted, the TV industry also dawned a highly optimistic outlook. Amongst there, were also the DTH companies which had been thrashed recently by the new Trai tariff regime. The chance was a good one for these companies to expand their reach and viewership and to penetrate parts of India which had been previously untouched. To do... Read More

April 5th, 2019 10:44 AM 0 COMMENTS

DTH Operators Add Over One Million Net Pay Subscribers in Q3 FY19: Trai Data

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) published the Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators report for Q3 FY19 - October-December 2018, quarter. From the industry perspective, this third quarter was a very crucial one since this period also witnessed the rollout of the new tariff regime in the country. As per this report, the five DTH companies combined added 1.04 million net pay active subscribers. On December 31, 2018, the... Read More

April 4th, 2019 6:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

Sun Direct Introduces Jodi Packs in Regional Languages Starting at Rs 40

After the Trai tariff regime, the subscribers got to see a lot of new channel packs based on different genres, different languages and much more. However, now that wave is over as almost all the subscribers have made their selections and switched over entirely to the new tariff plans. Lately, more and more DTH providers are instead emphasising long-term plans. However, that does not seem to be the case with... Read More

April 4th, 2019 1:13 PM 3 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV and Singtel Will Make Majority Stake Acquisition Offer to Dish TV Together

Just like the data tariff war triggered by the entry of Reliance Jio sent a wave of consolidation in the telecom industry, the new Trai tariff regime might have done something similar for the DTH industry. Previously, there were rumours of Airtel making an acquisition offer to Dish TV, but now it seems that there has been some substance found to these talks. The Indian telecom giant, Bharti Airtel along... Read More

April 2nd, 2019 2:44 PM 7 COMMENTS

Dish TV Levies 30-Day Lock-in Period on Pay Channels and Select Channel Bouquets

The new Trai tariff regime has brought a lot of changes in the industry, and the most notable of them all is the flexibility to choose your own channels and pay only for them and nothing extra. All the DTH service providers are offering the choices of pay channels, FTA channels and channel bouquets to the subscribers from which they will be able to curate their customised subscription. However, although... Read More

April 2nd, 2019 12:54 PM 5 COMMENTS

Trai Says Almost All Subscribers Migrated to the New Tariff Regime

The deadline for migration to the new Trai based channel packs was over on March 31, and with that, the implementation of the new regime by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) was brought to effect in its full-fledged form. With the completion of the transition period, Trai has said that almost every subscriber has migrated to the new channels and altered their TV channel selection. The total number... Read More

April 1st, 2019 6:27 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Issues Showcause Notice to BARC India for Not Publishing TV Viewership Data

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has issued a showcause notice to BARC India for not publishing the TV Viewership data even after the intimation given last month. BARC India which is also known as Broadcast Audience Research Council India last month stated that it's not ready to provide the viewership data during the sector's migration to the new tariff regime. Furthermore, Trai has asked BARC India to explain... Read More

April 1st, 2019 7:28 AM 0 COMMENTS

DTH and Cable TV Operators Start Moving Subscribers to Best Fit Plan After No Deadline Extension from Trai

Well, the day is finally here. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had earlier extended the channel selection deadline to March 31, post which each and every subscriber with TV subscription will be moved to the new pricing scheme introduced by Trai. Both DTH and Cable TV operators are working hard to migrate their subscribers to the new regime which will be fully effective starting today. Service providers have... Read More

March 30th, 2019 7:39 AM 16 COMMENTS

D2h Introduces New Policy for Multiple Connection Users, Slashes NCF Charges to Rs 50

The direct-to-the-home (DTH) service provider, D2h, has introduced a new Multi TV scheme to its subscribers who have two connections in their home. The sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had earlier left it to DTH providers whether they want to charge NCF on multiple connections or not. D2h has come up with a new policy under the Trai tariff regime. Going by the new policy, D2h will... Read More

March 29th, 2019 1:19 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky and Trai Legal Battle Adjourned Till April 4 by Delhi HC, Petitions to Be Listed Earlier Now

The legal battle between the popular DTH service provider, Tata Sky and the sector regulator Trai has been ensuing since the introduction of the new tariff regime. However, in the latest development, the Delhi High Court has adjourned the matter only to be continued on April 4, 2019. Presently, Discovery Communications which is also party to the legal battle is presenting its argument. It is worth noting that besides Tata... Read More

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