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Arpit Sharma March 4th, 2019 2:14 PM 0 COMMENTS

GTPL Hathway to Bring Back Giga HD Service After Subscriber Migration Concludes

GTPL Hathway, the major cable TV and broadband service provider has announced that in the first quarter of FY20, it will be reintroducing its Giga HD service. To recall, the service provider had stopped its Giga HD service for two months due to the implementation of the tariff order mandated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). It is worth noting that GTPL Hathway’s Giga HD service combines broadband... Read More

Arpit Sharma March 2nd, 2019 6:09 PM 4 COMMENTS

DTH Providers Asked by Trai to Continue Offering Long-Validity Plans

Since the last few days, there has been a stunning silence in the broadcasting sector and both the telecom regulator and service providers are busy in migrating the remaining customers to the new tariff regime. It's already a piece of known news that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has extended the deadline of choosing channel packs until March 31, 2019. On the brighter side, it also confirmed that... Read More

Chakri K March 1st, 2019 7:38 PM 3 COMMENTS

D2h Add-On Plans Starting at Rs 7 for SD and HD Channels Listed on Website Across Many Genres

Apart from the combo and base plans for the subscribers which run into the range of hundreds and above and usually bundle plenty of channels, add-on packs package a few channels like their name suggests. D2h, the prominent DTH provider has introduced many new SD and HD add-on plans for its subscribers based on the new tariff regime. The prices of these add-on plans start at Rs 7 for the... Read More

Chakri K February 28th, 2019 6:38 PM 10 COMMENTS

Subscribers Should Not Get Any Additional Channels for Subscription Apart from Mandatory Channels: Trai

Some subscribers of DTH companies registered complaints online saying that their service provider was not allowing them full flexibility to change select channels and was urging them to add channels on top of the pre-selected channels. As obvious, the subscribers were being forced to pay more than what was required since they had not made the selection for these channels. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) took the matter into... Read More

Arpit Sharma February 25th, 2019 7:16 PM 12 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Removes Access Fee on HD Channels Under New Trai Tariff Scheme

Tata Sky which is currently in the process of migrating its subscribers to the new Trai tariff regime has also started notifying its subscribers regarding the removal of access fee on High Definition (HD) channels. Notably, before the new broadcasting regime, Tata Sky used to charge Rs 175 as the HD access fee, but it has been removed now. With this move, Tata Sky customers with HD compatible set-top box... Read More

Arpit Sharma February 25th, 2019 1:55 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Tells DPOs to Follow Stiff Rules Regarding Genre Wise Listing of Channels

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is now closely watching every DTH and cable operator along with the broadcasters to ensure that the proper implementation of the new tariff rule happens. In the past few days, the regulator has already issued notifications informing about some changes and details and the tariff rule, and now the regulator has tightened the noose around the DPOs as it is urging them to... Read More

Chakri K February 24th, 2019 8:00 PM 3 COMMENTS

Trai to Take Appropriate Action on BARC India for Not Publishing Rating and TV Viewership Data

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has warned the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) for not publishing rating and viewership data during the consumer migration to new tariff regime. If BARC India doesn't publish the data immediately, the Trai will initiate 'appropriate action,' for non-compliance of its orders. In the directive issued by Trai, it stated that BARC India should publish the data by February 25, 2019, and if... Read More

Chakri K February 22nd, 2019 7:01 PM 0 COMMENTS

Nearly 57% DTH Subscribers Are Part of the New Tariff Framework: Trai

Amidst all the happenings in the broadcasting sector regarding the new tariff regime, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today stated that almost all the Cable TV subscribers have made their choices based on the new pricing scheme that was extended to be effective from March 31, 2019. The Cable TV operators had informed Trai that almost all the consumers have exercised their plans while the remaining ones are... Read More

Arpit Sharma February 22nd, 2019 1:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Lists Two New Broadcaster Packs With HD and SD Channels

Lately, there has been a stream of mini and add-on packs in the DTH and cable industry. A lot of broadcasters along with DTH and cable TV providers are coming with small, affordable channel packs which include only a handful of channels which the viewers might enjoy. While some of these mini or add-on packs are divided by languages, others have been curated based on genres. One of the biggest... Read More

Arpit Sharma February 22nd, 2019 11:56 AM 4 COMMENTS

Star India Mini and Premium Packs With English and Sports Channels Introduced, Prices Start at Rs 20

Star India has introduced new channels packs in its portfolio for the subscribers who would like to watch its Sports and English movies channels. As compared to its previous channel packs, these new packs come at a 30% lower price thus giving more affordable options to the viewers to have access to English movies or sports channels. It is worth noting that Star India was reluctant up till now to... Read More

Arpit Sharma February 21st, 2019 3:40 PM 4 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Assures Delhi HC and Trai of Timely Subscriber Migration to New Tariff Regime

Tata Sky, a major DTH provider of India, has locked horns with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in a legal battle which is ongoing in the Delhi High Court. The Delhi High Court on Thursday suspended Tata Sky’s ongoing legal battle, in which Airtel Digital TV, Discovery and Sun Direct are also a part. In its latest move, Delhi High Court has adjourned the case till March 11.... Read More

Chakri K February 21st, 2019 2:40 PM 3 COMMENTS

D2h Recommended Combo Channel Packs Starting at Rs 190 Listed on Website for Subscription

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has extended the deadline for the implementation of the new tariff mandate to March 31. However, there has been no reduction in the efforts being put in by the DTH providers to migrate the subscribers to the new channel packs. One of the biggest DTH providers in India, D2h has also been on this task and has managed to migrate a large chunk... Read More