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September 2nd, 2019 12:36 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Consultation Paper on Third-Party App for Channel Selection Opposed by DPOs

Not long ago, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had floated a consultation paper which envisaged a third-party app to be developed for channel selection and better consumer choice by the DTH customers. The telecom regulator had invited comments from the industry stakeholders. The DTH companies including Dish TV, Airtel Digital TV and Tata Sky have shared their comments on the consultation paper, and in essence, they stand against... Read More

August 30th, 2019 12:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Pins Down Five Multi System Operators for Not Complying With New Regulatory Framework

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has struck five Multi-System Operators (MSOs) with a new direction. The telecom regulator has demanded that these multi-system operators provide a compliance report with the new regulatory framework within seven days. The regulator has reached out to these MSOs for non-adherence to the new regulatory framework and violating some causes of the new regulations. The five MSOs which are in the crosshair of... Read More

August 30th, 2019 9:01 AM 0 COMMENTS

Despite Increased Bills, Television Subscriber Base Continue to Grow Under New Trai Tariff Regime

Trai tariff regime in the broadcasting industry has caused major disruption as several subscribers complained increased TV bills which did not go well the regulator itself. It's expected that the Television Subscriber Base in India will be decreased owing to the sub-par implementation of the new tariff regime. However, that seems to be not the case, according to a new report by IRS Study. According to the study, TV homes... Read More

August 28th, 2019 5:56 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Issues New Consultation Paper on Platform Services by DTH Service Providers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been in an ideation mode ever since the new tariff regime went into effect. After the implementation of the new regulatory framework, the Authority has been floating new consultation paper and recommendations for fine-tuning these rules. Now, in a new move, Trai has floated yet another consultation paper, and it has to do with Platform Services offered by DTH Operators. In its... Read More

August 27th, 2019 2:08 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Says It Will Only Tweak Regulations to Empower Consumer Choice and Not Change the Tariff Regime

There have been concerns building up in the broadcasting industry about the new consultation paper that Trai has floated. The new consultation paper from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is aimed at resolving the issues that currently remain in the new tariff regime. However, according to a new ET Telecom report based on an interview with Trai chairman, RS Sharma, the official has clarified a lot of misconceptions... Read More

August 26th, 2019 3:15 PM 5 COMMENTS

Trai Consultation Paper on Tariff Regime Correction Could Hurt Small Niche Channels and Broadcasters

It has not been a lot of time since the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) implemented the new tariff regime in the country and now the regulator is already looking towards amending the new regulatory framework. After it faced a backlash from the consumers and some sections of the industry like the MSOs, Trai decided to bring some changes to the new rule. For this, Trai has floated a... Read More

August 24th, 2019 6:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Consultation Paper for Correcting Tariff Regime Could Backfire, Says IBF

There has been a lot of headlines pertaining to the new consultation paper that Trai has floated regarding the correction of the new national tariff order, which the regulator had introduced last year. The consultation paper seeks to invite comments from the industry stakeholders to discuss the issues plaguing the broadcasting and DTH industry. However, as per a new ET report, the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) that represents television broadcasters... Read More

August 23rd, 2019 5:53 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Tariff Regime With Amendments Might Make DTH Connections More Affordable

The new regulatory regime brought into effect the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been anything but smooth. The DTH service providers, the broadcasters, MSOs and the consumers alike have been roped into the new tariff regime as the result of its implementation. As part of the new rules, Trai switched up things like the pricing on the broadcasters’ end, introduced something called as the network capacity fees (NCF),... Read More

August 13th, 2019 6:58 PM 16 COMMENTS

Trai Might Reduce NCF Charges and Change Multi TV Policy as Part of Improvements to Tariff Regime

Trai's new tariff regime in the broadcasting sector wasn't well-received by the consumers as they faced an increase in TV bills. If the increase in TV bills was an aspect for the consumers to go against the new tariff mandate, the consumer migration from DTH and Cable TV operators was filled with a lot of pain. In fact, some Cable TV operators did not even provide proper channel packs for... Read More

August 10th, 2019 11:24 AM 4 COMMENTS

Trai Regime Will Show Positive Effects in the Industry Soon: RS Sharma

The new tariff regime implemented by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has garnered mixed views from the public. While the subscribers and the local cable operators (LCOs) have been against this implementation, the DTH operators and the MSOs have benefitted from these regulations. With Trai’s intervention, the industry has finally been able to establish a new pricing structure for channels through which the subscribers can choose the channels... Read More

August 9th, 2019 8:08 PM 5 COMMENTS

Trai Suggests Development of New App for DTH Channel Selection

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) introduced the national tariff order to bring about a much-needed change in the broadcasting and DTH industry of India. This tariff order by the sector regulator brought transparency and significant pricing changes in the sector. It also emphasised rules on quality of service (QoS) and consumer protection regulations as well. To recall, the tariff mandate was first introduced back in 2017, but it... Read More

August 8th, 2019 7:19 PM 7 COMMENTS

Trai Tariff Regime Acted as Backbone for Subscriber Base Growth and ARPU to DTH Operators

While there were a lot of sceptics surrounding the implementation of the new Trai tariff regime which went to effect on March 31, 2019, there was also a little talk about positive long term effects of this implementation. Now that the DTH and broadcasting industry is nearing full integration with the Trai regulatory framework, we are slowly getting to see the positive ripples of the new Trai tariff regime. The... Read More

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