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Arpit Sharma January 31st, 2019 12:19 PM 3 COMMENTS

Calcutta High Court Withholds Stay on Trai New Tariff Order as Cable Operators Oppose the Mandate

In a new turn of events, Calcutta High Court has said that it will be pondering over the allegations made by the cable operators regarding the new Trai tariff order. The allegations state that the new tariff order passes the ownership of the customers from cable operators to the feed providers. The court will also decide whether it will lift the stay on the implementation of Trai’s new TV channel... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj January 30th, 2019 10:37 AM 0 COMMENTS

Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Against Trai Regulations for Cable TV Services

The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) March 2017 regulations and tariff order relating to fixation of charges for free and pay television channels. A division bench comprising justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad also upheld the January 31 deadline fixed by the Trai for the implementation of the order. Quoting a Supreme Court verdict, the bench said the Trai's... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 29th, 2019 7:03 AM 2 COMMENTS

Soon Consumers Will Be Able to Switch DTH Providers Without Changing STB: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has said that it is planning to make all the set-top boxes (STBs) interoperable by the year-end. Last year, the Trai had introduced some radical changes to the pricing of DTH operators, introduced new mandates and rolled out some drastic changes. One topic which Trai has spoken about, again and again, is the interoperability of STBs. Notably, the subscribers of DTH and cable... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj January 28th, 2019 7:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

Sun TV Network Expecting Positive Revenue from Trai’s Proposed DTH Regulations

Expecting a positive revenue impact from the Trai's proposed regulations, South India's leading broadcaster Sun TV Network Ltd was on expansion mode investing Rs 300 crore in 2-3 years foraying into channels beyond south Indian languages. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in its new directive proposed to be rolled out February 1, wants the customers to pay only for channels they would want to view. "We have to... Read More

Chakri K January 25th, 2019 11:44 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Rules Out February 1 Deadline Extension for New DTH Tariff Implementation

Telecom regulator Trai has now ruled out an extension of February 1 deadline for migration to the new regime for broadcasting and cable services and said it had assurances from service providers that work related to seeking consumer's choice of channels "is in full swing". "It has also been brought to the attention of the authority that certain rumours and misleading information is still being circulated contending that further extension... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 23rd, 2019 9:05 AM 77 COMMENTS

Trai Introduces Channel Selector Application For Easy Estimation of Channel Subscription and Packs

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) introduced a new mandate which governs the pricing of channels and channel packs broadcasted by channel providers. This new regime ensures that subscribers of DTH subscribers and cable providers pay for the channels which they subscribe to and not anything additional. The new system has also put a max cap on other prices which include installation charges, monthly rental basic fee and more.... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 17th, 2019 1:59 PM 10 COMMENTS

Top Five DTH Players Amassed 80,000 Subscribers in Q2 FY19: Trai

The top five pay Direct to Home (DTH) providers added just 80,000 net pay subscribers in the quarter ending September 2018 as opposed to the April-June quarter, reported Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). In the July-September quarter, the five DTH operators amassed around 69.45 million subscribers compared to the 69.37 million subscribers in the following quarter ending July 31. Dish TV added 2,00,000 subscribers in the second quarter of... Read More

Chakri K January 16th, 2019 8:40 PM 25 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Directed by Telecom Regulator to File a Status Report Over the Implementation of New Tariff Regime

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked direct-to-home operator Tata Sky to file a status report over the implementation of the new rule that allows viewers select and pay only for the channels they wished to view, citing a large number of complaints from its consumers. The sectoral regulator also alleged that the DTH operator is misleading its consumers by informing subscribers that "Trai has extended the date... Read More

Chakri K January 16th, 2019 9:15 AM 69 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Tops 4G Download Speed Chart in December 2018: Trai

Reliance Jio does it again as it tops the 4G download speed chart for the month of December 2018. Jio has changed the telecom space massively ever since it entered the market two years ago. But from then to now the download speed of Jio has dropped drastically, but that in any way hasn't snatched the topmost position from Jio. According to MySpeed portal of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 15th, 2019 9:28 AM 32 COMMENTS

DTH Subscribers Can Select Free Channels, Pay Channels and Combos in Base Pack of Rs 130: Trai

After a lot of confusion and hula-hoop about which channels the subscribers can choose for their base pack of 100 SD channels, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has issued another clarification. The regulator has this time asserted that the subscribers of DTH or cable subscribers would be able to choose any free to air channels, pay channels or a bouquet of pay channels and also a combination of... Read More

Chakri K January 14th, 2019 7:28 PM 2 COMMENTS

Hathway and Den Networks Reveal New Cable Television Channel Packs and Prices

Popular Cable Television operators Hathway and Den Networks has now revealed the new channel prices according to the latest Trai regime. Joining Hathway and Den Networks is Siti Cable which is also one of the biggest Cable TV service provider in the southern states. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is currently pushing service providers to move their subscribers to the latest regime where consumers can choose their channels... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 13th, 2019 7:37 PM 39 COMMENTS

D2h Ahead of Other DTH Providers in Migrating Subscribers to New Trai Framework

D2h has become the first of the many DTH providers to start the customer migration to the new Trai framework, reported Ultra News. The new tariff order which the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has introduced came into effect on December 29, and it brings significant changes to the pricing architecture of channels and plans in the Indian television industry. However, DTH providers and subscribers were given till February... Read More