New DTH Rules Effect: Star India Announces Change in Prices of Popular Channels

The latest change in the DTH industry right now comes from the changes made to the Trai tariff regime which has been made by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) itself. In the changes, the telecom regulator has accepted that the prices have gone up for the subscribers of the DTH industry and then the authority has gone on to introduce some major rule changes which primarily concern the pricing of the channel packs and Network Capacity Fee (NCF). Under this new change, the rampant discounting of the channel packs will stop from the DPOs (Distribution Platform Operators (DPOs). As part of this, the broadcasters will also be made to reduce the prices of some of their channels if they want to include those channels in the channel bouquets. As per the new Trai DTH rule changes, the channels which are priced less than Rs 12 per month can only be included in the channel packs. Rest of the channels will have to be retailed separately. Star India happens to be the first broadcaster which is making changes to the prices of its channels. In the coming weeks too, Star India will be making some major changes to its channel pricing. Here is what you need to know.

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Star India Price Revision for Some Channels

Star India has remarked that the current prices of the Star India channels are going to be valid until the end of January 2020. Starting February 1, 2020, the new pricing of the Star India channels will kick in. It is worth noting that the changes which are to happen in the coming days are already on the way in some way or the other for the Star India channels. For example, back in October as part of the seasonal offer, Star India had reduced the pricing of its 16 popular channels down to Rs 12. These channels included Star Plus, Maa TV, Star Jalsha, Asianet, Vijay TV, and Asianet Movies. But, this was a seasonal offering only. A lot of these popular channels will be available as individual selections only.