March 26th, 2021 6:44 PM 1 COMMENTS

Cheaper OTT, DTH Set to Halt Cable TV Subscriptions in India

The number of cable TV users in India continued to remain at 103 million in the 2020 financial year, Statista said in a report in early March. The company highlighted that the number of cable TV users in India already hit 103 million in the 2019 financial year having witnessed a dip in the previous years. In the 2017 financial year, Statista, a German company engaged in market and consumer... Read More

December 12th, 2020 6:00 PM 5 COMMENTS

DTH or Cable TV, What Should you Choose?

Are you looking to get a new TV connection and are you confused about which type of connection you should go with? Well, most of your queries will be sorted after reading this, so make sure you stick till the end. There are two types of TV connections you can get in India, one is Direct-to-Home (DTH), and the other is cable TV. Both can provide you with entertaining content... Read More

August 14th, 2020 4:25 PM 1 COMMENTS

Fastway, KCCL and NXTDigital Updates NCF Charges

Multiple Indian cable operators including Fastway Transmissions, Kerala Vision Digital TV and NXT Digital have now updated their Network Capacity Fee (NCF) with reduced prices for Multi TV Connections. The revised NCF that was introduced by the three cable operators reflects the amendments introduced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to the National Tariff Order dubbed as NTO 2.0. The users under NTO 2.0 can save more on... Read More

August 4th, 2020 2:24 PM 1 COMMENTS

Multiple Cable TV Operators Across India Unveil Updated NCF Under Trai NTO 2.0

Hathway Cable and Datacom, Den Networks and GTPL Hathway have unveiled the updated Network Capacity Fee (NCF) charges with reduced prices for Multi TV connections. The updated NCF of the three Cable TV operators reflects the amendments introduced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to the National Tariff Order dubbed as NTO 2.0. Introduced in January, 2020, the NTO 2.0 enables users to save more on their cable... Read More

July 7th, 2020 9:36 AM 1 COMMENTS

Cable TV Subscribers Cut Down on Services and Subscription Packages Amid Lockdown Period

The outbreak of COVID-19 and lockdown by the government has affected the TV and DTH services drastically. Since Coronavirus made its space, TV and DTH subscribers have lost interest in television content. From the past three months, TV and DTH subscribers have not enjoyed any new content. Due to this, nearly 4.5 million to 5 million subscribers have disconnected their cable and DTH services. Also, various subscribers have downgraded their... Read More

June 17th, 2020 5:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Cable TV Operators Urge IBF to Offer Discount on Pay Channels for 4 Months

The spread of COVID-19 has disrupted the business of Cable TV operators. Since the government announced the lockdown period to combat the deadly virus, production of new content from pay channels suffered. To ensure that cable operators don’t face financial distress, Maharashtra Cable Operators Foundation (MCOF) have urged the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) members who operate pay channels to provide a discount on pay tariffs for a period of four... Read More

April 22nd, 2020 12:03 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai NTO 2.0: These Are the Complete Pay TV Channels Available on DTH Platforms

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) changed the landscape of broadcasting sector last year with the introduction of the National Tariff Order (NTO). The NTO 1.0 raised a lot of eyebrows in the industry because of several factors like sub-par implementation from operators, pricier channel scheme and not-so-impressive overall structure. However, Trai tweaked the NTO 1.0 and announced the National Tariff Order (NTO) 2.0 with several changes. The NTO... Read More

April 21st, 2020 11:31 AM 0 COMMENTS

IBF Seeks Government Nod to Resume Content Production for Uninterrupted Content on DTH Services

The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) on Monday announced that it has sought assistance from the government to handle the economic crisis in the broadcast sector that has emerged due to the COVID-19 situation. IBF in a letter to the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar has put forward 18 requests which includes financial and regulatory flexibility. Further, IBF has submitted a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in its response to... Read More

April 19th, 2020 7:11 AM 3 COMMENTS

Trai Tariff Amendments Fail to Get Response from Cable TV Operators Like Hathway and Den Networks

It has been more than a month since the implementation of Trai National Tariff Order 2.0 by DTH operators. However, the NTO 2.0 by Trai failed to get a proper response from Cable TV operators- even the major ones. For instance, Hathway which is one of the popular Cable TV service providers in the country is yet to implement the new rules by Trai. Similarly, other Cable TV operators like... Read More

April 14th, 2020 3:07 PM 1 COMMENTS

DTH and Cable TV STBs Cannot Be Interoperable Due to Technical and Financial Constraints: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Saturday announced that all Set-Top Boxes (STB) in India must be interoperable. The authority said that the Direct-to-Home (DTH) providers as well as multi-system operators (MSO) would be given six months from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) notification to facilitate the service. Crucially, it was said that the interoperability would be permissible within the DTH segment and within cable segment... Read More

April 10th, 2020 5:45 PM 0 COMMENTS

Cable TV Operators Can Downgrade Channel Pack of Customers to FTA Plan: MCOF

Maharashtra Cable Operators Federations (MCOF) have directed all the Cable TV operators to downgrade their customers pay pack to free to air (FTA) pack if the payments are not being received. Since the lockdown period, cable operators have been relying on digital modes to collect their default payments. However, as per the reports, nearly 80% of payments have not been credited in cable operators accounts which is creating hassle in... Read More

April 8th, 2020 7:40 PM 0 COMMENTS

IMCL Introduces Special Plans for Cable TV Subscribers Amidst Lockdown Period

IndusInd Media and Communications Ltd (IMCL) has announced new innovative and low-cost packs to aid its Local Cable Operators (LCOs) amid the lockdown period. Not only this, but the new packs will also provide quality content to its millions of subscribers. Since the entire nation has been lockdown due to the outbreak of COVID-19, people have been relying on OTT and TV platforms for their entertainment. The introduction of special... Read More

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