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October 1st, 2019 7:58 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky, Airtel Digital TV and Others Tell Trai to Brush Off Discount Cap on Channel Bouquets

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been floating new consultation paper for both the DTH and the telecom industry in the past few weeks. A few days back, the sector regulator had introduced a new consultation paper on ‘Tariff related for broadcasting and cable services’. The paper was open for comments by the industry stakeholders and experts, and now the comments have come pouring in on the new... Read More

September 10th, 2019 2:58 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Sets Its Sight on Set-Top Box Interoperability: What is It and Will it Be Useful?

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been making a lot of changes in the Indian broadcasting industry to make it more accessible and transparent. In the same process, the sector regulator introduced a tariff regime aiming at bringing more transparency in the industry. However, the new tariff regime failed to impress the consumers as they complained about increased TV bills. But Trai has another major move under its... Read More

August 22nd, 2019 10:06 AM 4 COMMENTS

DTH Operators Could See Profitability Going Down After New Trai Tariff Regulations: Ind-Ra

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is planning to bring some major changes to the broadcasting tariff regime which stirred the entire DTH and Cable TV sector earlier this year. Trai, last week, released a consultation paper, in which it sought the views from shareholders on various aspects which will make the tariff regime more transparent. Market research firm, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra), says that the new changes... Read More

May 17th, 2019 12:52 PM 1 COMMENTS

Consumers in Distress After Long Term Packs go Bust, Delhi HC Issues Stay on Trai Directive

The long-term packs in the DTH industry have become a cause of controversy lately. When the new regulatory framework by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) came into effect, it dismissed all the existing packs that the consumers were subscribed to, including the long-term packs and asked them to upgrade to the new channel packs. However, subscribers were enjoying these packs even before the new rules had come into... Read More

May 2nd, 2019 7:06 AM 0 COMMENTS

Why You Should Choose DTH Over Any Other Form of TV Connection, Also Check Related Regulations

After the introduction of the new pricing framework by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), the DTH industry has been facing limelight as it has never seen before. The consumers started noticing details in the industry which were previously the victim of oblivious eyes. As such, the consumers also started gaining more insights about what they were paying for. Terms like pay-channels, content prices, free to air channels, network... Read More

April 30th, 2019 7:30 AM 0 COMMENTS

How is IPTV Connection Different from DTH: Advantages, Significance and More

In the past few years, just like the telecom sector has undergone a breakthrough via new technology, the broadcasting industry has also experienced something similar. The coming of modern technology has surely inflated and hastened the speed of this ever-growing industry, and now it offers services which were previously unavailable. We are talking about services like IPTV (Internet Protocol TV). While there exist other forms of television like the DTH,... Read More

April 22nd, 2019 7:29 AM 0 COMMENTS

What is DTH and How it Differs from Standard Cable TV Service?

Only a few months back, the regulatory authority of India which governs the broadcasting industry flipped the sector over with the new rules. The latest pricing framework introduced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) brought significant changes to the way how TV services were being priced and distributed. Although there was an apparent change in the prices and subscriptions costs, some significant changes took over on the business... Read More

April 8th, 2019 12:27 PM 3 COMMENTS

Trai Mandate Effect: Cable TV Subscribers Start Migrating to DTH Operators in Large Number

There's no doubt that the new Trai broadcasting regime will help DTH and Cable TV operators in increasing their revenue and ARPU. With the new pricing scheme coming into effect from April 1, subscribers are being moved to Best Fit plans. That said, under the new Best Fit plan, subscribers are noticing higher TV bill than earlier, especially the Cable TV users. It's already a known piece of news that... Read More

April 5th, 2019 10:44 AM 0 COMMENTS

DTH Operators Add Over One Million Net Pay Subscribers in Q3 FY19: Trai Data

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) published the Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators report for Q3 FY19 - October-December 2018, quarter. From the industry perspective, this third quarter was a very crucial one since this period also witnessed the rollout of the new tariff regime in the country. As per this report, the five DTH companies combined added 1.04 million net pay active subscribers. On December 31, 2018, the... Read More

April 1st, 2019 7:28 AM 0 COMMENTS

DTH and Cable TV Operators Start Moving Subscribers to Best Fit Plan After No Deadline Extension from Trai

Well, the day is finally here. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had earlier extended the channel selection deadline to March 31, post which each and every subscriber with TV subscription will be moved to the new pricing scheme introduced by Trai. Both DTH and Cable TV operators are working hard to migrate their subscribers to the new regime which will be fully effective starting today. Service providers have... Read More

March 26th, 2019 2:07 PM 8 COMMENTS

DTH Operators to Witness a Slight Setback as Long Term Plans Continue Under New Trai Regime

Since the start of 2019, we have seen a lot of changes in the Indian broadcasting industry, thanks to the new tariff implementation by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). The sector regulator asked DTH service providers to continue providing long duration packs which consumers liked a lot in the past tariff regime. But the operators are in no state to listen to Trai, except for a few like... Read More

March 7th, 2019 2:35 PM 0 COMMENTS

After New Trai Tariff Regime Niche Channels Seek Inclusion in DPO Packs to Expand Reach

The new broadcasting tariff regime which is slowly spreading across the country through the migration process of the subscribers substantially changes the pricing and other regulatory parameters for the DTH providers and broadcasters. The big broadcasters have already hinted towards a high-stake game with the rollout of the new tariff regime, however, for standalone channels the stakes are even higher. These niche channel owners with their content targeted towards a... Read More

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