The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s new broadcasting tariff regime has come into effect on February 1. Trai already confirmed that the local cable operators and DTH providers are currently in the process of migrating their customers to new plans based on the new regime. All the service providers already … Read More
Telecom regulator Trai announced that all service providers have confirmed their readiness to migrate to the new tariff regime for broadcasting and cable services from Friday (February 1), and directed operators to ensure a smooth switchover without any inconvenience to TV viewers. While customer onboarding for cable services stands at … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) introduced the norms of its new tariff framework back in 2017, and the same mandate will finally see the light of the day today. Up till now, the regulator has been urging all the subscribers to choose their respective plans and make their … Read More
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 … Read More
Ahead of the looming February 1 deadline for the switchover to the new broadcasting regime, telecom regulator Trai has asked DTH operators to honour pre-paid commitment on ongoing long-duration packs if the customer wishes to continue with them. The advisory which is being sent out to operators assumes significance as … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
Telecom regulator Trai is hopeful of at least 90% TV viewer onboarding before the February 1 deadline for migration to the new tariff regime for broadcasting and cable services, according to Chairman RS Sharma. Up against stringent timelines, and with just days to go before the crucial switch-over, the regulator … Read More
Sun Direct, which is the smallest player out of all the other DTH players involving, Tata Sky and D2h has introduced a surprising change to its plans which has probably impressed the subscribers of the DTH provider. Sun Direct has announced that it will provide all its channels at a … Read More
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 … Read More
The new Trai rule for the Indian TV viewers has created a major stir in the DTH sector of the country. According to the new Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) rule, Indian TV viewers will now able to choose the channels they want to watch and just pay for … Read More
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