Tata Sky and Other DTH Operators Oppose Trai on Issue of Separate Registration Fee for Platform Services

A few weeks back, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had floated a new consultation paper on the platform services which are being provided by the DTH operators. The DTH operators and the other industry stakeholders were asked to drop their comments on the issue over this consultation paper. On that front, the DTH operators have now reached out to the telecom regulator saying that there should be no need for a separate registration fee from the operators for the platform services being offered by them. In their comments on the consultation paper, ‘Platform Services offered by DTH operators’, the DTH operators have remarked that they already pay license fees, and therefore levying an additional fee would be redundant and unnecessary. It is worth noting that platform services are different from channels which come from the broadcasters, whereas platform services are unique to every DTH operator.

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DTH Operators Argue License Fee as Sufficient Requirement

These platform services, as we mentioned above, are unique to every Distribution Platform Operator (DPOs) as they are not obtained from any broadcaster. In this regard, Dish TV has remarked that the validity of the registration of the platform service should be linked to the validity of the platform license. It further said that there should not be any additional fee levied on the operators for the registration of these platform services. Dish TV also brought to light the issue that out of all the Distribution Platform Operators (DPOs), the DTH operators are the only ones who are asked to pay an entry fee, license fee and also furnish bank guarantee.