Tata Sky Subscribers Might See Black Screens if Operator Fails to Implement Trai Rules: HC

Almost all the direct to home (DTH) operators with the inclusion of the cable operators declared their channel pricing and channel packs information in the past week thus abiding by the new Trai framework. However, there is one direct-to-home provider which has not yet implemented the new Trai framework in its pricing, and that is Tata Sky. Following this, Delhi High Court has issued a warning to the DTH provider saying that if it does not implement the Trai framework, it will be at risk. After the division bench of Chief Justice V Kameswar Rao heard appeals from Tata Sky, Bharti Telemedia, Discovery Communications India, the court informed Tata Sky that if it does not go ahead with the Trai framework, then it will jeopardise its channels for the subscribers and will risk blacking its screens out.

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No Further Stay for Tata Sky From HC

It is worth noting that the new Trai framework came into force on December 29th, but the cable operators and DTH service providers were given till February 1st to complete the migration process for their subscribers with the help of Distribution Platform Operators (DPOs). In the meanwhile, Tata Sky had got some relief from HC to implement the framework till January 10th. Justice Rao had also directed the Trai not to take any coercive action against the DTH operator till there is another hearing. This relief, however, was only for Tata Sky and wasn’t applicable to other operators.