How Trai’s tariff order will affect your cable bill
6 years, 2 months ago

How Trai’s tariff order will affect your cable bill

Live Mint  

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has issued a new tariff order that lets viewers pay only for the TV channels they want to watch at the maximum retail prices set by broadcasters. Sharma told Mint that the move would serve as a corrective mechanism: as viewers won’t opt for channels that charge more than others, such channels would have to lower their subscription fees. Star India’s Vijay TV challenged the regulation in the Madras high court, but in October the Supreme Court upheld the high court order in favour of Trai. As part of the new regulations, direct-to-home providers such as Airtel DTH, Tata Sky and Dish TV can charge subscribers a maximum of ₹ 130, excluding goods and services tax, for a set of 100 channels, including 24 mandatory ones from Prasar Bharati.

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Channel Pricing Disagreements: Kerala High Court Hears Cable TV Federation Amid Disconnection Notices By Broadcasters
2 years, 1 month ago

Channel Pricing Disagreements: Kerala High Court Hears Cable TV Federation Amid Disconnection Notices By Broadcasters

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court today held an urgent hearing on a request made by the All Indian Digital Cable Federation which has challenged TRAI's new Tariff Order, under which broadcasters have increased channel prices for cable TV operators.Though the matter was listed for February 22, AIDCF counsels sought an urgent hearing following disconnection notices issued by the Indian Broadcasting and. …

Supreme Court Rejects Broadcasters' Plea To Stay Bombay HC Order Upholding Most Provisions Of TRAI Tariff Order
3 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Rejects Broadcasters' Plea To Stay Bombay HC Order Upholding Most Provisions Of TRAI Tariff Order

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Bombay High Court's judgment which upheld most provisions of the Tariff Orders issued by the Telecom Regulatory and Authority of India in 2017 and 2020 for TV channels.A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Aniruddha Bose issued notice on the special leave petitions …

Bombay High Court Upholds TRAI's Tariff Order Except One Condition In TV Channels' Challenge
3 years, 9 months ago

Bombay High Court Upholds TRAI's Tariff Order Except One Condition In TV Channels' Challenge

Live Law  

In a big win for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and ordinary consumers, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of Section 11 of the TRAI Act regarding the regulator's powers and functions over television broadcasters. The court also upheld TRAI's 2017 and 2020 Tariff Order and regulations but set aside one of the twin conditions …

Television broadcasters in India get together to criticise restrictions on services
5 years, 2 months ago

Television broadcasters in India get together to criticise restrictions on services

Firstpost  

TRAI this month ordered direct-to-home and cable operators to double the number of channels they offer. Some of the biggest television broadcasters operating in India joined forces on Friday to criticise new government regulations that impose restrictions on pay-TV charges, saying the move could put some channels out of business. During Friday’s event, industry executives also said the regulations will …

TRAI changes DTH rules, NCF charges for 200 channels now slashed to Rs 130: Here are all the changes
5 years, 3 months ago

TRAI changes DTH rules, NCF charges for 200 channels now slashed to Rs 130: Here are all the changes

India Today  

Early last year, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had changed the DTH and Cable TV regulation massively in pursuit of fair system for all the stakeholders in the industry. The latest amendment to the TRAI DTH and cable TV regulations have brought down prices of the Network Capacity Fee as well as allowing operators to provide discounts for their …

TRAI's new tariff framework: More channels at lesser subscription price
5 years, 3 months ago

TRAI's new tariff framework: More channels at lesser subscription price

India TV News  

In a bid to protect consumer interests, TRAI on Wednesday made amendments to the new regulatory framework for cable and broadcasting services under which cable TV users will be able to access more channels at lower subscription price. After examining various provisions, TRAI has also reduced the maximum NCF charge to Rs 130 for 200 channels. The sum of the …

Big boost for Airtel, Voda as Trai suggests no change in IUC rate till December 2020
5 years, 3 months ago

Big boost for Airtel, Voda as Trai suggests no change in IUC rate till December 2020

India TV News  

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Tuesday deferred by one year the scrapping of the charge paid by mobile phone users for calls made to rival networks and initiated talks to prescribe minimum or floor price for call and data, effectively ending free call regime. On Tuesday, Trai announced that telecom operators will continue to pay 6 paise per …

TRAI unlikely to intervene in telecom tariffs, floor price for now; any call on issue to be taken later: Report
5 years, 4 months ago

TRAI unlikely to intervene in telecom tariffs, floor price for now; any call on issue to be taken later: Report

Firstpost  

TRAI ’s views on the issue said that making any fresh move on floor prices or intervention does not make sense at this point, given that operators have already announced plans to hike tariffs in coming days, according to sources. New Delhi: With large telecom operators planning a rate hike in coming days, TRAI is unlikely to make an immediate …

Trai tariff order drives 15m away from TV
5 years, 6 months ago

Trai tariff order drives 15m away from TV

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The broadcasting sector is in turmoil what with the number of pay TV subscribers falling in millions, barely six months after introduction of the New Tariff Order in February this year. According to KPMG’s latest report on the media and entertainment sector, the new regulatory framework has already reduced the number of pay TV subscribers by 12–15 million …

Broadcasters wary of Trai decision on review pricing
5 years, 7 months ago

Broadcasters wary of Trai decision on review pricing

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Broadcasters have raised concerns over the Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indias decision to review the issue of pricing, barely eight months after implementing the new tariff order. TRAI, which noted that the broadcasters have been offering discounts of up to 70 per cent for bouquets compared to a la carte rates causing discrepancies for consumers, has come out …

TRAI seeks relook at caps on channel discounts
5 years, 7 months ago

TRAI seeks relook at caps on channel discounts

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has issued a consultation paper to re-look at imposing restrictions on discounts offered by broadcasters on channel bouquets after the implementation of the new regulatory framework for cable and broadcasting services. The regulator on Friday hit out at the broadcasters and said the lack of any caps on discounts offered on bouquets, …

Your TV bills could go down soon as TRAI looks to adjust broadcasting tariffs
5 years, 10 months ago

Your TV bills could go down soon as TRAI looks to adjust broadcasting tariffs

India Today  

Earlier this year, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India mandated a new set of regulations in the DTH and Cable TV industry. The new regulations also allow broadcaster cluster packs as well as operator curated channel packs. Many subscribers refused to move to the new regulations and TRAI asked operators to offer a Best Fit Plan for them that curated …

Trai directs DTH, cable operators to comply with new tariff order
5 years, 11 months ago

Trai directs DTH, cable operators to comply with new tariff order

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has pulled up four direct-to-home and cable operators for not complying with the rules of the new tariff order that came into place earlier this year. In a circular dated 1 May, the regulator asked DTH operators Tata Sky, Dish TV and Direct Sun TV and cable operator Independent TV to ensure …

Trai finds six cable firms violating new tariff order, seeks compliance in 5 days
5 years, 11 months ago

Trai finds six cable firms violating new tariff order, seeks compliance in 5 days

Live Mint  

Regulator Trai Tuesday said six cable TV players, including GTPL Hathway and Siti Networks, violated several rules, especially those related to new tariff order, and directed them to ensure compliance within five days. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India found that GTPL Hathway, Siti Networks, Fastway Transmissions Private Ltd, Den Networks, and IMCL are forcing channels and package schemes to …

Almost official: New TRAI rules are going to increase your DTH TV monthly bill
6 years, 1 month ago

Almost official: New TRAI rules are going to increase your DTH TV monthly bill

India Today  

It's alien no more the new DTH regulations introduced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India have led to a lot of inconvenience for TV subscribers. TRAI asserted that the new rules and regulations will aid subscribers to reduce their TV bills by paying only for those channels that they watch. The rating agency recently stated that TRAI's new DTH …

Calcutta HC Stays TRAI's February 1 Cable Switch-Over Plan
6 years, 2 months ago

Calcutta HC Stays TRAI's February 1 Cable Switch-Over Plan

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court Wednesday directed the Additional Solicitor General to explain whether a clause of negotiation between MSOs and LCOs in the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India notification for revenue sharing is illusory or not. The direction came on a TRAI prayer after the court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of its new tariff order and regulatory regime on …

TRAI 's new Channel Selector application will help you calculate TV bills after January 31
6 years, 2 months ago

TRAI 's new Channel Selector application will help you calculate TV bills after January 31

India Today  

Your TV bills are going to cost less from February 1, thanks to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's new rules that apply from the same date. According to TRAI's new rules, subscribers are no longer obliged to buy the preset bouquet of channels offered by DTH providers. Despite TRAI laying down all the rules and regulations on its portal, …

New TRAI Rules : Impact On TV Channel Rates, DTH, Cable Operators.
6 years, 2 months ago

New TRAI Rules : Impact On TV Channel Rates, DTH, Cable Operators.

Live Law  

"Pay for what you watch" - this seems to be motto of the new regulations and tariff order of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, applicable to channel broadcasters, DTH and cable TV operators from February 1. The ceiling limit of base price has been fixed at Rs.130 per month, excluding GST Pay channels must be offered to customers on …

Trai moves SC against TDSAT order on predatory pricing
6 years, 2 months ago

Trai moves SC against TDSAT order on predatory pricing

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has approached the Supreme Court against an TDSAT order dismissing its predatory pricing tariff rule, the parliament was informed Wednesday. Under the predatory pricing tariff rule, Trai had barred telecom operator with over 30% market share, offering services at a price which is below the average cost of service to reduce competition …

You have a month to choose your TV channels under new Trai rule
6 years, 3 months ago

You have a month to choose your TV channels under new Trai rule

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Telecom regulator Trai has given time till January 31 for consumers to opt for channels of their choice under the new framework for broadcasting and cable services. The new framework allows consumers to select and pay only for the channels they wish to view, and requires TV broadcasters to disclose the maximum retail price of each channel and …

New TV Channel Pricing Policy – How Does it Affect You?
6 years, 3 months ago

New TV Channel Pricing Policy – How Does it Affect You?

The Quint  

New TV channel prices kick in on 1 February 2019 for consumers in the country. These changes, as observed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, promises to make lives easier for you and I, by lowering our TV viewing budget. Which is why TRAI’s latest change in tariff for TV channels comes as a big relief for people, who …

India TV Exclusive: 'TV watching to become cheaper after Dec 29 ', TRAI secy answers queries on new regulations
6 years, 3 months ago

India TV Exclusive: 'TV watching to become cheaper after Dec 29 ', TRAI secy answers queries on new regulations

India TV News  

The Telecom Regulation Authority of India's new regulations on paid and free-to-air channels will come into effect at midnight on December 28. The main purpose of our new regulations is that the consumers get the channels they want to watch and not 200-300 channels. Ans: Consumers should understand that bouquets usually seem cheaper because the broadcasters try to push the …

TV viewers won’t have to pay more in new regime: Trai
6 years, 3 months ago

TV viewers won’t have to pay more in new regime: Trai

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Putting consumer fears to rest, broadcast regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has assured viewers they will not have to pay more for television channels under the new regulation. Data from the Broadcast Audience Research Council, India’s television measurement agency, shows that 90% of people watch or flip through fewer than 50 channels a month, so the move …

TDSAT quashes Trai’s predatory pricing order in relief to Airtel, Vodafone Idea
6 years, 3 months ago

TDSAT quashes Trai’s predatory pricing order in relief to Airtel, Vodafone Idea

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India’s top telecom tribunal on Thursday quashed controversial rules on predatory pricing, in a relief for Bharti Airtel Ltd and Vodafone Idea Ltd, which had complained that the rules would benefit rival Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. The tribunal rejected Trai’s new definition of “significant market player”, besides sparing telecom firms from disclosing on their websites segmented offers or …

TDSAT quashes Trai’s predatory pricing order in relief to Airtel, Vodafone Idea
6 years, 3 months ago

TDSAT quashes Trai’s predatory pricing order in relief to Airtel, Vodafone Idea

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India’s top telecom tribunal on Thursday quashed controversial rules on predatory pricing, in a relief for Bharti Airtel Ltd and Vodafone Idea Ltd, which had complained that the rules would benefit rival Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. The tribunal rejected Trai’s new definition of “significant market player”, besides sparing telecom firms from disclosing on their websites segmented offers or …

Airtel, Idea approach tribunal against Trai’s predatory pricing norms
7 years ago

Airtel, Idea approach tribunal against Trai’s predatory pricing norms

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The telecom tribunal on Monday gave three weeks to Trai to file its reply in a petition by Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular challenging the regulator’s latest order on predatory pricing but did not stay the contentious decision. In its petition to the Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal, Bharti Airtel said that the tariff order “virtually permits …

Madras HC Delivers Split Verdict In Challenge Against TRAI Regulations 2017 [Read Order]
7 years ago

Madras HC Delivers Split Verdict In Challenge Against TRAI Regulations 2017 [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Division Bench of Madras High Court comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M.Sundar could not reach consensus regarding the validity of tariff order and interconnection regulations introduced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in 2017. While Chief Justice Indira Banerjee held the regulations and tariff order to be valid, Justice Sundar dissented and found otherwise. In effect, …

COAI is planning to take legal action against TRAI over its ‘predatory pricing’ order
7 years, 1 month ago

COAI is planning to take legal action against TRAI over its ‘predatory pricing’ order

Firstpost  

The COAI said the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has created an environment of unequal footing amongst the telcos. Taking its grievances against the telecom watchdog’s recent order on telecom tariff amendment a step further, the Cellular Operators’ Association of India on Wednesday said it may take legal action and a decision on this should be taken by next week. …

TRAI allows hike in cable TV rates in non-digitised areas
11 years ago

TRAI allows hike in cable TV rates in non-digitised areas

The Hindu  

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has granted permission to cable operators to hike rates of cable TV in non-digitised areas. “Based on the rise in the wholesale price index over the last five years and considering the other relevant factors, the authority has come to a conclusion that overall 27.5 per cent inflation hike is to be allowed,” a …

100 channels for Rs 100, TRAI lays rules for digital cable
12 years, 11 months ago

100 channels for Rs 100, TRAI lays rules for digital cable

India TV News  

New Delhi, Apr 30: Television viewers will soon get to choose a minimum of hundred Free to Air channels at a maximum retail price of Rs 100, as per new tariff rules for Cable TV announced by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India today. According to the regulatory framework for Digitalised Cable TV brought out by TRAI to safeguard consumers' interests, …

Don't See Much Impact On Customers, Auction Preferred, Says Trai – India TV
13 years, 1 month ago

Don't See Much Impact On Customers, Auction Preferred, Says Trai – India TV

India TV News  

New Delhi, Feb 2: Telecom regulator Trai today said there will not be much impact on customers due to cancellation of 122 2G licenses of eight companies, as around 95% of total subscribers belong to operators which got licences before January 2008. Customers will not be impacted from the cancellation of licences as around 95% market share is of those …

TRAI asks six broadcasters to adhere to its tariff order
13 years, 8 months ago

TRAI asks six broadcasters to adhere to its tariff order

The Hindu  

Sectoral regulator TRAI has directed six leading broadcasters, including Zee, ESPN Star and Star Den, not to charge from DTH and IPTV operators more than what is allowed under its tariff order. In separate letters to the broadcasters, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, which also regulates the broadcasting industry, said by introducing separate tariff for basic tier and add …

TRAI can price channels
17 years, 2 months ago

TRAI can price channels

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday gave a go ahead to the Telecom Regulator, TRAI, to regulate broadcasting and cable services. Dismissing Star India's petition challenging the Delhi high court order that rejected the company's plea to declare a proviso of the TRAI Act as ultra vires, a bench comprising Justices HK Sema and Markandeya Katju said it will not question …

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