TRAI appears to be like at additional value discount in month-to-month cable and DTH payments

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the telecom regulatory physique appears to be engaged on a brand new session paper that’s aimed toward lowering the month-to-month cable or DTH invoice that clients at present pay. This new paper comes about three months after the regulatory physique launched its new pricing framework that was the primary try at making TV viewing extra reasonably priced. Based on latest studies, it appears to be like just like the framework will not be working effectively sufficient as TRAI had deliberate. Speaking extra concerning the session paper, it’s aimed toward decreasing the tariffs that totally different cable and DTH suppliers need to pay.

To realize the decreased broadcasting chargers, the regulatory authority is all prepared to have a look at new mechanisms in an try to realize its objective. Speaking concerning the pricing framework, it was supposed to scale back the worth however quite a few customers have revealed as an alternative of decreased value, quite a few service suppliers have elevated the costs. Along with this, there’s plenty of confusion on how the framework can be utilized with totally different DTH or cable suppliers. Based on a report by The Financial Occasions, as a part of the report, a TRAI official admitted that the plan to make TV pricing extra clear with improved channel choice choices “didn’t pan out” the best way TRAI has initially deliberate about.

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As beforehand famous, as a part of this new framework, a channel can’t be priced greater than Rs 19 whether it is a part of a bouquet however there isn’t any pricing cap on channels that aren’t a part of any bouquet or if they’re labeled as premium channels. Along with this, as per the rules, there’s additionally no cap on the quantity of whole low cost that a broadcaster can provide on the entire quantity of all of the channels that the client is choosing. The attention-grabbing factor to notice right here is that the rise in pricing additionally appears to be having a diverse affect on the entire viewership.

On the time when the findings of the affect of viewership had been initially printed, TRAI had refuted the findings of the report. Nevertheless, plans of this session paper months after refuting the report appear to point in any other case. Based on an announcement, SK Gupta, the secretary for TRAI said that the regulatory is hoping that every one the stakeholders within the trade will work in a accountable method by not distorting the worth out there.