Airtel, Dish, d2H, Siti Execute New Cable TV Rules; But Uncertainty Over Star Plus, Zee & Other Premium Channels Pricing
Summary
Unfortunately, despite the regulatory board’s efforts, these broadcasters and DPOs failed to report to TRAI or publish the required information on their respective websites. TRAI made changes to its tariff order after being inundated with complaints from customers alleging that their monthly cable and DTH bills have gone up considerably because of broadcasters raising their channel prices last year. After Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV, D2h a part of DishTV India became the third DTH operator to implement Trai’s National Tariff Order 2.0 on its platform. Tamil Nadu based Multi-System Operators (MSO) Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt Ltd, (TCCL) along with Siti Networks too have agreed and pushed the revised NCF rates mentioned in the NTO 2.0. Trai had already notified the Supreme Court that they would not defer the implementation of the new tariff order and it is scheduled to go live from March 1, 2020.