According to sources, a broadcasters’ body has urged the government to reduce GST on subscriptions across cable television and OTT platforms from the current 18 % to 5%
DPOs want TRAI to reduce broadcaster discount on channel bouquets from 45% to 15%, saying that the current discount makes broadcasters push unwanted channels to customers
TRAI has allowed cable operators to offer up to 45% discount while forming their own channel bouquets to enable flexibility and retain consumers
In their submission to TRAI, accessed by e4m, cable operators have sought that the condition for availing 15% more distribution fee only on ensuring 90-95% penetration of channels, should be removed
The certification process will enable the standardisation of CAS and SMS in the systems deployed by Distribution Platform Operators
Disney Star, Sony and ZEE have reportedly turned off their signals
DPOs were required to report to the authority, Distribution Retail Price of pay channels, bouquets of pay channels, and composition of bouquets of pay and FTA channels by January 1, 2023
The second landing page, or LP2, has a very small cost since it is available only for a short duration and hence might not add to the viewership of the channel
The deadline has been extended due to the fact that TRAI has issued a consultation paper to address the issues related to 'New Regulatory Framework for Broadcasting and Cable services'
The regulator has also asked DPOs to comply with the norm that says one channel can be placed only on one electronic programme guide
From the fear of consumer backlash to UP elections, reasons why the regulator granted four months' time to the industry, according to stakeholders
The DPOs say that they will initiate talks with broadcasters on creating new packages to reduce the burden on end consumers as much as possible
The authority noted that a sub-standard CAS/SMS renders a distribution network vulnerable to hacking and piracy
There's been a 7% drop in subscription income due to growth of free television, reverse migration and reduction in ARPUs spurred by part implementation of NTO 2.0, says EY report
The app fetches data of subscribers from respective DPOs platform through APIs
TRAI said that this is to ensure that sufficient time is actually available to the consumers to exercise their choice of channels and bouquets before 1 March 2020
According to reports, I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar also said that the Ministry does not intend to levy a 10% licence fee on broadcasters and cable operators
NTO 2.0 restricts DPOs from changing the LCN of channels. This will prevent DPOs from placing channels out of genre and negotiating money from broadcasters for 'correct placement'
The regulatory authority has said broadcasters and DPOs will have to publish the revised MRP of a-la-carte channels and of bouquets on their website by January 15 and January 30 respectively