The ministry has said that the advisory may be treated as a last opportunity for alteration of compliance status under the Cable Television Networks ( Regulation) Act
Also, these MSOs did not submit a list of their subscribers as required by the rule
The renewal procedure is in line with the ease of doing business as it will provide certainty to cable operators to continue their services without interruption
Applicants have been advised to refer to guidelines issued by MIB on November 30, 2022
The MSOs have failed to follow the TRAI regulation that mandates every distributor of TV channels to get its SMS, CAS and other related systems audited once in a calendar year
The total number of registered MSOs stands at 1,736 as of April 31, 2023
The total number of registered MSOs now stands at 1,748
The failure to submit the details within the deadline will be seen as a violation of the terms and conditions of MSO registration rules
Total number of registered MSOs stand at 1748 as of November 30, 2022
MSOs providing platform services channels are also required to apply for registration of their PS channels with the MIB
The total number of registered MSOs now stands at 1,753
The ministry wants updates to be done in the MIS every six months
In a meeting held on December 23, TRAI had asked stakeholders to send the list of issues that concerns them with respect to NTO 2.0 implementation
The ministry has sought replies from 16 organisations and industry bodies
Industry players say LCN for perpetuity regulation was bad for DPOs as they wouldn't have been able to change the LCN once allotted to a broadcaster whether they had the agreement or not
As per the new clauses, platform infrastructure can be shared voluntarily for distribution of TV channels provided signals of HITS platform are distributed to subscribers via the cable operator
Apart from lack of awareness, the application, according to customers, is riddled with technical issues and bugs
The ministry has also cancelled registrations of five MSOs in the same period
The initiative will ensure seamless services during the lockdown when content consumption across platforms has increased
The Ministry has issued a directive to all States and Union Territories to facilitate the operational convenience for timely dissemination of authentic information during the COVID-19 outbreak
In 2019 MIB has granted licences to 151 multi-system operators, bringing the total number of registered MSOs to 1616 in December 2019