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Cabinet nod for revised DTH service guidelines; licenses for 20 years

The Union Cabinet approved revision in guidelines for providing direct to home (DTH) services in the country under which licenses would be issued for 20 years

TRAI issues consultation paper seeking views on norms for DTH services

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India issued a consultation paper seeking views and comments on regulatory framework recommended for direct-to-home (DTH) services

TRAI launches channel selection app for easy subscription

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Thursday launched a channel selector application which will facilitate consumers to view their TV subscription and choose the channels of their interest while removing the unwanted ones. In a statement, TRAI said that after issuing the new tariff order for broadcasting services it was noticed that consumers were facing difficulty to opt for TV channels or bouquets of their choice on the web portal or applications of their respective Distributed Platform Operators (DPO). Therefore, the authority decided to develop an app which will fetch data from DPOs. The channel selector app is presently functional with major DTH operators and Multi System Operators (MSO/cable operators). However, efforts are being made to integrate other service providers also on the platform, TRAI said. The regulator said it has developed the TV Channel Selector App to provide reliable, robust and transparent systems to television subscribers. The subscribers

TRAI recommends making interoperability of set top boxes mandatory

TRAI also recommended the mandatory provisioning of a USB port-based common interface for all digital television sets in India.

Coronavirus impact: Telcos face a big challenge to keep India Inc connected

In a bid to do this at the available capacity, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have said they are doing everything to keep the situation under control

Dish TV-Bharti Airtel deal called off due to differences over valuation

Essel promoters are now in talks with a global financial investor to pick up half their stake

TRAI versus Indian broadcasting

The TRAI's recent effort to micromanage India's television industry will end up hurting everyone - consumers, broadcasters and distributors

DTH/cable bills may fall up to 14% after Trai's amendments, says Icra

The regulator capped at Rs 160 the amount consumers will have to pay monthly for all free to air channels

TRAI's new year bonanza: Now you get more channels at lesser price

At present, DTH or cable TV operators provide only 100 channels for Rs 153. Now, cable operators will have to provide 200 channels for Rs 153

The myth of the missing DTH subscriber

A change in the way DTH homes are calculated shows that over 18 million homes are missing. Why does this cause so much joy?

Dish TV promoters may cash out for Rs 5,000 cr, Bharti Airtel to pick stake

Bharti Airtel, Warburg Pincus to buy Jawahar Goel's 58% stake at Rs 45-50 a share

Next wave of DTH consolidation imminent as Jio GigaFiber readies for launch

The last round of consolidation was triggered in 2017, when Dish TV merged with Videocon d2H, and Reliance Big TV was acquired by Delhi-based Veecon Media and Television

The making of India's largest DTH company

Dish TV-Videocon d2h is just the first in the wave of consolidation about to hit the TV distribution segment

Pakistan to crackdown on Indian DTH

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has cited airing of excessive foreign content as a main reason

DTH players may get large share in last phase of digitisation

As, fragmented market will not be profitable for cable operators