{"id":223847,"date":"2020-01-04T16:30:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=223847"},"modified":"2020-01-04T14:03:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T08:33:42","slug":"to-prevent-prices-of-a-la-carte-channels-from-becoming-illusionary-trai-laid-down-conditions-for-multi-tv-home-40-of-declared-ncf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/01\/04\/to-prevent-prices-of-a-la-carte-channels-from-becoming-illusionary-trai-laid-down-conditions-for-multi-tv-home-40-of-declared-ncf\/","title":{"rendered":"To prevent prices of a-la-carte channels from becoming illusionary, TRAI laid down conditions; For Multi-TV home, 40% of declared NCF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In view, the implementation of Digital Addressable Systems (DAS) and to enable the sector to realize its benefits, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) published a comprehensive regulatory framework.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The above-stated framework comprises of the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Interconnection (Addressable Systems) Regulations, 2017,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Standards of Quality of Service and Consumer Protection (Addressable Systems) Regulations, 2017, and;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services (Eighth) (Addressable Systems) Tariff Order, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the implementation of the above, the intended choice for consumers to select what they want has got scuttled due to various issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRAI has issued:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Interconnection (Addressable Systems) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Standards of Quality of Service and Consumer Protection (Addressable Systems) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services (Eighth) (Addressable Systems) Tariff Order Amendment, 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">To protect the interests of consumers certain provisions were modified of new regulatory framework.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">TRAI prescribed following twin conditions <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>to ensure that the price of a-la-carte channels does not become illusionary:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(i) the sum of the a-la-carte rates of the pay channels (MRP)forming part of a bouquet shall in no case exceed one and half times the rate of the bouquet of which such pay channels are a part; and<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ii) the a-la-carte rates of each pay channel (MRP), forming part of a bouquet, shall in no case exceed three times the average rate of a pay channel of the bouquet of which such pay channel is a part.<\/p>\n<p>Channels having MRP of Rs 12 or less will be permitted to be part of the bouquet offered by broadcasters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With respect to NCF related issues, TRAI mandated provision of 200 channels in maximum NCF of Rs 130 excluding taxes per month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Channels declared mandatory by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will not be counted in a number of channels in<br \/>\nthe NCF.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DPOs have also been mandated that they will not charge more than Rs 160 per month for giving all channels available on their platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TRAI has decided, in case of the multi-TV home where more than one TV connection is working in a home in the name of one person, it will charge a maximum 40 per cent of declared NCF for second and additional TV connections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To address the concern of huge carriage fee, the Authority has mandated that MSOs, HITS operators, IP TV service providers<br \/>\nwill not have a target market bigger than State or Union Territory as the case may be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A cap of Rs 4 lakh per month has been prescribed on carriage fee payable by a broadcaster to a DPO in a month fro carrying a channel in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authority has also considered giving more flexibility to DPOs to place the TV channels on Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) and mandated that channel of a language in a genre will be kept together while placing channels on EPG.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amendments provide appropriate time to stakeholders for implementation. Broadcasters are required to publish revised MRP of a-la-carte channels and bouquets on their website by 15th January 2020 and DPO are required to publish revised DRP of a-la-carte channels and bouquets on their website by 30th January 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Consumers will be able to benefit as per the amended provisions with effect from 1st March 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Amendments are expected to result in healthier &amp; structured growth of the Broadcasting and Cable Services sector.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">** Please refer to the Official Press Release Note:<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/main.trai.gov.in\/sites\/default\/files\/PR_No.01of2020.pdf\">Press Release<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Telecom Regulatory Authority of India<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>[Press Release dt. 01-01-2020]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In view, the implementation of Digital Addressable Systems (DAS) and to enable the sector to realize its benefits, the Telecom Regulatory Authority <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":219426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislationupdates","category-rules_regulations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>To prevent prices of a-la-carte channels from becoming illusionary, TRAI laid down conditions; 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