The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended a new licensing regime for Direct-To-Home (DTH) TV service providers, under which its proposes doubling tenure of permits to 20 years from present 10 years along with bringing down fees to 8% of the adjusted gross revenue.
TRAI has suggested the tenure of DTH licence to be increased from 10 years to 20 years, which is renewable by 10 years at a time and in order to bring parity with telecom operators in terms of licence fee, has recommended reduction in existing license fee from 10% of gross revenue (GR) to 8% of the adjusted gross revenue (AGR).Besides, it has also suggested that vertically integrated broadcasters to be subject to a set of additional regulations, which would let them control only one distribution platform operators (DPOs), either cable or DTH. Additionally, it has suggested giving liberty to existing DTH operators to migrate to the new regime at any time during the currency of their existing licenses.
Further, with a view of bringing uniformity in the sector, TRAI also suggested BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) to come out with updated specifications for set-top boxes (STBs) in consultation with the regulator on the issue of cross holdings in the broadcasting and distribution sectors.Moreover, it has called for also distinguishing between DTH and cable TV providers, Multi System Operators (MSOs) and Headend in the Sky (HITS) and seeks to levy access fee charges on non-discriminatory basis among other things.
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