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    The Trai tariff order regarding pricing of pay channels and making a-la-carte options mandatory has disrupted the TV distribution and broadcasting industry. Under the new rules, if a channel is part of a bouquet its a-la-carte price cannot be more than Rs. 19. While Trai says these reforms are for consumer welfare and choice, broadcasters have reacted cautiously with some challenging the order. There are also complaints about channel blackouts from households and lowered viewership reported by broadcasters. Many consumers allege MSOs are not providing true a-la-carte options in violation of the order. The impact of the order on consumers and the industry requires continued monitoring and transparency in implementation to prevent exploitation

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    The Trai tariff order regarding pricing of pay channels and making a-la-carte options mandatory has disrupted the TV distribution and broadcasting industry. Under the new rules, if a channel is part of a bouquet its a-la-carte price cannot be more than Rs. 19. While Trai says these reforms are for consumer welfare and choice, broadcasters have reacted cautiously with some challenging the order. There are also complaints about channel blackouts from households and lowered viewership reported by broadcasters. Many consumers allege MSOs are not providing true a-la-carte options in violation of the order. The impact of the order on consumers and the industry requires continued monitoring and transparency in implementation to prevent exploitation

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    The Trai tariff order regarding pricing of pay channels and making a-la-carte options mandatory has disrupted the TV distribution and broadcasting industry. Under the new rules, if a channel is part of a bouquet its a-la-carte price cannot be more than Rs. 19. While Trai says these reforms are for consumer welfare and choice, broadcasters have reacted cautiously with some challenging the order. There are also complaints about channel blackouts from households and lowered viewership reported by broadcasters. Many consumers allege MSOs are not providing true a-la-carte options in violation of the order. The impact of the order on consumers and the industry requires continued monitoring and transparency in implementation to prevent exploitation

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    Impact of Trai Tariff Order On Cable TV Sector: Fta-Channels/articleshow/57461892.cms?from MDR

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    The Trai tariff order regarding pricing of pay channels and making a-la-carte options mandatory has disrupted the TV distribution and broadcasting industry. Under the new rules, if a channel is part of a bouquet its a-la-carte price cannot be more than Rs. 19. While Trai says these reforms are for consumer welfare and choice, broadcasters have reacted cautiously with some challenging the order. There are also complaints about channel blackouts from households and lowered viewership reported by broadcasters. Many consumers allege MSOs are not providing true a-la-carte options in violation of the order. The impact of the order on consumers and the industry requires continued monitoring and transparency in implementation to prevent exploitation

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    IMPACT OF TRAI TARIFF ORDER ON CABLE TV SECTOR

    The Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) tariff order regarding pricing of pay channels and
    provision for making the availability of A-la- carte channel mandatory has caused disruptions in Tv
    Distribution and Broadcasting Industry. According to new rule if a channel is made a part of Bouqet
    then it’s a la – carte price cannot be more than Rs. 19. These regulations have caused widespread
    disruptions in the television sector1. While the Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India (TRAI)
    which is the Regulator for this sector says that these reforms are for Consumer Welfare and for
    giving choice to of Channels. Trai Chief RS Sharma in an editorial of a newspaper says “ The
    customer is king. And the king has a good life, but only when he is allowed to rule,” he even
    compares the Broadcasting and distribution with food delivery services and substantiates his point
    by saying consumer should pay for only what she wishes rather than “full meal which is pre-
    configured with a limited set of options,” and “if you only want two of the seven items in the thali,
    you should have the option to order those without having to pay more than the thali itself.”
    He argues that earlier Consumer was Forced to watch the Tv channels which were provided to him
    by the Multi system operators (MSO’s) , Now with the advent and implementation of new tariff
    order , things are going to change. Now the consumer will have choice what channels to watch and he
    could accordingly pay for that. He has also emphasised in several of his press conferences and articles
    that the Main purpose of Digitalisation i.e Closing Of Analogue signals and transmission of Tv
    channels by digital signals was to give control to consumers of what they want to view, the present
    tariff order is only a small step in that direction. According to the Regulator Now with Consumers in
    control of channels he will pay only for channels which create good content and this would force the
    Broadcasters to invest in quality content otherwise they have to shut their channels to prevent losses.
    This new policy will create Competition among the channels and also which in turn will benefit the
    Consumer. Until now the Broadcasters were creating Bouqets which were priced substantially less
    compared to individual channels due to which consumer mostly opted for Bouqets. The broadcasters
    have reacted to the order with caution with some of them challenging the order of Trai . While the
    Supreme Court has upheld the order of Trai but some the MSO’s and DTH operators are
    challenging the validity of the rule regarding Bouqet and Individual channels in the SC. Whatever
    be the verdict, we need to see what is and what could be the impact of this Regulation, while many of
    the Households are complaining about the Blackouts , the Broadcasters are worried that their Tv
    viewership is down because of the tariff order. Many of the customers are saying about the foul play
    on the part of MSO’s who are deliberately not giving consumers the option with regard to choosing
    of channels and insisting on choosing their own Bouquets which is a Violation of Tariff order.
    Though this tariff order was passed with an intent to protect the consumers but many of them now
    protesting this order on ground of blackouts. Whatever is the intention of Trai but in reality there is
    bound to be increase in monthly bill of consumer as in a typical middle class Indian family there are
    many members apart from husband wife who have different channel preferences which cannot be
    accommodated in a set of 20- to 25 channels . The Trai order has created disruption in the market but
    the most affected among the populace are Housewifes, grandparents , families from disadvantaged
    backgrounds who have still not shifted or do not want to shift to digital medium . Youth are least
    affected as they are mostly into platforms such as Netflix etc. Therefore it becomes imperitive for

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    TRAI to monitor, review and implement the order in a transparent manner which could prevent the
    exploitation of consumer which is one of the main objective of this policy
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