Telecom regulator TRAI has issued its recommendations on the back reference from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on the authority s earlier guidelines on the regulatory framework for platform services offered by DTH.
TRAI recommended that programmes transmitted by the direct-to-home (DTH) operators or multiple system operators (MSOs) or Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) operators as a platform service shall be exclusive and the same shall not be permitted to be shared directly or indirectly with any other distribution platform operator (DPO). Incase the same programme is found available on the platform service of any other DPO, MIB/TRAI may issue directions to immediately stop the transmission of such a programme. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) also reserves the right for cancellation of registration of such platform service of the DTH operator/MSOs/IPTV operator, TRAI said in its recommendations document on February 2.
TRAI recommends regulations for platform services by DTH
TRAI recommended that the Information and Broadcasting Ministry may establish a procedure to review the security clearance of all DPOs (who are offering platform service), including those wherever there is any change in their ownership/control
PTI | February 5, 2021 | Updated 00:05 IST
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TRAI recommended that programmes transmitted by the direct-to-home (DTH) operators or multiple system operators (MSOs) or Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) operators as a platform service shall be exclusive and the same shall not be permitted to be shared directly or indirectly with any other distribution platform operator (DPO). Incase the same programme is found available on the platform service of any other DPO, MIB/TRAI may issue directions to immediately stop the transmission of such a programme. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) also reserves the right for cancellation of registration of suc
A maximum of 15 PS channels may be offered
02 Feb, 2021 - 08:58 PM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
KOLKATA: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has finalised recommendations on platform services offered by distribution platform operators (DPOs) after a long consultation process. For some time now, the authority and the ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) have been working on the regulation of platform services. Platform services (PS) are programs transmitted by Distribution Platform Operators exclusively to their own subscribers and does not include Doordarshan channels and registered TV channels. PS shall not include foreign TV channels that are not registered in India,” TRAI has agreed with the MIB definition. A channel with downlinking permission will always be considered as TV channels.
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Established in 1948 as a statutory corporation, IFCI currently has subsidiaries and one associate under its fold.
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The government is planning to sell subsidiaries of IFCI to infuse money into the non-banking lender. FCI has been riddled with soured assets. Its net non-performing assets-to-advances ratio was 42.7 percent as of March, against 31.8 percent a year ago, according to the lender s annual report.
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