Discussion Confusion clearing thread regarding TRAI rate changes effective 1st February

[Maveric]

Say if a broadcaster has X number of channels and sum of their a-la carte prices is RS. 100. Then a bouquet of these X number of channels should not be less than RS. 85.
I.e., there cannot be more that 15% discount on aggregated MRP of channels in pack.
Now, if the rule is allowed by SC, then either MRP of channels will come down to keep bouquet prices low, or price of bouquet will increase.

Cap on discount ?
Can't believe this !!
To protect consumer fixing MRP is very common in India but cap on Discount ?
For whom TRAI is working BTW !!?

 

[Gopi27]

Cap on discount ?
Can't believe this !!
To protect consumer fixing MRP is very common in India but cap on Discount ?
For whom TRAI is working BTW !!?

For consumers only, TRAI wants to end current bundling system. With 15%Discount Cap all Alacarte Channel prices will be drastically reduced. So, thus giving customers true choice of selecting his required channels only.

 

[sadik]

Currently 50 % revenue a customer pays goes to local cable operator. So if common man subscribe rs 200 pack then Rs 100 goes to lco. other 100 spilit between MSO and broadcasters as per their fixed deal which gives a lot of headache and blackout. Now if as per your word TRAI make that Rs 50 limit then LCO will get only Rs 20. In no way you as an owner of cable operator can get your earlier revenue so you will shut shop.

i care for only customers bro , here cable subscriber happy with current packs Thwt is all chan in 200 , i am also happy with my current pack 220 ts . If this rule increasing my monthly budget then why this rule introudced by trai . They not talked with common people and no people wqtch only 5 to 6 chanels . Every family mebers have different choices and cureent situation not giving freedom to wtch them in 200 budget.

 

[Balaji]

i care for only customers bro , here cable subscriber happy with current packs Thwt is all chan in 200 , i am also happy with my current pack 220 ts . If this rule increasing my monthly budget then why this rule introudced by trai . They not talked with common people and no people wqtch only 5 to 6 chanels . Every family mebers have different choices and cureent situation not giving freedom to wtch them in 200 budget.

Original TRAI rule 130 + gst and pay channel price not more than RS 5 .
Madras high court increased upper limit to Rs 19

 

[Virendra66]

i care for only customers bro , here cable subscriber happy with current packs Thwt is all chan in 200 , i am also happy with my current pack 220 ts . If this rule increasing my monthly budget then why this rule introudced by trai . They not talked with common people and no people wqtch only 5 to 6 chanels . Every family mebers have different choices and cureent situation not giving freedom to wtch them in 200 budget.

Rightly said. Currently I'm paying less than 200 and I've all sports HD pack + Popular HD pack + non stop pack.

 

[Maveric]

With 15%Discount Cap all Alacarte Channel prices will be drastically reduced. So, thus giving customers true choice of selecting his required channels only.

Really ?
If so then why this mess & 99% are objecting new pricing system ?
This 15% cap is blocking already high A la Carte rates to discount further.
With as high as ₹19-₹15+18% how much reduction is possible unless base price itself comes bellow ₹8 ?
Last year TDSAT has rejected TRAI ruling on predatory pricing by telecom service provider haven more than 25% market share, Although the matter is in Court yet it is very clear that TRAI never supported common user but Industry players only.

 

[Thilak]

I feel that the broadcasters are only looting the money here.. Most of the high priced channels infact all are popular channels only... And they earn the most advert revenue..If this rule is implemented without any change we will choose the popular channels only leaving the other channels. And they will keep looting the money but the other channels with low viewership will reduce the price or make it FTA. And as common man we feel that 153 should be reduced. But this will be a burden to the operators. So something should be done so that these channels reduce the price drastically. Reducing from 19 to 17 won't create any impact.

 

[mgparmar18plus]

I feel that the broadcasters are only looting the money here.. Most of the high priced channels infact all are popular channels only... And they earn the most advert revenue..If this rule is implemented without any change we will choose the popular channels only leaving the other channels. And they will keep looting the money but the other channels with low viewership will reduce the price or make it FTA. And as common man we feel that 153 should be reduced. But this will be a burden to the operators. So something should be done so that these channels reduce the price drastically. Reducing from 19 to 17 won't create any impact.

TRAI Said Most Of People Watching 15-20 Channels,
Then Why They Provide NCF Pack Of 100 Channels.

They Also Said People Will Pay Only For What They Watch.

But Why They Have To Pay NCF of 100 Channels While Selecting 5 to 10 Channels or Less Than 100 Channels.

They Have To Make Minimum 25 Channels NCF Package Not 100's , So Price Will Be Lesser.

 

[Siva]

TRAI Said Most Of People Watching 15-20 Channels,
Then Why They Provide NCF Pack Of 100 Channels.

They Also Said People Will Pay Only For What They Watch.

But Why They Have To Pay NCF of 100 Channels While Selecting 5 to 10 Channels or Less Than 100 Channels.

They Have To Make Minimum 25 Channels NCF Package Not 100's , So Price Will Be Lesser.

They made 130 as the maximum for 100, and as usual our DPOs took advantage of that and charging the maximum, regardless of whether we take 100 or not!! You are right, the rule should be amended to bring lower primary slabs of NCF.

 

[Amjathsalim]

MAY know when all dth lauch new package?