But TRAI says any SD channel of your choice be it Free or PayIf that's the case, all the broadcasters and DPOs would have to shut the shops :smile:
TRAI issued Jan 10 press note, because many DPOs are NOT giving choice to the consumer to select channels. They themselves are creating packs for customers with only FTA channels in the base 130 NCF and asking the customers to take extra NCF slabs (20 per 25 channels) for any additional pay channels they want to watch apart from paying the pay channel MRP. Customers are being fooled, which is why TRAI clarified the rules.
The biggest objection is "Why we need to pay 130+18% for Channels we don't want to watch at all How many Free channels are watchable all know (leave DD) ?"
With 130+18% and options imposed by service provider as FREE channels of his choice not mine defeats the very purpose of this new regime ! Because TRAI tag line is "pay only for channels you chose"
And with ₹130 TRAI already have safeguarded service providers then gave consumers choice to select any 75 SD channels of his choice.
That's my understanding as a layman