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KOLKATA:The last mile owners (LMO) in Kolkata
have appealed to the Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India(TRAI) to allow them to air
events related to the region through their
local cable TV channels.The appeal has come after the Authority
released its consultation paper to regulate the
local cable TV channels of cable operators in
June, this year. “We have appealed to the
Authority to allow us to run the local video
channels as we did during the analogue times,”
informs Cable Operators’ Sangram Committee
secretary Apurba Bhattacharya.
In the consultation paper, TRAI had said
that MSOs, LMOs, DTH operators, HITS and
IPTV service providers (all called as
distribution platform operators – or DPOs-
henceforth) are running local channels aka
platform services (PS) that don't have the
MIB's permission. And some channels that are
transmitted by the DPOs through the PS
channels have content similar to regular TV
channels.
DAS, according to TRAI has changed the
context for DPOs and their PS as far as cable
TV operators are concerned. The reason: with
digitisation, it is only the MSOs who can
transmit encrypted signals from their
headends on cable TV networks; LMOs can no
longer transmit their own local ground based
channels.
“Cable TV operators have no intention to
violate the rules and regulations set up by the
most competent authority concerning local
video channel,” informs Bhattacharya, who
feels that the LMOs have never in the past 25
years violated any of the rules.
According to Bhattacharya, digitisation has
made local cable TV channels necessary, as it
gets more localised and informative. “Cable TV
subscribers through these channels can get
information about the upcoming events,
change of channel packages and TRAI
recommendations,” he adds.
To make their voices heard, cable operators in
West Bengal, presented their plea not only
through forums, but have also written letters
to the TRAI.
During the analogue regime, these local cable
TV channels were available on LCN five. “The
channel is used not only to telecast popular
movies, but also helps people get acquainted
with important announcements of local law
and order, events, traffic condition of the
area, weather report and educational/academic
programmes,” informs a cable operator. Kolkata LMOs appeal to TRAI | Indian Television Dot Com
have appealed to the Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India(TRAI) to allow them to air
events related to the region through their
local cable TV channels.The appeal has come after the Authority
released its consultation paper to regulate the
local cable TV channels of cable operators in
June, this year. “We have appealed to the
Authority to allow us to run the local video
channels as we did during the analogue times,”
informs Cable Operators’ Sangram Committee
secretary Apurba Bhattacharya.
In the consultation paper, TRAI had said
that MSOs, LMOs, DTH operators, HITS and
IPTV service providers (all called as
distribution platform operators – or DPOs-
henceforth) are running local channels aka
platform services (PS) that don't have the
MIB's permission. And some channels that are
transmitted by the DPOs through the PS
channels have content similar to regular TV
channels.
DAS, according to TRAI has changed the
context for DPOs and their PS as far as cable
TV operators are concerned. The reason: with
digitisation, it is only the MSOs who can
transmit encrypted signals from their
headends on cable TV networks; LMOs can no
longer transmit their own local ground based
channels.
“Cable TV operators have no intention to
violate the rules and regulations set up by the
most competent authority concerning local
video channel,” informs Bhattacharya, who
feels that the LMOs have never in the past 25
years violated any of the rules.
According to Bhattacharya, digitisation has
made local cable TV channels necessary, as it
gets more localised and informative. “Cable TV
subscribers through these channels can get
information about the upcoming events,
change of channel packages and TRAI
recommendations,” he adds.
To make their voices heard, cable operators in
West Bengal, presented their plea not only
through forums, but have also written letters
to the TRAI.
During the analogue regime, these local cable
TV channels were available on LCN five. “The
channel is used not only to telecast popular
movies, but also helps people get acquainted
with important announcements of local law
and order, events, traffic condition of the
area, weather report and educational/academic
programmes,” informs a cable operator. Kolkata LMOs appeal to TRAI | Indian Television Dot Com
