Breaking NTO 2.0 partially upheld by Bombay HC

[Slu]

Good. I will subscribe just when i like...already since last 5 yrs i do not watch IPL and even rarely watch India's international matches as got bored of so much cricket.

A HD Bouquet can have both feeds if content is different, i have stated this yesterday and so many times before. If there is no differentiation then these 2 cannot b clubbed in one bouquet. Adding varied content on both feeds helps both us and broadcasters

I think HD and SD differentiate just because of their Resolution and PQ... It has nothing to do with content...

 

[dino29]

Only hardcore fans will be willing to pay for ₹75. Be it for Cricket or Football and who do not have access to wired internet. No way most casual fans will pay ₹75 per month for one channel. I am sure broadcasters are not breaking the ₹25 mark. Anyhow sports channels are mostly bought as an individual channel over sports centric bouquets. Problem might be faced by Star as most of its basic packs comes with Star Sports channels. If they shutdown and keep one channel. They can easily earn a fixed amount from all the sporting content on Star Sports 1 and regional channels. I don't think anyone would be interested in SS2 and SS3. They don't even need that many channels.

Rs. 75 reminds me of Tata Sky price of Star Sports HD pre NTO , i used to complaint why they r forcing us to take bouquet when they could easily give standalone channel at low price but then both broadcasters and operators were happy pricing in a way which earns max profit.
Anyways i m quite sure star/disney and sony won't keep popular SD and HD sports channels out of bouquet, at most some niche chs might b kept out and this content anyways consumed more on ott which is future
Star Sports First should shut down. Star Sports 2 should air cricket as well as other indian local sports events. Star Sports 3 should air cricket and international football, F1 etc while Select 2 should air more niche sports like EuroSports does

 

[Prithi Deb]

A HD Bouquet can have both feeds if content is different, i have stated this yesterday and so many times before. If there is no differentiation then these 2 cannot b clubbed in one bouquet. Adding varied content on both feeds helps both us and broadcasters

That's a great idea. That way we won't miss anything. But it will only benefit the people who go for Bouquets. What about people who only go for À la carte?

In my opinion, if channel have same name, it should air same thing. HD just defines the quality, not different content. If it is named different like how I mentioned, then there's no problem. It's supposed to air different things then. And in that way they can also include both of them in the bouquet like you mentioned.

 

[react]

Update:

99.99% Confirmed News

All Top 5 HD Channels Of South Will Be Priced Around 22 - 25, Even Some SD Channels Too!

Broadcasters Want To Challenge TRAI & Customers.

Awaiting News On HSM Channels Apart From Hindi Top 5 Channels

These top 5 HD channels will become bottom 5 once price gets revised.. Best example Dangal TV, which was no where in the list became No.1 once NTO 1.0 implemented.. Later big broadcasters realized their mistake and bought Zee Anmol, Sony Pal etc

 

[dino29]

That's a great idea. That way we won't miss anything. But it will only benefit the people who go for Bouquets. What about people who only go for À la carte?

In my opinion, if channel have same name, it should air same thing. HD just defines the quality, not different content. If it is named different like how I mentioned, then there's no problem. It's supposed to air different things then. And in that way they can also include both of them in the bouquet like you mentioned.

Not necessarily, yes important content should b aired on both but differentiation is really important to attract audience. Hope standalone prices would become affordable so that u can pick n drop chs easily

 

[Stvnn]

These top 5 HD channels will become bottom 5 once price gets revised.. Best example Dangal TV, which was no where in the list became No.1 once NTO 1.0 implemented.. Later big broadcasters realized their mistake and bought Zee Anmol, Sony Pal etc

Now new upcoming channels from small /fta broadcasters will survive I think.

 

[Slu]

Now new upcoming channels from small /fta broadcasters will survive I think.

Yes absolutely because everytime these big broadcasters come with same reality shows dancing singing etc. Nothing new.... So everybody has just got bored of these big broadcasters... Now it's time for some channels with unique content...

 

[iDJ]

Now new upcoming channels from small /fta broadcasters will survive I think.

TRAI has big plans for FTA broadcasters too.

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[royalstar]

I already stoped watching TV after NTO 1.0.

 

[greylala91]

I don't like the idea of airing different things on HD & SD versions of the channel. Both are supposed to be the same channel, just different quality. So both should air the same thing. Airing different things on channels with same name makes no sense. Also, what if I have subscibed to the HD version, but one of my favorite movie is airing on the SD channel (or vice versa). That means I have to subscribe to both channels to make sure I don't miss anything.

Let's take a channel called "XYZ Cinema". If they want to launch a new HD channel and not air the same thing, then they should name the new channel as "XYZ Cinema 2" and make it an HD-only channel (or Ad-Free too) instead of launching it as "XYZ Cinema HD". If both have different names, then it makes perfect sense if they air different things at the same time.

This is so true. Broadcasters should have taken initiative and moved to HD only scenario by now, and there was a traction for the same in the early HD adaptation period, but then came the rule of not downscaling the channels.