Discussion TRAI announced important changes in the Tariff Order

[rahul78X]

We should wait till 15th January 2020, till new bouquets are announced by broadcasters. Hope they don't loot us anymore.

 

[Amit1079]

As 2019 gone
Channels rate of 19 gone
Looks like Trai were waiting for 2019 to finish
Now we r in practice of watching less channels
So for me not important
However I managed below 300rs now it will lesser than that s all
Only I want is quality content channels launch in coming days
Only gud news is now we can watchsports like Kabaddi IPL football and other cric matches in HD for less amount
Sun will bow down now as they were not reducing there prices

 

[sng_shivang]

I am having this gut feeling that they will game this arrangement too. Regardless, these changes bring nothing for me as the consumption is still quite low and the lower slab is keep as it is.

 

[rajib022]

We should wait till 15th January 2020, till new bouquets are announced by broadcasters. Hope they don't loot us anymore.

bro- dpo & broadcasters are not in the market for charity, they r doing their own mind with their higher officials for looting customers again, does anytime still date dpo & broadcaster have gave any kind of free business !!!!

 

[jaiprakash]

I have a doubt. If LCO already feel up the slot of 200 FTA channels then we may have to pay additional Rs 30 maximum for pay channel addition. It's not clear that LCO will allow it to choose FTA channels or not. I didn't select FTA channels on my SITI because they don't charge for Additional channels. So i took FTA package.

Thats the catch DTH & Cable Operators will exploit for sure

 

[rahul78X]

I am using dishtv, which is giving near about 184 fta within Rs 153- that is more than enough to me. I am basically used 4 boradcater bouquets, ad sony HI bangal of rs 31, zee bengali family pack of rs 39, discovery sd bouquet1 of rs 8, & disney universal of rs 10, and sometimes sony sports of rs 31, as dish tv has single channel 30 days lock in.

Ok, I use ADTV which provides all the FTA channels in ₹153 NCF (except few).

1.Sony Rest of India Pack (8 Channels)
2 .Zee Hindi Pack (24 Channels)
3.Star Value Pack Hindi
4.Disney Kids Pack
5.Turner Family Pack
6. Times Bouquet 2 (7 Channels)

A-La- Carte
1.Star Movies
2.MTV
3.MTV BEATS
4.Sony Pix

I mainly watch Punjabi Music Channels which I get free, some info channel and Hindi Movies which are lot for me. Free Channels won't be counted in 100 channels in Airtel. Only DD and Pay Channels and only few channels which are FTA and not included in free channels bundle have to be opted separate and then it will be counted as 1 channel.

 

[rajib022]

Ok, I use ADTV which provides all the FTA channels in ₹153 NCF (except few).

1.Sony Rest of India Pack (8 Channels)
2 .Zee Hindi Pack (24 Channels)
3.Star Value Pack Hindi
4.Disney Kids Pack
5.Turner Family Pack
6. Times Bouquet 2 (7 Channels)

A-La- Carte
1.Star Movies
2.MTV
3.MTV BEATS
4.Sony Pix

I mainly watch Punjabi Music Channels which I get free, some info channel and Hindi Movies which are lot for me. Free Channels won't be counted in 100 channels in Airtel. Only DD and Pay Channels and only few channels which are FTA and not included in free channels bundle have to be opted separate and then it will be counted as 1 channel.

**dish tv is giving those a la carte channels as FTA except star movies

 

[vinit]

What's the maximum cap for a la carte price is it rs.19 or Broadcaster can set any price for its channel now after new rules

It's not more than Rs12

 

[jaiprakash]

Why trai taking a round about route? Can't they straight away fix the upper cap for Channels like Rs 10 for HD and Rs 4 for SD?

So that Broadcaster and DTH can play around the clause

 

[Choco7905]

What's the maximum cap for a la carte price is it rs.19 or Broadcaster can set any price for its channel now after new rules

There's no cap on ala-carte MRP. Earlier, if price was more than 19 then it wasn't allowed be a part of bouquet & now it's reduced to 12. So, if broadcasters want to provide a channel in bouquet then it's MRP can't be more than 12 & if they don't want to provide in bouquet then it can be priced 1800 also like NHK World Premium.