I believe TRAI is hands in glove with channels like Zee, Star because as far as me (end customer) is concerned, I used to get all channels in ₹780 per month including 2nd set top box. But now at same price, I can barely get 15 channels most of them are in HD. So big FU to TRAI and their pathetic attempt in trying to be customer friendly. I have moved over to OTT platforms and it is actually cheaper with the option to watch same content on all our devices.
Amazon Prime ₹999 + Hotstar ₹999 + Netflix ₹2400 (yearly shared price) + ₹450 Zee5 + ₹450 Sony LIV. Total comes to roughly half the price of Tatasky yearly connection with just 15 channels. Simple maths. Some people are getting away with installing hacked/illegal APKs on their Android TV boxes but as Farhan Akhtar would say...I don't want to go into any details.