Good News TRAI wins the tariff order case against Star in Supreme Court

[Nikhil3]

Simple, don't include SS1 in star bouquet. Then they can charge even Rs1000 for SS1 as law allow them to do so

Then no one will subscribe we customers are not fools anymore.

 

[Sarkar]

@Sarkar bro 1 question
Example fastway cable not provide MN+,or times network channels.
After 29dec going to change anythink.

We need to read whole order about what it says for missing chs. Upto now i find it only says DPO cannot break broadcaster bouquet. But what if some bouquet chs are missing in DPO that i did not find so If I find i will mention

U also go ahead and try to find that

https://www.trai.gov.in/sites/default/files/Tariff_Order_English_3 March_2017.pdf

 

[Basil]

Please avoid posting articles from disallowed websites.

https://dreamdth.com/community/threads/rules-for-sharing-content-on-ddf-from-other-websites.107879/

 

[Amjathsalim]

May no sun network tamil bouket?

 

[Nikhil3]

Our dths are very slow in giving updates about new trai implementation also any of them not updated channel prices in epg. Really disappointed.

 

[mss]

@Sarkar bro 1 question
Example fastway cable not provide MN+,or times network channels.
After 29dec going to change anythink.

They will allot spares channels to broadcaster's, first come first serve basis.

 

[IndiaN]

Our dths are very slow in giving updates about new trai implementation also any of them not updated channel prices in epg. Really disappointed.

They have technically ready
Can do on 28th itself

 

[goodlord]

Why is it so confusing?

This is how it will happen.

The DTH guy will say: I am going to charge capacity fees of Rs 75 per month (assume) for first 100 SD channels (equal to 50 HD channels). For every 20 more channels, I will charge Rs 15 as capacity charge (assume).

After this, the DTH provider will also give various packs.

One pack will be purely FTA. This pack is likely to contain all FTA channels on the platform. In case of this pack, the DTH provider will only charge capacity fee, nothing else. This can contain more than 100 FTA channels. It is not clear whether the capacity fee charged on this pack should be equal to the capacity fee charged on other packs or not (most probably, it will have to be equal). If it is equal, then you're screwed, because if the pack contains 250 FTA channels, you'll end up paying anywhere between Rs 200-300 as capacity fees. If, on the other hand, there is no requirement for uniformity of capacity charge across packs, then the capacity fees may be minimal (say 99 rupees), to encourage people to come to the platform.


Similarly, there will be other packs from the DTH provider. I believe a single pack cannot contain FTA and pay channel. So, there will be packs containing only pay channels (say only Tamil pay channels), and there will be packs containing only FTA channels (say Tamil FTA channels).

You can even go for these packs as your 'base pack', and don't have to go for the 'main FTA pack' (250 channel one). You can also subscribe to 4 or 5 such packs to make up your base pack. You can also add single channels (a la carte) to this 'base pack' as well.

Now, is there any more confusion?

 

[goodlord]

Our dths are very slow in giving updates about new trai implementation also any of them not updated channel prices in epg. Really disappointed.

They are doing last-minute negotiations with broadcasters, asking them to reduce pack prices if they want to be part of their packages.

 

[Digital Mastermind]

Why is it so confusing?

This is how it will happen.

The DTH guy will say: I am going to charge capacity fees of Rs 75 per month (assume) for first 100 SD channels (equal to 50 HD channels). For every 20 more channels, I will charge Rs 15 as capacity charge (assume).

After this, the DTH provider will also give various packs.

One pack will be purely FTA. This pack is likely to contain all FTA channels on the platform. In case of this pack, the DTH provider will only charge capacity fee, nothing else. This can contain more than 100 FTA channels. It is not clear whether the capacity fee charged on this pack should be equal to the capacity fee charged on other packs or not (most probably, it will have to be equal). If it is equal, then you're screwed, because if the pack contains 250 FTA channels, you'll end up paying anywhere between Rs 200-300 as capacity fees. If, on the other hand, there is no requirement for uniformity of capacity charge across packs, then the capacity fees may be minimal (say 99 rupees), to encourage people to come to the platform.


Similarly, there will be other packs from the DTH provider. I believe a single pack cannot contain FTA and pay channel. So, there will be packs containing only pay channels (say only Tamil pay channels), and there will be packs containing only FTA channels (say Tamil FTA channels).

You can even go for these packs as your 'base pack', and don't have to go for the 'main FTA pack' (250 channel one). You can also subscribe to 4 or 5 such packs to make up your base pack. You can also add single channels (a la carte) to this 'base pack' as well.

Now, is there any more confusion?

For Pay channel base and ala csrte, customer will have to pay Channel price/ pack price + Network capacity fee so will it now be higher ?