USNMix Report: TRAI plea
against court bar on new timing
of new broadcasting fee system.
of new broadcasting fee system.
The Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI) filed a petition for consideration on Wednesday at Calcutta High Court after the ban of the timing of the new fee system of
television channels. The Calcutta High Court had banned the execution of the
new system on Tuesday, February 1. A bench of Justice Arindam Sinha, while
hearing the petition of about 80 local cable operators (LCOs), deferred the
deadline till 18 February. The court asked TRAI that the terms and conditions
can be considered again.
Notification effected
nationwide
TRAI filed a petition
seeking withdrawal of the verdict saying that no representative of the court
was present at the court's judgment on his notification. He said that the
effect of this notification is nationwide and its deadline is very close to
February one.
Extra Advocate General
Kaushik Chanda said that keeping in view TRAI's stand, LCOs and multi-system
operators (MSOs) have the option of agreeing with the mutual consent or the
agreement to share the revenue under TRAI provisions. He said that under the
provision of revenue sharing, it has been ensured that the MSOs did not get
more than 55 percent and the LCOs had less than 45 percent.
However, local cable
operators claim that the provisions for revenue sharing are in favor of
multi-system operators (MSOs). TRAI has prepared a new fee system for
broadcasters and cable operators. Under this arrangement, consumers will have
the freedom to choose their preferred channel. He will only pay the fee for the
channel he will choose.
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