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2020 indeed did not start on a happy note for the television industry with all broadcasters staging a protest against the New Tariff Order 2.0 passed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on January 1, 2020. The order came even before they had finished with the struggles of implementing the first one. Now the broadcasters are worried that the new order will push them to start the entire pricing cycle all over again.
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According to BARC data of HSM NCCS All India (Urban+Rural) for week 53 and we see no change as usual, Star Plus leads the chart for Hindi GEC Pay TV category with 689mn impressions, followed by Colors on the second spot with 674mn impressions. Zee TV on the third spot with 660mn impressions, Sony SAB on the fourth spot with 656mn impressions. On the fifth spot we have Sony Entertainment Television with 492mn impressions and on the sixth spot is Star Bharat with 276mn impressions. Dangal TV on the 7th position with 251mn impressions. Bottom 3 positions on this category were Star Utsav with 204mn impressions,&TV with 165mn impressions and Sony Pal with 153mn impressions.
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MUMBAI: The last six months have been rather unsettling for the television sector what with the regulator the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India revising tariff regulations for pay TV at least a couple of times. Indian broadcasting CEOs hence came together under the umbrella of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) on 10 January to air their concerns about the latest amendments in the new tariff order. They were more than clear that the latest revision is going to adversly affect their toplines and bottomlines and hence that may leave them no recourse but to consider legal options.
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“It hasn’t been a very good start to the year for us in the industry,” said IBF President and Sony Pictures Network India MD and CEO N P Singh on the recent amendments to the Tariff Order, Interconnection Regulations and Quality of Service Regulation of 2017 for the broadcasting and cable services sector issued by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
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Members of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation came together on Friday to discuss TRAI’s recent amendments to Tariff Order, Interconnection Regulations and Quality of Service Regulation of 2017 for the broadcasting and cable services sector.
Speaking on NTO 2.0, Sudhanshu Vats, Group CEO & MD, Viacom18 and Vice-President, IBF, said: “The objective of NTO 1 was first - to give choice to consumers, second - to bring transparency and third - to reduce litigation. While only the first two have happened, it’s too early to talk about the third.”
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Following the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)’s recent amendments to the Tariff Order, Interconnection Regulations and Quality of Service Regulation of 2017 for the broadcasting and cable services sector, members of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation came together to address the issue on Friday.
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At an IBF meet addressing TRAI's amendments to the NTO, Goenka, CEO & MD of ZEE, says the concern with the changes & regulations is the constraints which come with basic execution and operation
On the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)’s recent amendments to Tariff Order, Interconnection Regulations and Quality of Service Regulation of 2017 for the broadcasting and cable services sector, Punit Goenka, Managing Director and CEO, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) expressed his views and said, “We have an obsession with our consumers, making us consistently strive towards creating the best value for them. Like how the esteemed players for the entire chain have embraced the New Tariff Order, the consumers have also participated in this change with an open mind and have just settled with the change to a certain extent.”
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Aroon Purie, Founder, India Today Group, was at a meet of senior leaders of the broadcast industry who came together to discuss TRAI’s recent amendments
Expressing disappointment over NTO 2.0, leader of the broadcast industry and senior IBF members came together to discuss the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)’s recent amendments to Tariff Order, Interconnection Regulations and Quality of Service Regulation of 2017 for the broadcasting and cable services sector.
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At the IBF Press meet discussing recent amendments to TRAI's NTO, Megha Tata, MD, Discovery – South Asia, says a progressive policy framework must be impartial to all stakeholders in the ecosystem
Speaking on the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI)’s recent amendments to Tariff Order, Interconnection Regulations and Quality of Service Regulation of 2017 for the broadcasting and cable services sector, Megha Tata, Managing Director, Discovery – South Asia raised her concerns at IBF Press meet and said, “The warrant TRAI to fix cap on prices, cap on discounting and cap on the number of bouquets one can count. The new amendment also begs a question: has TRAI considered the feedback of all the broadcasters before coming out with this amended order?
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The new Bhojpuri movie channel will start operations from 14 January 2020.
MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd has a new ambiguous member joining it's cluster - the upcoming 24-hour dedicated Bhojpuri movie channel Zee Biskope. The channel will be rolled out on the auspicious day of Sankranti, 14 January 2020.
