A key demand emerging from the submissions is that ALTD platforms should be treated on par with Distribution Platform Operators (DPOs), such as DTH, cable, IPTV and HITS operators

Imran Fazal May 13, 2026 3:28 PM

Industry experts say IPTV-led bundling can slow the bleeding, but only up to a point

Aditi Gupta Dec 17, 2025 8:26 AM

Operators are now focusing on hybrid offerings, bundled OTT access and broadband expansion to mitigate the decline, say experts

Aditi Gupta Nov 18, 2025 8:51 AM

The fee was paid based on the current rate of 8% of AGR, which means that TRAI's recommendation to lower the licensing fee to 3% has been overlooked

Aditi Gupta Sep 26, 2024 8:14 AM

In a meeting held on December 23, TRAI had asked stakeholders to send the list of issues that concerns them with respect to NTO 2.0 implementation

Javed Farooqui Jan 25, 2022 8:45 AM

Thakur, I&B Minister, said that the four private DTH operators include Dish TV India+Videocon d2h, Bharati Telemedia, Tata Sky and Sun Direct TV

exchange4media Staff Dec 24, 2021 9:08 AM

Licence will be valid for a period of 20 years from the date of issue

Javed Farooqui Dec 31, 2020 8:33 AM

The authority also said that MIB should not put any artificial restriction on the licence condition for DTH operators

exchange4media Staff May 27, 2020 12:42 PM

Actors Bharati Singh, Avika Gor, Rannvijay Singha, Gaelyn Mendonca, Meera Deosthale, Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia, Smita Bansal have joined the campaign to express their gratitude

exchange4media Staff Apr 30, 2020 3:35 PM

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has also issued an advisory to cable operators for mandatory carriage of DD, LSTV & RSTV channels

exchange4media Staff Mar 31, 2020 11:09 AM