With TRAI's New Regulation for the Television and Broadcasting Sector, Consumers have the freedom to select Television (TV) Channels of their choice.
The new tariff order by TRAI, in most likelihood, will reduce the price you pay for watching television if you make an economic choice of channels. Your payment to the Service Provider has two components. The first one is called the Network Capacity Fee (NCF). It is like a rental charge of the TV connection to your home. The other is the price of any pay channels that you select.
The new framework mandates all operators, including DTH, cable service provider or multi-system operator, to have a base package of 100 channels. Out of the list of 100 TV channels in the base package, you will have to deselect any number of FTA/ Free channels of your choice and add pay channels of equal number. The overall limit cannot cross 100.
The MRP of NCF is maximum Rs. 130 per month for 100 TV channels. You can select any FTA/Free channel, pay channel or a bouquet(s) of pay channel as per your choice. If you want to increase the capacity (because you want to watch more than 100 channels), you can do so by paying an additional amount of Rs. 20 for 25 additional channels. As an example, suppose you want to watch 110 channels, you may be charged an amount not exceeding Rs 150 (Rs 130 + Rs 20) per month. If you want to watch 150 channels, you pay another 20 rupees for the slab 125-150 channels.
TV Channels come in two flavours from the price point. Some are free and others are paid channels. The MRP of paid channels is shown in rupees per month. No money's paid for free to Air (FTA) channel. . The latest list by TRAI shows that there are 330 pay TV channels and 535 FTA channels.
As you select the channels, the MRP will continue to be updated in the Price-bar. If you select a free channel and inclusion of this channel does not affect your rental, then the value will not change. However, if you add a pay channel without changing the NCF slab, then the value will increase by the price of the additional channel you chose. This is similar to a shopping cart in your online shopping experience.
The new tariff order by TRAI, in most likelihood, will reduce the price you pay for watching television if you make an economic choice of channels. Your payment to the Service Provider has two components. The first one is called the Network Capacity Fee (NCF). It is like a rental charge of the TV connection to your home. The other is the price of any pay channels that you select.
The new framework mandates all operators, including DTH, cable service provider or multi-system operator, to have a base package of 100 channels. Out of the list of 100 TV channels in the base package, you will have to deselect any number of FTA/ Free channels of your choice and add pay channels of equal number. The overall limit cannot cross 100.
The MRP of NCF is maximum Rs. 130 per month for 100 TV channels. You can select any FTA/Free channel, pay channel or a bouquet(s) of pay channel as per your choice. If you want to increase the capacity (because you want to watch more than 100 channels), you can do so by paying an additional amount of Rs. 20 for 25 additional channels. As an example, suppose you want to watch 110 channels, you may be charged an amount not exceeding Rs 150 (Rs 130 + Rs 20) per month. If you want to watch 150 channels, you pay another 20 rupees for the slab 125-150 channels.
TV Channels come in two flavours from the price point. Some are free and others are paid channels. The MRP of paid channels is shown in rupees per month. No money's paid for free to Air (FTA) channel. . The latest list by TRAI shows that there are 330 pay TV channels and 535 FTA channels.
As you select the channels, the MRP will continue to be updated in the Price-bar. If you select a free channel and inclusion of this channel does not affect your rental, then the value will not change. However, if you add a pay channel without changing the NCF slab, then the value will increase by the price of the additional channel you chose. This is similar to a shopping cart in your online shopping experience.
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