| According to Trai, in the Telecommunication (Broadcasting
and Cable) Services (Second) Tariff Order 2004, reduction in ceiling
charges was specified in the second provision of clause three for
multi-system and cable operators. This provided reduction in ceiling
charges taking into account the rates of similar channels, as on 26
December, 2003, in case of reduction in the number of channels being
shown by a MSO or a cable operator.
“It is considered that the same principle should also apply in
case a broadcaster reduces the number of pay channels being supplied
or when a pay channel converts into a free to air channel,” Trai
has said in an official statement today.
The details of the order can be taken from the regulator’s website,
www.trai.gov.in.
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