(25 July 2008 6:30 pm)

NEW DELHI: Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has ordered the three existing direct-to-home (DTH) operators - Tata Sky, Dish TV and Sun Direct TV - to submit quarterly performance monitoring reports (PMRs) within 21 days from the end of each quarter to the regulator and the ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The information will include carriage fee charged from the broadcaster, number of registered and active subscribers on the last date of the quarter, details of subscription and installation plans, redressal of grievances of DTH subscribers by call centre, and name and type of the channels dropped during the quarter along with the reasons for it.

Earlier, DTH operators used to submit an annual revenue sheet which comprised licence fee and subscribtion earnings.

“Trai has the right to seek any kind of information from the DTH operators. With this information, the regulator will be able to keep a tab on the progress of the DTH market. I don’t see a reason as to why we should question this new system,” says Dish TV managing director Jawahar Goel.