TRAI grants relief on set-top boxes landing page order, extends deadline

Giving some relief to cable operators, the Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) has extended the deadline for implementation of its directions on the landing page of set-top boxes (STBs) by two months to May 31. The earlier deadline would have run out today (March 31).

According to a statement from TRAI, the regulator has taken the decision to give more time at the behest of the All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF), which requested TRAI to extend the deadline in view of an appeal against the direction pending before Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).

TRAI had earlier directed broadcasters and distributors of television channels to restrain from placing any registered satellite television channel, whose rating is released by a TV rating agency, on the landing page of their service or as the landing channel or the boot-up screen.

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