TRAI issues recommendations on regulatory framework for DTH services

Telecom regulator TRAI has issued its recommendations on the back reference from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on the authority’s earlier guidelines on the regulatory framework for platform services offered by DTH.

TRAI recommended that programmes transmitted by the direct-to-home (DTH) operators or multiple system operators (MSOs) or Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) operators as a platform service shall be exclusive and the same shall not be permitted to be shared directly or indirectly with any other distribution platform operator (DPO).