Fearing subscriber erosion, digital cable TV operators send legal notice to Trai

NEW DELHI: Local cable operators and multi-system operators, represented by the Tamil Nadu Digital Cable TV Operators Association, in its ‘legal notice’ to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said that the pay channel broadcasters misinterpreted the New Tariff Order, 2020 with a malafide intent, and have ‘substantially inflated’ the prices, and feared that such an action would lead to a loss of their subscriber base.

In a notice to telecom and broadcasting regulator dated October 18 through Utkrishtha Law Offices, a Delhi-based law firm, the digital cable group said that “our clients are not doubting on your (Trai) intentions but have been shocked and surprised to see the conduct and malafide of the pay channel broadcasters who have wrongly interpreted the New Tariff Order, 2020 and have substantially inflated the prices of the pay channels.”