I&B sends cable companies request seeking autonomy in bouquet pricing to Trai

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has requested the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to include the issue of granting autonomy to TV distributors in bouquet formation by allowing them to break broadcaster bouquets, in its consultation paper that was issued on August 8, people in the know told ET.

The ministry sent a reference to the broadcasting sector regulator, following a request by the All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF) seeking its intervention in the matter.