Section 47 in Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services (Eighth) (Addressable Systems) Tariff Order, 2017
47. Most of the broadcasters were not in favour of integrated distribution model. Majority of the MSOs and few DTH operators favoured integrated distribution models. They submitted that the broadcasters should provide all its pay channels on a-la-carte basis with rates of each channel directly prescribed for customers/ subscribers. They also opined that FTA channels should be bundled by the distributors of television channels and hence provided to the subscribers. Also, the option of bundling or packaging should lie with the distributors of television channels and not the broadcasters. The a-la-carte rate prescribed by the broadcasters should be consistence with the regulated genre-wise caps as decided by TRAI.
