Section 89 in Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services (Eighth) (Addressable Systems) Tariff Order, 2017
89. Some DTH operators have raised the issue of non-level playing field and mentioned that the draft TTO effectively proposes to equalize all distributors of television channels, while overlooking their varied investments, scales of operation, QoS, service levels, costs, regulatory levies & taxation, innovation, efficiency of operation, categories of products, etc. They have also stated DTH operators due to high input costs will only result in losses. They suggested that the DTH operators ought to have flexibility to fix their tariffs for their network in such a way that they can plan the recovery of the capex/opex they have made.
