Section 87 in Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services (Eighth) (Addressable Systems) Tariff Order, 2017
87. Many a times a subscriber does not know that FTA channels are given to distributors of television channels free of cost whereas subscription fee has to be given for pay channels only. When a bouquet contains both pay and FTA channels, customers/subscriber may not be able to appreciate the price difference due to lack of information. This need to be addressed. Accordingly, the Authority has decided that bouquets of pay channels and FTA channels have to be provided separately i.e. there can be no bundling of pay and FTA channels together both at the broadcaster as well as at the distributor of television channels level.
