Section 29 in Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services (Eighth) (Addressable Systems) Tariff Order, 2017
29. With regard to the objections pertaining to `must provide ... rights and entitlements of the Broadcasters under the Copyright Act, 1957 including Broadcasting Reproduction Rights under section 37 of the Act and as stated above
this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) "Act" means the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 ( 24 of 1997 ); (b) "addressable system" means ... television broadcast and includes - (2) all other words and expressions used in this Order but not defined, and defined in the Act and rules
Section 2 in Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Standards of Quality of Service and Consumer Protection (Addressable Systems) Regulations, 2017
2. Definitions.
(1) In these ... regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:- (a) "Act" means the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 ( 24 of 1997 ); (b) "active subscriber
section 3 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997; (g) "broadcaster" means a person or a group of persons, or body corporate ... specifying the placement of various channels of the broadcaster vis-a-vis channels of other broadcasters; (o) "commercial subscriber" means any subscriber who receives
such broadcaster: Provided further that on the request of a broadcaster, the Authority may, in view of larger consumer interests, permit the broadcaster to offer ... assigned to them in the Companies Act, 2013 ( 18 of 2013 ). (4) It shall be permissible for a broadcaster to offer promotional schemes on maximum
Act, 1997 and has been mandated to discharge the statutory functions prescribed under the said Act. The Act, as originally enacted, did not include "Broadcasting ... amended the TRAI Act and included the Proviso to section 2(1)(k) that enabled the Central Government to notify Broadcasting Services as a "telecommunication
broadcasters including one of their associations mentioned that broadcasters are akin to broadcast organizations, which come under the purview of the Copyright Act. They further ... protection measures in respect of works of authors and broadcasting reproduction rights (BRR) of broadcast organisations. They are of the opinion that various provisions
DPOs are violative of the rights of Broadcasters under, inter alia, section 37 of the Copyright Act, 1957, as well as Article ... content of their broadcast and the exercise of their broadcasting reproduction right under section 37 of the Copyright Act
wisdom has established TRAI under TRAI Act to regulate telecommunications services including broadcasting and cable services. In fact, a bare reading of Section ... TRAI Act clears the position that TRAI has been given wide powers to regulate the Broadcasting industry without any limitation being imposed with respect
Section 37 in Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services (Eighth) (Addressable Systems) Tariff Order, 2017
37. Most of the broadcasters and their associations have mentioned that ... odds with Copyright Laws in as much as the Copyright Act clearly provides Broadcast Organisations the right to charge differential rates of royalties and license
