KOLKATA: With simply four days to the switchover to new cable tariff device, the multi device operators (MSO) within the town have made up our minds to offer a buffering period of 7 days to the audience when the cable channels go off air after nighttime on January 31 — the deadline set through Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for buyer migration to the new regime.
“If the central executive doesn’t lengthen the deadline additional, we can give a buffering period of 1 week to customers. The MSOs will supply a elementary package after the channels go off the air after January 31 nighttime. In the intervening time, we can succeed in out to them and apprise them of the location. Content of this elementary package may vary and it is going to be made up our minds through the MSOs,” Mrinal Chatterjee of Bengal Boradband told TOI.
“I don’t know what others are doing, but Meghbala, an MSO operating within the town, has made up our minds to telecast the ‘free-to-air’ channels for seven days,” Secretary of Cable Operators Sangram Committee Apurba Bhattacharya stated.
“I was sitting within the workplace for the last two days but there has been infrequently any reaction from the shoppers. Only 10% to 12% of them have registered their selection. The cable operators were visiting the homes but with none certain reaction,” Chatterjee stated.
Meanwhile, the state executive has officially asked the Centre to extend the deadline in order that the three-tier cable-operated telecasting device comprising the broadcasters, MSOs, DTH companies and cable operators can adapt to the location correctly. “Broadcasting is something where the state has nothing to do. It has only asked the Centre to extend the deadline but there's infrequently any chance of an extension,” Chatterjee stated.
Industry insiders, then again, stated cable operators and MSOs weren't pleased with the revenue-sharing development within the new device and hence, they had been reluctant to simply accept it.
There are 15 broadcasters that air the entire pay channels and 250 MSOs everywhere the rustic. In Kolkata, there are 9 MSOs. “The Centre can pressurize them but they can't do the same with a lot of cable operators who are the essential part on this device” a source stated.
“In the new device, the broadcasters will get 80% of the profit and the remainder 20% shall be shared through the MSOs and cable operators. In truth, the MSOs will get 8% to 10% and incur massive loss. Naturally, they are reluctant to convince the folk,” he stated.
“If the central executive doesn’t lengthen the deadline additional, we can give a buffering period of 1 week to customers. The MSOs will supply a elementary package after the channels go off the air after January 31 nighttime. In the intervening time, we can succeed in out to them and apprise them of the location. Content of this elementary package may vary and it is going to be made up our minds through the MSOs,” Mrinal Chatterjee of Bengal Boradband told TOI.
“I don’t know what others are doing, but Meghbala, an MSO operating within the town, has made up our minds to telecast the ‘free-to-air’ channels for seven days,” Secretary of Cable Operators Sangram Committee Apurba Bhattacharya stated.
“I was sitting within the workplace for the last two days but there has been infrequently any reaction from the shoppers. Only 10% to 12% of them have registered their selection. The cable operators were visiting the homes but with none certain reaction,” Chatterjee stated.
Meanwhile, the state executive has officially asked the Centre to extend the deadline in order that the three-tier cable-operated telecasting device comprising the broadcasters, MSOs, DTH companies and cable operators can adapt to the location correctly. “Broadcasting is something where the state has nothing to do. It has only asked the Centre to extend the deadline but there's infrequently any chance of an extension,” Chatterjee stated.
Industry insiders, then again, stated cable operators and MSOs weren't pleased with the revenue-sharing development within the new device and hence, they had been reluctant to simply accept it.
There are 15 broadcasters that air the entire pay channels and 250 MSOs everywhere the rustic. In Kolkata, there are 9 MSOs. “The Centre can pressurize them but they can't do the same with a lot of cable operators who are the essential part on this device” a source stated.
“In the new device, the broadcasters will get 80% of the profit and the remainder 20% shall be shared through the MSOs and cable operators. In truth, the MSOs will get 8% to 10% and incur massive loss. Naturally, they are reluctant to convince the folk,” he stated.
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