News No MSO carrying more than 386 TV channels in first quarter of fiscal 2014-15: TRAI

[Deepu]

The maximum number of TV channels being carried by any reporting multi-system operator in the first quarter ending June 2014 of the current fiscal is 386, according to a report by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

In conventional analogue form, the maximum number of channels being carried by any reporting MSO is 100.

There were a total of 186 pay channels as reported by broadcasters for which the wholesale channels rates have been taken on record.

During the quarter ending June 2014, the distribution of “Fox Sports News” channel was discontinued by the broadcaster.

TRAI said no new DTH license was issued during the quarter ending June 2014.

At present apart from the Freedish DTH service of Doordarshan, there are six private DTH Operators. All the six private DTH Operators are offering pay DTH services.

The total number of registered subscribers and active subscribers being served by these six private DTH operators, as reported to TRAI, are 67.57 million and 38.24 million respectively as on 30 June 2014.

No MSO carrying more than 386 TV channels in first quarter of fiscal 2014-15: TRAI | Indian Television Dot Com

 

[SarfaRaZ]

Good Informative Share Deepu bhai.

 

[DashMajor]

Only 386 not even 500 ? Very strange figure.

 

[Sanjeev]

Why this odd figure

 

[Technoglitch]

There are some limitations for carrying 500 channels such as working out deal with broadcasters and LCOs need to carry the channels

 

[DashMajor]

But if d2h once claimed that they're giving 500 channels and services then MSO carries more channels then DTH.

 

[Technoglitch]

d2h carries around 400 channels and it includes the each language feeds per channel that sums around 500

 

[DashMajor]

Yeah so Digital MSOs too provides the language feed and analog ones provides the separate channel. Only in Active Service MSOs Lags.

 

[Devesh]

Informative share Deepu bro, why these regulations for mso?