The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on 1st September 2022, directed all the broadcasters to report to the Authority, any change in name, nature, language, Maximum Retail Price (MRP) per month of channels, and composition and MRP of bouquets, as per the New Regulatory Framework 2020 by 30th November 2022 and simultaneously publish such information on their websites.
The broadcasters who have already submitted their RIOs in compliance of the New Regulatory Framework 2020 may also revise their Reference Interconnect Offers (RIO) by 30th November 2022.
Further, it directed all the Distribution Platform Operators (DPOs) to report to the Authority, Distributor Retail Price (DRP) of pay channels and bouquets of pay channels and composition of bouquets of pay and free-to-air (FTA) channels, as per the New Regulatory Framework 2020 by 31st December 2022 , and simultaneously publish such information on their websites. DPOs who have already submitted their RIOs in compliance of the New Regulatory Framework 2020 may also revise their RIOs by 31st December 2022.
Furthermore, all the distributors of television channels shall ensure that services to the subscribers, with effect from 28th February 2023, are provided as per the bouquets or channels opted by them.
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