Tuesday, February 7, 2012 – New Delhi: After being severely criticised by the Supreme Court over the 2G licence-allocation fiasco, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is now facing heat from broadcasters, cable and DTH firms and other stakeholders who are asking it to “stay away” from “over regulating” the industry under the government-mandated digitalisation policy.
Also, broadcasters like Star, Zee, ESPN, Asianet, Sun, and various cable and DTH operators have come together to tell Trai not to meddle in issues like tariff and pricing of content, advertisement-free channels, or imposition of more regulations under the proposed digitalised cable regime.
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