Putin meets former German teacher Vera Gurevich: Viral video shows emotional reunion and a hug. Here's how she shaped Russian President's lifeRussian President Vladimir Putin recently reunited with his former German teacher, Vera Gurevich, in Moscow. He personally picked her up, b...
12 May, 2026, 01.11 PM IST
Broadcast ecosystem may be headed for regulatory resetIndia's broadcast sector is set for a major regulatory overhaul. TRAI is planning a broad review of pricing, distribution, and platform rul...
13 Apr, 2026, 12.20 AM IST
Trai may review plan to allow distributors to break bouquetsIndia's telecom regulator Trai is considering allowing distributors like Tata Play to create their own channel bouquets, a move that could ...
09 Oct, 2025, 02.12 PM IST
Broadcasters seek meeting with Parliamentary CommitteeThe Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF) has requested a meeting with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications a...
15 Feb, 2024, 02.34 PM IST
Broadcasters hike prices of channel bouquets on rising content expensesBroadcasters have increased their prices for the second time following the implementation of NTO 3.0 by the TRAI in November 2022. The TV c...
06 Jan, 2024, 04.09 PM IST
I&B sends cable companies request seeking autonomy in bouquet pricing to Traifollowing a request by the All India Digital Cable Federation, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has requested the Telecom Regul...
19 Sep, 2023, 11.55 PM IST
Kerala High Court dismisses AIDCF's petition against TRAI's NTO 3.0The Kerala High Court has rejected the writ petition filed by the All India Digital Cable Federation challenging the Telecom Regulatory Aut...
04 Apr, 2023, 03.18 PM IST
Kerala HC refuses to stay TRAI’s broadcast tariff amendmentsThe MSOs, who provide cable TV service through local cable operators (LCOs), had to report the DRP (distributor retail price) of pay channe...
06 Jan, 2023, 02.53 PM IST
Partial relief for broadcasters in tariff order case from Bombay high courtThe genesis of the dispute lies in the notification of January 1, 2020, by the regulator that brought amendments to the tariff order of 201...
30 Jun, 2021, 11.59 PM IST
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India directs broadcasters to comply with new tariff orderTrai has sought details of all the channels and bouquets from the broadcasters by August 10th. These include name, nature, language, MRP of...
24 Jul, 2020, 09.02 PM IST
Broadcasters miffed at TRAI’s new caps on channel pricingIndian television stations have sought to reverse the order a day after TRAI announced new caps on pricing and bouquet discounts. In the am...
03 Jan, 2020, 06.54 AM IST
TRAI lowers cap on MRP of individual channelsTRAI has reduced the cap on the MRP of individual channels to Rs 12 per month, from Rs 19.
02 Jan, 2020, 11.16 AM IST
Broadcasters oppose Trai tariff order reviewIBF says regulator’s intervention ‘premature’, to have disastrous results.
02 Oct, 2019, 06.36 AM IST
Trai moves Supreme Court for discount cap on channel bouquetsIndia’s telecom regulator has moved the Supreme Court seeking an order to reinstate the 15% cap on discounting of channel bouquets.
11 Dec, 2018, 08.37 AM IST
TRAI caps cable bill at Rs 130 for 100 FTA channelsIf a pay channel is provided as part of a bouquet, MRP of such pay channel cannot be more than Rs 19.
04 Mar, 2017, 11.37 AM IST
- Don’t force bouquet on DTH: TRAI
Direct-To-Home (DTH) service providers will now be able to buy individual channels of their choice from the various different bouquets offe...
04 Sep, 2007, 04.39 AM IST
- DTH can refuse bouquet and pick channels of choice: TRAI
The new regulation could intensify the survival of new channels, which have been piggy-riding the popular channels in the bouquet offered b...
03 Sep, 2007, 04.05 PM IST