Dish TV FY26 loss widens as subscription revenue shrinks amid OTT pressureDish TV India faced a significant financial setback in FY26, reporting a wider consolidated loss. Subscription revenue saw a sharp decline ...
Cable, DTH vs streaming: Battle lines drawn at Trai over FAST TV rulesIndia's old television distributors and new digital companies are in a regulatory fight. The debate is about whether internet-delivered TV ...
IBDF joins legal battle over streaming of TV channels on Prasar Bharati’s WAVES platformThe Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation has joined a legal battle concerning Prasar Bharati's WAVES platform. The dispute centers on...
IAMAI alleges Trai attempts to regulate OTT platformsIndustry body IAMAI claims Trai is overstepping its bounds. Proposed rules for spam calls may unfairly target over-the-top platforms like W...
Telcos vs OTT apps: Trai's spam rules spark row with Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone IdeaTelcos such as Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea as well as the Cellular Operators Association of India were united in their de...
Trai pushes MeitY to act strongly to curb spam, phishing on OTT appsThe telecom regulator is urging the Ministry of Electronics and IT to address the rise in spam and phishing on OTT apps like WhatsApp and T...
Trai extends date for comments on OTT paperRegulating OTT apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal etc, is a much-anticipated consultation process, pitting the app makers and the startup...
To regulate OTT apps or not? Trai begins consultation processIndia's Telecom Regulatory Authority has begun a consultation to determine whether over-the-top (OTT) apps such as WhatsApp and Signal shou...
Trai releases paper on whether to regulate OTTsTrai has released the consultation paper on regulatory mechanism for OTT communication services and selective banning of OTT services after...
Reliance Jio rejects Bharti Airtel's charge on predatory pricing of live TV channels on JioFiberReliance Jio has rejected Airtel's complaint to the regulator about the telco's apparent predatory offers of live TV channels with its JioF...
Trai weighs need for separate regulations for broadcast and communication OTTsA Trai official said if it was decided that broadcasting OTTs need to be addressed separately, a consultation paper on the issue will be ou...
Trai working on light-touch norms for OTT platforms: Chairman PD VaghelaExperts at Trai are studying these issues with a view to create a level playing field among various service provisioning mechanisms, he sai...
Trai to issue consultation paper on OTT framework next monthThe Department of Telecommunications has sought recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to set up a legal frame...
Trai rules out need to regulate OTT players, for now“It is not an opportune moment to recommend a comprehensive regulatory framework for various aspects of services referred to as OTT service...
TRAI to take more time on OTT norms; lawful interception, security issue now in focusA senior Trai official said that the regulator wants to take a "practical approach" to the OTT issue.
Trai to fix ‘regulatory imbalance’ between mobile phone companies and OTT applications“In the OTT consultation, our focus is on regulatory imbalance from the perspective of telecom operators,” Trai chairman RS Sharma told ET.
TRAI begins consultation on regulatory regime for OTT servicesOTT services refer to applications and services that are accessible over the Internet and ride on an operator's network. Skype, Viber, What...