TRAI said it is aware that prices of some of the channels announced by broadcasters are unsustainable as these are not demand driven prices and are against the interest of consumers.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry released Engaging with Music 2021, measuring how 43,000 people across 21 countries including India engage with music.
Functions of TRAI, MIB and ASCI should be merged to create one super regulator so that the sector reaches its true potential, say experts.
TRAI's quarterly Performance Indicator Report shared details about the total pay DTH subscriber base, top cable TV services, TV channels, and radio broadcasters and their collective ad revenue.
According to the latest report released by homegrown consulting firm RedSeer Consulting, Shortform Content has grown 1.37x in terms of monthly active user (MAU) and 1.1x in terms of daily active users from June 2020 when Chinese app TikTok was banned in India.
India's video OTT market is expected to touch $12.5 billion by 2030 from about $1.5 billion in 2021 and the experts feel that the collaborations route is a positive step towards achieving this growth inorganically.
TRAI has also said that it will not allow the additional burden to fall on the consumers.
“We took a leaf from the way Disney runs their theme park. They made it experiential. We have to make movie going experiential, we cannot be utilitarian and that is what we are working on.”
The Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACTE) has given its backing to new support for the block’s creative industries coming from the European Parliament.
The Tamil Nadu Digital Cable TV Operators Association, an organisation that represents a section of MSOs and LCOs in Tamil Nadu has issued a legal notice to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).