At the centre of submissions filed by Culver Max Entertainment and Jio Platforms to TRAI’s consultation paper on regulating Application-based Linear Television Distribution (ALTD) and Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) services is a shared claim: FAST sits in the application layer and functions as an OTT service, not a telecom or broadcasting carriage service. In comments submitted to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), both companies argued that FAST platforms may look like television channels, carrying scheduled programming and ads, but still run over the open internet on a consumer’s existing broadband or mobile connection.

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