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No Interim Stay On TRAI’s New Tariff Order, Relief Denied To TV Broadcasters By Bombay HC

Lawstreet Journal 15 Jan 2020 7:31pm

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The Bombay High Court on January 14, 2020 denied an interim relief to the TV broadcasters against the new tariff regulations by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

The petition in the present case is filed by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF). The matter was heard by the division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice RI Chagla. TRAI has been asked to submit the response within one week and the matter is posted for next hearing on January 22, 2020.

As the new tariff order has been challenged in the court, the broadcasters’ association have decided not to comply with the TRAI regulation. 

Apart from the IBF, broadcasters like Star and Disney India, Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE), Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN), Viacom18 and the Films & Television Producers Guild of India had also filed individual petitions, praying to quash the new tariff order and sought interim stay. 

New regulation requires the broadcasters to issue revised rate card of their channels, in compliance with the new regulations by January 15, 2020. The distribution platform operators (DPOs, a term used for cable and DTH operators) will then be given 15 days to revise their packages. In short by February 1, 2020, consumers will have to select channels of their choice. The new rates are slated to be effective from the March 1, 2020. 

Senior counsel Venkatesh Dhond representing TRAI alleged malafide intention on the part of petitioners as petition was filed on January 13 and the deadline for compliance for broadcasters is January, 15.

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