Tariff should be Technology Agnostic

Posted by admin on Jul 27, 2010 in Digital Blog News | View Comments

Tariff should be Technology Agnostic Lt. Col K K Sharma (Retd) Prior to 1994, there were no pay channels and thousands of cable operators provided video as well as FTA channels to the masses. When Pay channels were introduced, broadcasters demanded operators small lump sum amounts like Rs. 1000-2000 per month. The operators had requested the government at that time too to allow these channels to be distributed only through addressable systems which is the norm all over the world but the request was ignored. Consumers...