Tariff issues for Cable TV Services in Non CAS areas - TRAI issues a simplified format for cable operators
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
TRAI has issued a simplified version of the format in different Indianlanguages for submitting information by small cable operators regardingtheir operational and financial status required for the exercise oftariff issues. All cable operators who have less than 500 subscribersare requested to fill up this format and submit the same to TRAI bypost/fax/e-mail (Details given above) by 28th February 2010 positively
In pursuance of the Hon’ble Supreme Court order dated 13th May2009, TRAI has undertaken the exercise relating to tariff for Cable TVServices in Non-CAS areas. On 18th January 2010, the Hon’ble SupremeCourt had directed that this exercise should be completed by 30th June2010. Accordingly, TRAI had requested all the stakeholders to completethe submission of information about their financial and operationalfigures in the prescribed formats by 15th February 2010. The formatsfor submission of the information are already available on TRAI website: https://www.trai.gov.in/BCSFormat.asp .
TRAI has received representations from some quarters indicating thatsome small cable operators may not have access to computers and theymay be unable to understand the format fully. To facilitate the smallcable operators (Having less than 500 subscribers),a simplified versionof the format has been issued. An advertisement in this regard has alsobeen published in different regional languages in local news papers.The advertisement in different Indian languages alongwith simplifiedformat has been placed on TRAI website: https://www.trai.gov.in/BCSFormat.asp.
It may be recalled that the Hon’ble Court had directed all thestakeholders to cooperate in this exercise. Cooperation of all thecable operators is solicited by TRAI to comply with the directions ofthe Hon’ble Supreme Court.
In pursuance of the Hon’ble Supreme Court order dated 13th May2009, TRAI has undertaken the exercise relating to tariff for Cable TVServices in Non-CAS areas. On 18th January 2010, the Hon’ble SupremeCourt had directed that this exercise should be completed by 30th June2010. Accordingly, TRAI had requested all the stakeholders to completethe submission of information about their financial and operationalfigures in the prescribed formats by 15th February 2010. The formatsfor submission of the information are already available on TRAI website: https://www.trai.gov.in/BCSFormat.asp .
TRAI has received representations from some quarters indicating thatsome small cable operators may not have access to computers and theymay be unable to understand the format fully. To facilitate the smallcable operators (Having less than 500 subscribers),a simplified versionof the format has been issued. An advertisement in this regard has alsobeen published in different regional languages in local news papers.The advertisement in different Indian languages alongwith simplifiedformat has been placed on TRAI website: https://www.trai.gov.in/BCSFormat.asp.
It may be recalled that the Hon’ble Court had directed all thestakeholders to cooperate in this exercise. Cooperation of all thecable operators is solicited by TRAI to comply with the directions ofthe Hon’ble Supreme Court.
Source: PIB
