Sony Pictures Network India (SPNI), on Thursday, published its up-to-date Reference Interconnect Offer (RIO) in compliance with NTO 2.0 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

The new RIO will be effective from April 1, 2022.

SPNI has revised the price of its Hindi, GECs, sports, Hindi movies, kids, and infotainment channels.

The broadcaster priced its Hindi GECs Sony SAB (Rs 23) and Sony Entertainment Television (Rs 24), and sports channels Sony Six (Rs 20), Sony Ten 1 (Rs 20), Sony Ten 2 (Rs 20), Sony Ten 3 (Rs 12), and Sony Ten 4 (Rs 12).

Earlier the channels were priced at Rs 2, which has hiked the tariffs for its kids’ channel Sony Yay! And infotainment channel Sony BBC Earth to Rs 3.

It has also slashed the pricing of its Hindi movie channel Set Max from Rs 15 to Rs 12.

As per the new tariff regime 2.0 order (NTO), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has mandated that a channel’s MRP must not exceed Rs 12 for it to be included in any bouquet.

However, the broadcaster has made all its popular channels available only on an a-la-carte-basis.