The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has taken decisive action against several Multi-System Operators (MSOs) who failed to comply with regulatory requirements for providing cable television services through digital addressable systems (DAS). In an orde...
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MIB to assign LCOs registration numbers, prepare a national list
The Indian government will assign a national identification or registration number to the country’s LCOs and is also poised to create a national list of cable operators to streamline the working process in the cable TV industry.
In a new advisory, the Ministry of Information and Broa...
Active DTH subs marginally down in quarter-ended Sept’23
The total number of active DTH subscribers has decreased from 65.50 million in quarter-ended June 2023 to 64.18 million in QE September 2023, broadcast and communications regulator TRAI said yesterday.
Next spectrum auction significantly smaller: Minister Vaishnaw
The next spectrum auction will be a "limited auction", one that is significantly smaller than the previous round, Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. The government is "moving fast" on it, he asserted. "The spectrum auction will be ...
MIB receives Rs 4,342cr in interim budget
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday allocated Rs 4,342.55 crore to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in the interim Budget for 2024-25, a slight decrease from the revised estimates of Rs 4,449.79 in the pr...
Centre names Anil Kumar Lahoti as the new TRAI chairman
The government on Monday appointed former chairman and chief executive officer of Railway Board Anil Kumar Lahoti as the new chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), The Economic Times reported. "The Appointments Committee of the C...