NTO 2.0: Star India announces new RIO for GEC, sports channels

Disney-owned Star TV Network on Friday announced 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 December 1 2021 and is subject to the outcome of the NTO 2.0 case in the Supreme Court.

The network priced 13 of its 46 Standard Definition (SD) TV of GEC and sports channels above Rs.12 are not to be included in a bouquet.

These include Star Plus (Rs 23), Star Jalsha (Rs 23), Star Parvah (Rs 19), Maa TV (Rs 23), Star Vijay (Rs 19), Asianet (Rs 23), Star Suvarna (Rs 15), Star Sports 1 (Rs 23), Star Sports 1 Hindi (Rs 21), Star Sports 1 Tamil (Rs 17), Star Sports 1 Telugu (Rs 19), Star Sports Select 1 (Rs 23), and Star Sports 1 Kannada (Rs 17).

Similarly, 20 of its 32 High Definition (HD) TV of GEC and sports channels above Rs. 12 were also be not included in a bouquet.

These include Star Plus HD (Rs 25), Star Gold HD (Rs 19), Star Jalsha HD (Rs 25), Jalsha Movies HD (Rs 19), Vijay HD (Rs 25), Star Suvarna HD (Rs 21), Asianet HD (Rs 25), Star Movies HD (Rs 21), Disney International HD (Rs 15), Star Sports HD1 (Rs 25), Star Sports 1 HD Hindi (Rs 25), Star Sports Select HD1 (Rs 25), Star Sports 1 Tamil HD9 (Rs 21), Star Sports 1 Telugu HD10 (Rs 21), Maa HD (Rs 25), Man Movies HD (Rs 19), Star Pravah HD (Rs 21), Star Kirano HD12 (Rs 15), and Asianet Movies HD15 (Rs 19).

The network is also planning to launch 16 new channels between December and January, which will take the total number of channels to 78 from 62. The new launches channels are Star Gold Romance, Star Gold Thrills, Jalsha Josh, Pravah Pictures, Star Kirano, Star Movies Select, and Super Hungama (replacing Marvel HQ). The new HD launches include Star Gold 2 HD, Star Sports 1 Tamil HD, Star Sports 1 Telugu HD, Disney Channel HD, Star Kirano HD, Pravah Pictures HD, Vijay Super HD, Asianet Movies HD, and Hungama HD.

Star Network has created 32 bouquets that exclude the driver sports and entertainment channels. It has created Star Value Pack (SVP) bouquets for SD and HD channels across Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Odia languages.

The network also has Star Premium Pack (SPP) bouquets like Disney Kids Pack and Disney Hungama Kids Pack with the MRP range of Rs. 5 to Rs. 25.

The SVP HD bouquets have a price range of Rs 21 to 37 with the network’s highest bouquet SPP Lite of Rs. 40.

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!

Ashok Mansukhani, Corporate Law and Media Law Advocate at Ashokmansukhani Associates

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