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As per TRAI guidelines, all channel companies have announced tariffs for their channels.
The new rates are applicable from Dec 29 onwards.
All charges mentioned are applicable per month.
TRAI can make plan of ₹130/month compulsary for all which contains access for 100 free to air [SD] channels, not paid channels.
FTA Channel List -
65 Free to Air
23 Doordarshan
3 Music Channels
3 News Channels
3 Movie Channels
3 GEC Channels
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Total 100 Channels
Out of all 100 FTA channels :
a. 23 DD channels are mandatory.
b. 3 News, movie, music, GEC Channels can be decided by user/dth/cable provider based on linguistic priority.
c. All remained 65 FTA channels can be decided by user/dth/cable provider which contains other news, non-news, regional, spiritual, cultural, infotainment channels.
All India 340+ FTA Channel list check on below website :
http://cableques...g/
As of now, all providers have declared their tariffs and only tata sky & videocon have agreed to fta terms, other dth operators yet to confirm.
Above that, if you want to watch paid channels then you will have to pay as per the rates mentioned below.
One positive percept for customer is we can pay for each paid channel separately.
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@hankar.tad805 Are these rates fixed throughout the subscriber base irrespective of service provider? 
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5480831#post_5480831
Yes. And carrier charges are extra because these are the rates your cable operators and DTH providers have to give the channel owners. Channel owners are going to be very rich now.
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What is the implication? The DTH monthly subscription prices will be going up?
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5480829#post_5480829
Yes, because Chennai court stupidly went against TRAI rules.
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may be. as of now, all channel companies have announced the rates, we have to wait for further announcements from TRAI.
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5480840#post_5480840
waiting for jio gigatv 
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5480843#post_5480843
What does this mean? Will we be paying extra or pay per channel only? We hardly watch n surf 10 channels in total. Rest all are waste for us.. Wil our monthly subscription go down with this? What’s the deal here?
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5480847#post_5480847
After 29 Dec, all dth plans are going to change and we only need to pay for the channels we want to watch, but there is another announcement awaiting from trai for minimum charges for new monthly plan.
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what TRAI expected -
consumer should pay only for channels they watch so that no extra burden on them for unnecessary channels
but because of no proper clarity/planning by TRAI what can happen (hope you remember what restaurant did when GST was reduced they hiked price of all items) -
per channel price of popular channels of these companies will be higher than actual cost
they will lure consumers to subscribe combo pack of same company by providing more channels at low cost
consumers don’t watch only star network channels or zee netowrk so they will end up with subscription from all these companies
also popular channel prices are like 15-20rs and in a family everyone have his own favorite channel so 100-200rs only for 10-15 channels 
that’s the mess and dth providers may add some more mess from their side
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5480928#post_5480928
Combo packs was the thing TRAI wanted to discard of because of so many junk channels taking up space. Chennai court order made its rules toothless and so TRAI have filed a case in Supreme Court.
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The price would be high as all popular channels are priced at 19 and DTH charges + tax will be applicable. Glad I disconnected my DTH and am now atching all my shows online 
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5480931#post_5480931
@Mirror If DTH providers follow same route as restaurants, then it will be customers loss. But then TRAI can be pressurised by media and people regarding price hikes. Also, we don’t know what JIO is planning regardless they also have to follow these rules. Lets wait and watch 
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i can say easily that overall price will go high as compared to what we are paying now
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5480947#post_5480947
Happy with Firestick and online TV content. Disconnected from Videcon D2H sometime back
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Sala income me koi updation nahi, but these morons keep it up-to-date so that your expenditure keeps increasing. I was okay for paying like 200 rupees for my mother’s 14 or so Bengali channels.
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5480959#post_5480959
for only 14 channels you still will pay almost same amount even if these 14 are popular channels.
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Stupid TRAI 
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5481295#post_5481295
Not TRAI alone, but the fucking morons in high and supreme curses
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Another hutia rule is that coustomer had to subscribe fta pack which@130+taxes in this packs most of the crap chanels. Feeling disappointed 
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5481055#post_5481055
yupp..this pack contains free to air and not paid channels. but this is not yet finalized by trai.
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5481224#post_5481224
Very nice explanation in this video.
lootne ka kaam suru govt. ka
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5481245#post_5481245
Nice. But if all providers charge same , then where is the difference?
All hopes on Jio now.
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5481246#post_5481246
ok i asked tatasky that what will happen if annual pack already activated before new rule, they said it will get adjusted in main balance, means they will refund parts of amount. Mujhe lga 1yr tak ka activate kar lun lol
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Kitna adjust karenge? Total amount paid – 12*130 ?Kya isse kuch fayda hai?
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lol hope they refund you full amount.
Else enjoy doordarshan + free to air for 12 months 
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lol, aise mat kho. refund kar dega to me TV hi bech dunga olx par lol
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few paid media telling that it will benefit customers lol
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5481319#post_5481319
I wish if we could get a plan where we cud watch per hours, as normally i watch tv only 1-2 hours (max) a day, may be on weekends it cud be 2-3hrs
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from this users will get benefit so impossible or they will keep price like 69rs/hr lol
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Nowadays TV sets become cheap but watching TV become expansive.-:)
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can anyone give list of free to air channels that costs Rs.130/month?
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time to shift to iptv
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5481750#post_5481750
isn’t free to air channels supposed to be free ?
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5481789#post_5481789
Yes, ideally. But TRAI will not approve free fta . Out of 100 fta channels, 25-30 are dd channels which are owned by govt and when everyone pays 130 rs, then they are going to make huge money out of this.
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STAR Network is first to reveal the channel packs.
For example, a consumer has opted for Star’s Hindi Value pack with an MRP of Rs 49 through the service provider.
The service provider has declared a Network Capacity Fee of Rs 130 for a combination of 100 FTA and Pay Channels.
In this instance, the consumer’s bill shall be calculated as Rs 130 + Rs 49 = Rs 179
Rs 49 Hindi Pack: 12 Channels
Plus,Bharat,Utsav, Gold, Movies OK,Utsav Movies,Star Sports First/1/2/3.
Please refer to the below link to find All SD/HD/Language based Packs:
https://www.startv.com/channel...ks
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includes GST?
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If broadcasters continue to play with consumers and if supreme court doesn’t help then there can be two options for consumers to beat the high pricing.
1. Select channels on A la carte basis. Make changes per month according to your liking, taste and season. You can select channels even for the minimum ₹130.
2. Disconnect DTH and completely move online. Many of my friends have already done it. There are ways to watch more than 500 channels on Amazon firestick using Jio TV app.
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5483781#post_5483781
All Local cable/tv providers may don’t have enough idea of all this. After 29 Dec there may be big chaos mainly in rural areas.
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5483773#post_5483773
243 plan may consist 100 channels (fta + paid) if it’s true…
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5483800#post_5483800
@hankar.tad805
I think you’re getting overly distraught about what is going to happen. I think in some places your interpretation is incorrect too. I suggest you read the remaining portion of the thread on DreamDTH.
Also, why is everyone grumbling about the Madras High Court order?
I thought there was a split verdict. Then the Supreme Court referred the case back again and a third judge mostly sided with the verdict of the Chief Justice of the High Court (except for the forcible cap on the discount in the bouquet which means the broadcaster could offer the bouquet at a lower price as per the HC judgement).
Which means the Madras high court ruling allows the broadcaster to provide the bouquet at a very high discount
(so this is a pro consumer move because no one anywhere is talking about reducing the per channel MRP)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/t...
So why exactly are people blaming the HC judgement and hoping that the TRAI petition succeeds? Would love to hear your views on that after you read the link I specified.
EDIT
Does TRAI seriously think that if its petition succeeds, and the broadcaster offers a 25 channel bouquet at Rs 85 then the broadcaster is going to price the individual channels in the bouquet so that their combined MRP is Rs 100 (so roughly Rs 4 per channel). I doubt that will ever happen. Instead the bouquet price will increase as a consequence of the order
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5483837#post_5483837
I was totally wrong about madras Court. Thanks for mentioning the article. Madras Court is indeed in favour of consumer and they want people to get channels at maximum discounted price. Even some brodcasters have offered 35-50 % discount. TRAI has done good thing by retaining à la carte packs .But they want brodcasters not allowing more than 15 % discount.
If it gets approved in court then as you said, brodcasters may have to increase the bonquets price…no other option.
Also, I read some threads on Dream DTH.
Some are claiming that Tata Sky is coming up with min plan of 150 rs including tax.
In rural area, at 150 price people get to watch around 300-350 channels on local cable/dth.
In this case, people will have to pay even more, I guess aroud 300 rs to watch good channels.
TRAI wants every consumer to pay equally, they want full transparency in taxes but this will be expensive for lower middle class people.
Hence I personally think it’s still not good idea to pay compulsary for fta channels.
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5483878#post_5483878
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5483926#post_5483926
I am pretty certain the reporter is indulging in fearmongering
Would someone please provide me with a valid (as in an official link like a TRAI order, gazette notification, etc) where is says it is mandatory to take the FTA channels?
As far as I can judge, all that the TRAI has said is that if you want to avail just the FTA channels you cannot be charged more than 130 rupees
EDIT:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/m...
The important points are:
“As per the new tariff order, broadcasters will now have to declare the maximum retail price (MRP) and nature of all the channels within 60 days.”
“The distribution platform operators will have to declare network capacity fee and distribution retail price (DRP)within 180 days.”
The broadcasters have declared their rates
Now we wait for the service providers (DishTV, TataSky, etc) to declare theirs (before December 29)
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5483949#post_5483949
Please check on this link https://www.startv.c...aq
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/new-dth-tariff-rates-from-29th-dec?post_id=5483979#post_5483979
I’m assuming you are referring to these words
“The service provider has declared a Network Capacity Fee of Rs 130 for a combination of 100 FTA and Pay Channels”
That is a simple illustration with an assumption. Please provide me the link where a service provider has actually specified they are going to charge a Network Capacity fee of Rs 130 (or whatever other amount different from 130)
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