TRAI Issues Paper On Regulation Of IPTV In India

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has come out with some observations regarding IPTV regulation, which has been an issue of much debate between telecom operators, cable TV operators and Internet service providers:
a) Both telecom service providers having license to provide triple play services under Telegraph Act and cable TV operators registered under Cable Television Network (Regulation) Act 1995 can provide IPTV service without requiring any further license or registration.
b) The content will be regulated under Up-linking/Down-linking guidelines issued by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
c) There should be no bar on Broadcasters / content providers to provide their content to IPTV service providers also.
d) Any breach of the provisions of Act/ License/ Registration/ Permission by telecom service provider/ cable operator/ Broadcaster shall be dealt with by designated agencies, which are responsible for administering such Acts/License/ Registration/Permission.

More in the release here (pdf).

The TRAI has issued a 49 page ‘Position Paper on provisioning of IPTV services’, which can be downloaded here (pdf).

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