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EDITOR’S SCATVIEW
Manoj Kumar Madhavan
The Indian film, broadcast, cable industry, the entire BaartIya iflma¸ p`saarNa¸ kobala ]Vaoga¸ AaoTITI iKlaaiD,yaaoM¸ saaoSala entertainment stakeholders including the OTT players, maIiDyaa PlaoTfa^ma- AaOr saMbaw xao~aoM saiht saMpUNa- manaaorMjana ihtQaark ek social media platforms and allied segments are in for a baD,I ]qala–puqala maoM hOM.saMcaar AaOr maIiDyaa ivainayamana ko p`staivat major upheaval. The seismic vibrations caused by the vyaapk pirvat-na ko sarkar ko tUfanaI kdma ko karNa BaUkMpIya kMpna kao Govt’s blitzkrieg of proposed comprehensive overhaul of pUro pairisqaitkI tM~ maoM mahsaUsa ikyaa jaa rha hO.halaaMik hma ivaiBanna Communication and Media Regulation is being felt across the entire ecosystem. While we can argue about the merits naIityaaoM maoM p`staivat pirvat-naaoM ko gauNa AaOr daoYaaoM ko baaro maoM bahsa kr and demerits of the proposed changes in the various sakto hOM¸ laoikna [sa tqya kao najarAMdaja nahIM ikyaa jaa sakta hO ik policies, one cannot overlook the fact that CHANGE is pirvat-na Aba baohd AavaSyak hO.jaOsaaik kaoivaD 19 mahamaarI hmaaro now inevitable. As the Covid 19 pandemic brings about a jaInao AaOr vyaapar krnao ko trIko maoM ek pUNa- pirvat-na laata hO¸ manaaorMjana complete transformation in the way we live and approach vyavasaaya maoM BaI Aagao calakr bahut saaro badlaava doKnao kao imalanao vaalaa business, the entertainment business is also seeing a whole hO. lot of changes, going forward. The recent Bombay High Court judgement upheld the halahI maoM baa^mbao ha[-kaoT- ko fOsalao nao kuC saMSaaoQanaaoM AaOr Satao-M ko NTO 2.0 proposed by TRAI with some modifications and saaqa Ta[-/ Wara p`staivat enaTIAao 2º0 kao barkar rKa hO.Sato-M [sa baat conditions. The conditions highlighted that i) the sum of ka ]llaoK krtI hOM ik 1´ po caOnalaaoM ³emaAarpI´ ko bauko ka ihssaa the a-la-carte rates of the pay channels (MRP) forming bananao vaalao A–laa–kaTo- draoM ka yaaoga iksaI BaI maamalao maoM ]sa bauko ko dr part of a bouquet shall in no case exceed one and half ko DoZ, gaunaa sao AiQak nahIM haogaa¸ ijasaka eosaa po caOnala ek ihssaa hO¸ times the rate of the bouquet of which such pay channels AaOr 2´ bauko ka ihssaa bananao vaalao p`%yaok po caOnala ³emaAarpI´ kI are a part; and ii) the a-la-carte rates of each pay channel (MRP), forming part of a bouquet, shall in no case exceed A–laa–kaT- dr iksaI BaI maamalao maoM ]sa bauko ko po caOnala kI AaoOsat dr sao three times the average rate of a pay channel of the bouquet tIna gaunaa sao AiQak nahIM haogaI¸ ijasaka eosaa po caOnala ek ihssaa hO. of which such pay channel is a part. p`saarkaoM nao kD,I laD,a[- laD,I qaI AaOr saMSaaoiQat TOirf AadoSa kao The broadcasters had fought hard and implored the badlanao ko ilae kaoT- sao gauhar lagaayaI qaI AaOr enaTIAao 2º0 pr raok court to remove the amended tariff order and sought a lagaanao kI maaMga krto hue kha qaa ik Ta[-/ nao p`saarkaoM ko karaobaar ko pUro stay on the NTO 2.0 contending that the TRAI has sought trIko AaOr trIko kao badlanao kI maaMga kI hO.Aba doKnaa yah hO ik [sa to overhaul the entire method and manner in which broadcasters conduct their business. Now what remains AadoSa ko iKlaaf iktnaI jaldI yaa tao p`saark yaa Ta[-/ ApIla ko ilae to be seen how soon, either the broadcasters or TRAI goes jaato hOM.kaoT- nao [sa AadoSa kao laagaU krnao ko ilae 6 mahIna kI CUT kI for an appeal against this order. The court has given 6 AvaiQa p`dana kI hO. months grace period for the implementation of this order. jaba 2020 maoM enaTIAao 2º0 kI GaaoYaNaa kI gayaI qaI¸ tba [sao When the NTO 2.0 was announced in 2020, it was not p`mauK kobala TIvaI Aa^proTraoM Wara Sau$ maoM laagaU nahIM ikyaa gayaa qaa.DITIeca implemented by major Cable TV operators initially. The Aa^proTraoM nao inaid-YT samaya saImaa ko BaItr enaTIAao 2º0 kao laagaU ikyaa¸ DTH operators implemented NTO 2.0 within the specified timeframe, Subsequently Hathway and Den also followed [sako baad hOqavao AaOr Dona nao BaI [saka palana ikyaa AaOr AadoSa kao laagaU suit and implemented the order. Some of the Cable TV ikyaa.kuC kobala TIvaI Aa^proTraoM nao [sa AadoSa kao sqaanaIya AdalataoM maoM operators had challenged the order in local courts. caunaaOtI dI qaI. It remains to be seen how this battle unfolds in the doKnaa haogaa ik Aanao vaalao mahInaoM maoM yah laD,a[- kOsao Aagao baZ,tI coming months. Stay tuned for further developments. hO.Aagao kI GaTnaaËma kI jaanakarI ko ilae hmaaro saaqa banao rhoM.
(Manoj Kumar Madhavan) (Manoj Kumar Madhavan)
7 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 The Latest Update on Whats Happening Around Us In The World Of Satellite & Cable TV saOTolaa[T AaOr kobala TIvaI kI duinayaa maoM hmaaro caaraoM trf @yaa hao rha ]saka navaInatma ApDoT
IBF HAS SIDDHARTH JAIN AS Aa[-baIef ko mahasaicava banao isawaqa- jaOna SECRETARY GENERAL p`saarkaoM kI SaIYa- saMsqaa [MiDyana ba`a^DkaisTMga fa]MDoSana ³Aa[-baIef´ The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), the nao isawaqa- jaOna kao mahasaicava inayau@t krnao kI GaaoYaNaa kI hO. apex body of broadcasters, has announced the Aa[-baIef ko AQyaxa koºmaaQavana nao batayaa ik ‘isawaqa- nao appointment of Siddharth Jain as its Secretary General. ]Vaoga ivaSaoYa&aoM kI kuSala¸ p`itBaaSaalaI saImaa par TImaaoM kao ivakisat K Madhavan, President, IBF, said, “Siddharth has krnao maoM mahana yaaogyata ka p`dSa-na ikyaa hO AaOr p`itkUlataAaoM kao demonstrated great competency in nurturing efficient, talented cross border teams of industry experts and is AvasaraoM maoM badlanao ko ilae navaacaar kao calaanao maoM A%yaiQak kuSala highly adept in driving innovation to turn hOM.naotR%va va vakalat¸ vyaapar rNanaIit¸ ka^rpaoroT p`Saasana AaOr Anaupalana adversities into opportunities. Given his maoM ]nakI ]llaoKnaIya ivaSaoYa&ta kao doKto hue¸ hma Aa[- remarkable expertise in leadership and advocacy, baIef kao ek eosao rasto pr lao jaanao kI ]nakI xamata pr business strategy, corporate governance and Baraosaa krto hOM jaao [sa xao~ kI maUlya EaRMKlaa kao [YTtma tk compliance, we are confident in his ability to steer phuMcaanao maoM madd krta hO.maOM Aa[-baIef ko baakI sadsyaaoM ko the IBF on a path that helps realise the sector's saaqa isawaqa- ka svaagat krta hUM AaOr ]nhoM ]nakI nayaI value chain to the optimum. I, along with the rest of the IBF members, welcome Siddharth and wish BaUimaka ko ilae SauBakamanaayaoM dota hUM. him the very best for his new role.” Aa[-baIef ka naama badlakr [MiDyana ba`a^DkaisTMga eMD iDijaTla IBF is being renamed as Indian fa]MDoSana ³Aa[-baIDIef´ ikyaa jaa rha hO¸ @yaaoMik yah saBaI Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF), as iDijaTla ³AaoTITI´ iKlaaiD,yaaoM kao ek Ct ko naIcao laanao ko it expands its purview to cover digital platforms ilae iDijaTla PlaoTfama- kao kvar krnao ko ilae Apnao dayaro to bring all digital (OTT) players under one roof. SIDDHARTH JAIN ka ivastar krta hO.AaoTITI iKlaaiD,yaaoM ko p`vaoSa kI sauivaQaa To facilitate the entry of OTT players, IBF is in ko ilae¸ Aa[-baIef ek Alaga sahayak kMpnaI sqaaipt krnao the process of setting up a separate subsidiary. The subsidiary will carry out various activities for its member kI p`iËyaa maoM hO.sahayak kMpnaI Apnao sadsya AaoTITI iKlaaiD,yaaoM ko ilae OTT players, including handling the day-to-day activities ivaiBanna gaitivaiQayaaoM kao AMjaama dogaI¸ ijasamaoM ]Vaoga ko naotR%va vaalao str–2 of the industry-led Level-II appellate Self-Regulatory Body ApIlaIya sva–inayaamak inakaya ³esaAarbaI´ kI idna–p`itidna kI gaitivaiQayaaoM (SRB) called Digital Media Content Regulatory Council kao saMBaalanaa Saaimala hO ijasao iDijaTla maIiDyaa kMToMT rogaulaoTrI ka]Misala (DMCRC) for non-news digital OTT platforms, similar to ³DIemasaIAarsaI´ kha jaata hO¸ yah samaacaar iDijaTla AaoTITI PlaoTfama-¸ the Broadcast Content Complaint Council (BCCC). p`saarNa saamaga`I iSakayat pirYad ³baIsaIsaIsaI´ kI trh haogaa. IBF represents and is dedicated to the promotion Aa[-baIef Baart maoM AaOr Baart sao TolaIivajana p`saarNa ko p`caar of television broadcasting in, to and from India. IBF ka p`itinaiQa%va krta hO AaOr ]sako ilae samaip-t hO.Aa[-baIef sadsya members provide channels and programmes that deliver ‰ about 90% of television viewership in India. Member caOnala AaOr kaya-Ëma p`dana krto hOM jaao Baart maoM lagaBaga 90 offerings cater to most of India’s diversity and plurality in TolaIivajana dSa-ksaM#yaa p`dana krta hO.[sako sadsya Baart kI AiQakaMSa every language and in every genre of television viewing. ivaivaQata AaOr hr BaaYaa maoM AaOr TolaIivajana doKnao kI lagaBaga hr SaOlaI The foundation provides a meeting ground for its members maoM bahulata kao pUra krto hOM.fa]MDoSana Apnao sadsyaaoM kao Aama laxyaaoM to work in consensus on common goals. The foundation pr Aama sahmait sao kama krnao ko ilae baOzk ka sqala p`dana krto offers a common platform/forum in which members air new hOM.fa]MDoSana ek saaJaa PlaoTfama-ÀPlaoTfama- p`dana krta hO ijasamaoM or improvement opportunities to arrive at implementable sadsya kayaa-nvayana yaaogya samaaQaanaaoM pr phuMcanao ko ilae nayao yaa sauQaar ko solutions. AvasaraoM kao p`saairt krto hOM. DISCOVERY+ INDIA STRENGTHENS iDskvarIiDskvarIiDskvarI+ nao Baart maoM paoT-faoilayaao kao majabaUt PORTFOLIO ikyaaikyaaikyaa Discovery+ has announced its largest content iDskvarI+ nao Apnao sabasao baD,o kMToMT paoT-faoilayaao ivastar kI
8 SATELLITE & CABLE TV JULY 2021 portfolio expansion that is sure to make it the go to app GaaoYaNaa kI hO jaao inaiScat $p sao [sao pirvaar ko ilae sabasao laaokip`ya for the family. Starting June, over 100 new shows from eOp banaa dogaa.jaUna sao ikD\sa ko 100 sao AiQak nayao Saao AaOr e+[- Kids and library content from A+E Networks (including naoTvak- ³ihsTI/ TIvaI 18 saiht´ kI laa[ba`orI saamaga`I kao [sako phlao sao from History TV18) will be added to its already enviable hI ]llaoKnaIya saamaga`I slaoT sao jaaoD,a jaayaogaa.ApnaI sqaapnaa ko baad sao content slate. With the largest addition to its content library across sub-genres like reality, sports, kids, learning, vaastivakta¸ Kola¸ baccaaoM¸ saIKnao¸ Baaojana¸ yaa~a¸ [ithasa Aaid jaOsaI food, travel, history et al since its inception, discovery+ ]p SaOilayaaoM maoM ApnaI saamaga`I laa[ba`orI ko sabasao baD,o Aitir@t ko saaqa will be a one stop destination for wholesome family viewing iDskvarI Plasa 7 BaaYaaAaoM maoM saMpUNa- pairvaairk doKnao ko AnauBava ko experience across 7 languages (English, Hindi, Tamil, ilae vana sTa^p DoisTnaoSana haogaa ³AMga`ojaI¸ ihMdI¸ timala¸ tolaugaU¸ knnaD¸ Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali). malayaalama AaOr baMgaalaI´. iDskvarI Plasa¸ e+[- naoTva@sa- Discovery+ will be expanding its ³ihsTI/ TIvaI 18 saiht´ laa[ba`orI sao vaOiSvak AaOr library even further with the acquisition of global and local titles from the A+E sqaanaIya SaIYa-kaoM ko AiQaga`hNa ko saaqa ApnaI laa[ba`orI Networks’ (including from History TV18) ka AaOr BaI ivastar krogaI. library. iDskvarI [Mk kI p`baMQa inadoSak¸ dixaNa eiSayaa maoGaa Megha Tata, Managing Director - TaTa nao batayaa ik ‘iDskvarI Plasa pr hmanao hmaoSaa South Asia, Discovery Inc, said, “We at Apnao yaUjasa- kao ivaSvastrIya [MfaoTonamaoMT kMToMT ]plabQa discovery+, have always strived to provide world-class infotainment content to our users. Our partnership with kranao ka p`yaasa ikyaa hO.e eMD [- ko saaqa hmaarI saaJaodarI [sa baat A&E is a testament of how innovation for consumers ka p`maaNa hO ik kOsao ]pBaao@taAaoM ko ilae iDskvarI Plasa Wara Kaoja remains core to discovery+ and reinforces our commitment mah%vapUNa- hO AaOr hmaaro dSa-kaoM ko ilae ]nakI psaMd kI saamaga`I kao ek to our audience by bringing to them content they like PlaoTfama- ko tht laakr ]nako p`it hmaarI p`itbawta kao puYT krta consuming under one platform. While we have our broad and engrossing portfolio for adults from varied genres, hO.jabaik hmaaro pasa ivaiBanna SaOilayaaoM ko vayaskaoM ko ilae hmaara with the addition of kids’ we now have more content vyaapk AaOr manaaorMjana paoT-faoilayaao hO¸ baccaaoM ko saaqa Aba hmaaro pasa catering to the entire family. She also added, “We are pUro pirvaar ko ilae AiQak saamaga`I hO.]nhaoMnao yah BaI kha ik ‘hmaoM confident that these additions will further strengthen our ivaSvaasa hO ik yao jaaoD, hmaaro pirvaar¸ tqyaaoM AaOr majaodar AaQaar kao Family, Facts & Fun premise which also brings us close to our aspiration of being an aggregate platform catering to majabaUt kroMgao jaao hmaoM pirvaar ko p`%yaok sadsya kao pUra krnao vaalaa ek every member of the family.” samaga` PlaoTfama- haonao kI hmaarI AakaMxaa ko krIba laata hO.’
ZEE APPOINTS NITIN MITTAL jaI nao inaitna ima 9 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020JULY 2021 key international markets. Mittal will also lead the baZ,anao AaOr Baart AaOr duinayaa Bar maoM AaoTITI PlaoTfa^ma- kI ivakasa engineering team and work closely with Amit Goenka, yaaojanaaAaoM ka samaqa-na krnao ko ilae iDijaTla ibajanaosa AaOr PlaoTfama- President – Digital Businesses and platforms to enhance ko AQyaxa Aimat gaaoyanaka ko saaqa imalakr kama kroMgao. the customer experience across Zee5 and support the kMpnaI Apnao iDijaTla QaurI ka samaqa-na krnao¸ iDijaTla PlaoTfama- pr growth plans of the OTT Platform in India and across the world. ivakasa kao baZ,avaa donao AaOr jaI 4º0 dRiYTkaoNa ko Anau$p Apnao Wara The company has been taking strategic Sau$ ikyao gayao vyaapk pirvat-na kao majabaUt krnao ko ilae steps to support its digital pivot, drive growth rNanaIitk kdma ]za rhI hO. across digital platforms and fortify the broader Aimat nao kha ‘maIiDyaa AaOr manaaorMjana pairisqaitkI tM~ maoM transformation it has embarked on, in line with the tknaIkI ko naotR%va vaalao navaacaar kI gait tojaI sao baZ, rhI hO Zee 4.0 approach. AaOr tknaIkI¸ DoTa AaOr p`itBaa ka ek majabaUt imaEaNa [sa Amit said, “The pace of technology-led innovation in the media & entertainment sqaana maoM safla haonao ko ilae mah%vapUNa- inaQaa-rk hOM.mauJao ecosystem is rapidly rising, and a strong blend jaI 4º0 kI iDijaTla pirvat-na yaa~a kao Aagao baZ,anao ko of technology, data and talent are the critical ilae hmaarI laIDrSaIp TIma maoM inaitna ima 10 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020JULY 2021 support and implement the great ideas the teams come up ivacaaraoM ka samaqa-na krnao AaOr ]nhoM laagaU krnao kI pUrI kaoiSaSa k$Mgaa¸ with.” ijanako saaqa TImaoM AatI hO.’ GOVT BANS HOPE TV haop TIvaI pr p`itbaMQa lagaayaa sarkar nao The Govt has banned Hope TV for 30 days and sarkar nao haop TIvaI kao 30 idnaaoM ko ilae p`itbaMiQat kr has ordered Hope TV to go off-air for a period of 30 days idyaa hO AaOr haop TIvaI ko laaogaao ko AnaiQakRt ]pyaaoga AaOr vaaiYa-k for unauthorised use of logo of Hope TV and non- laa[saoMsa Saulk ka Baugatana na krnao ko ilae haop TIvaI kao 30 idnaaoM kI payment of the annual licence fee. Hope TV is a AvaiQa ko ilae Aa^f eyar krnao ka AadoSa idyaa hO.haop TIvaI ek downlinking-only Christian devotional channel which is distributed by Noida Software Technology Park Limited Da]nailaMikMga–kovala [-saa[- Bai@t caOnala hO jaao naaoyaDa saa^FTvaoyar To@naaolaa^jaI (NSTPL). pak- ilaimaToD ³enaesaTIpIela´ Wara ivatirt ikyaa jaata hO. NSTPL has also been directed to remove the enaesaTIpIela kao AnaaiQakRt laaogaao kao hTanao AaOr emaAa[-baI unauthorised logo and pay the outstanding dues kao saUicat krto hue vaaiYa-k Anaumait Saulk ko $p maoM 15 laaK of Rs. 15 lakh as annual permission fee under Épyao ko bakayaa raiSa ka Baugatana krnao AaOr Baart kaoYa rsaId intimation to MIB and submit Bharat Kosh receipts. jamaa krnao ka inado-Sa idyaa gayaa hO.[sako Alaavaa¸ kMpnaI kao Further, the company has been directed to submit 30º07º2014 kI AvaiQa ko baad Baart ko xao~ maoM doKnao ko a copy of valid distribution partner agreement with Adventist Television Network, USA to downlink ilae caOnala kao Da]nailaMk krnao AaOr ivatirt krnao ko ilae and distribute the channel for viewing in the eDvaoMiTsT TolaIivajana naoTvak-¸ yaUesa ko saaqa vaOQa ivatrNa BaagaIdar territory of India beyond the period 30.07.2014. samaJaaOto kI ek p`it BaI p`stut krnao ka inado-Sa idyaa gayaa hO. In the event the company fails to address maM~alaya nao Apnao AadoSa maoM kha hO ik Agar kMpnaI the defaults, within a period of 30 days, further punitive 30 idnaaoM kI AvaiQa ko BaItr caUk kao dUr krnao maoM ivafla rhtI hO tao action may be initiated against the company, the ministry kMpnaI ko iKlaaf Aagao kI dMDa%mak kar-vaa[- Sau$ kI jaa saktI hO. said in its order. maM~alaya nao malTI isasTma Aa^proTraoM ³emaesaAao´ÀsqaanaIya kobala The ministry has directed multi-system operators (MSOs)/local cable operators (LCOs) not to carry the Aa^proTraoM ³elasaIAao´ kao inaYaoQa AvaiQa ko daOrana Apnao naoTvak- pr channel on their network during its prohibition period. caOnala nahIM calaanao ka inado-Sa idyaa hO. NSTPL was also requested to deposit annual enaesaTIpIela sao haop TIvaI ko ilae 22º12º2020 sao permission fee for Hope TV for the period form 21º12º2021 kI AvaiQa ko ilae vaaiYa-k Anaumait Saulk jamaa krnao 22.12.2020 to 21.12.2021 ka BaI AnauraoQa ikyaa gayaa qaa. TRAI AMENDS INTERCONNECTION T/a[- nao [MTrknao@Sana rogaulaoSana maoM saMSaaoQana ikyaa REGULATION T/a[- lagaatar Aagao baZ, rha hO AaOr ]sanao kMDISanala e@saosa TRAI is on an upswing and has decided to amend isasTma ³saIeesa´ AaOr ga`ahk p`baMQana p`NaalaI ³esaemaesa´ ko tknaIkI the interconnection regulations 2017 to provide for a Anaupalana ko ilae ek Z,aMcaa p`dana krnao ko ilae [MTrknao@Sana framework for technical compliance of conditional access ivainayama 2017 maoM saMSaaoQana krnao ka fOsalaa ikyaa hO. system (CAS) and subscriber management system (SMS). The regulation has been amended as the TRAI has ivainayama maoM saMSaaoQana ikyaa gayaa hO @yaaoMik Ta[-/ kao isaganalaaoM ko received complaints about unauthorised distribution of AnaiQakRt ivatrNa AaOr ivatrNa PlaoTfamaao-M Wara ga`ahkaoM kI kma saM#yaa signals and under-declaration of subscribers by kI GaaoYaNaa ko baaro maoM iSakayatoM imala rhI hO. distribution platforms. yah Z,aMcaa TolaIivajana p`saarNa xao~ ko saaqa–saaqa ]pBaao@taAaoM The framework will bring several important benefits ko ilae BaI k[- mah%vapUNa- laaBa laayaogaI.Z,aMcao ka saMcaalana AaOr inarIxaNa to the television broadcasting sector as well as the consumers. The operationalisation and oversight of the ek prIxaNa AaOr p`maaNana ejaoMsaI ko maaQyama sao ikyaa jaayaogaa¸ ijasao baad framework will be carried out through a Testing and maoM p`aiQakrNa Wara inaQaa-irt ikyaa jaayaogaa. 11 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020JULY 2021 Certification Agency, which shall be prescribed by the T/a[- ko Anausaar AMtrraYTIya/ maanakaoM kI pMi@t maoM ivaiSaYTtaAaoM authority later. According to TRAI, the framework is the first step ko ek svadoSaI saoT kao pirBaaiYat krnao ko ilae ZaMcaa phlaa kdma to define an indigenous set of specifications in the line of hO. international standards. The framework will improve end- Íomavak- eMD–TU–eMD Anaupalana maoM sauQaar krogaa AaOr saovaa p`dataAaoM to-end compliance and reduce litigations among the service ko baIca maukdmaaoM kao kma krogaa. providers. UDAYAN MUKHERJEE JOINS INDIA [MiDyaa TUDo sao jauD,o ]dyana mauKjaI- TODAY ibajanaosa jana-ilasT maoM Aga`NaI ]dyana mauKjaI- [MiDyaa TUDo sao jauD, Udayan Mukherjee, leading in business journalist gayao hOM. joins India Today. EaI mauKjaI- nao 2013 maoM saIenabaIsaI TIvaI 18 ko maOnaoijaMga Mukherjee had quit CNBC-TV18 as Managing Editor in 2013. eiDTr ka pd CaoD, idyaa qaa.[MiDyaa TUDo ga`up kI ]paQyaxa “Udayan brings with him a sharp insight kllaI purI nao batayaa ik ‘]dyana Apnao saaqa vyaapar ko into the future of business. As we grapple with BaivaYya maoM ek tIva` AMtdRiYT laato hOM.jaOsaaik hma saamaanya¸ the normal, new normal and abnormal we need nayao saamaanya AaOr Asaamaanya sao jaUJato hOM¸ hmaoM ]nakI his talent and a much-needed global perspective on helping us cope with the post-pandemic p`itBaa AaOr mahamaarI ko baad kI Aqa-vyavasqaa sao inapTnao economy,” said Kalli Purie, Vice-Chairperson of maoM hmaarI madd krnao ko ilae bahut ja$rI vaOiSvak dRiYTkaoNa the India Today Group. “His grasp of financial kI AavaSyakta hO.’‘iva 12 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020JULY 2021 REPUBLIC NETWORK APPOINTS Tna-r [MTrnaoSanala iDsT////IbyaUSana ko pUva- p`mauK KISHAN CHERANDA AS EVP - HEAD ikSana caorMDa kao irpiblak TIvaI nao ivatrNa va DISTRIBUTION AND INTERNATIONAL AMtrraYT///Iya vyavasaaya ko [-vaIpI inayau@t ikyaa hO BUSINESS saamaga`I ivatrNa ka pirdRSya bahut tojaI sao badla rha hO.ipClao The Landscape for content distribution is changing 5 vaYaao-M maoM TolaIivajana ko saaqa–saaqa Aa^nalaa[na samaacaaraoM kI Kpt maoM at a very rapid pace. The last 5 years has accelerated News consumption both on Television as well as online. tojaI AayaI hO.irpiblak naoTvak- ApnaI saamaga`I kao Baart maoM saBaI Republic Network has been at the forefront of ]pBaao@taAaoM ko saaqa–saaqa duinayaa Bar ko Dayaspaora ko ilae making its content easily accessible and available AasaanaI sao saulaBa AaOr ]plabQa kranao maoM sabasao Aagao rha across all consumers in India as well as to the hO.yah saMgazna vaIiDyaao AaoTITI PlaoTfa^ma-¸ Tolkao kMToMT eOPsa diaspora across the World. The organisation has been building capabilities and technology for AaOr ]pkrNa inamaa-taAaoM ko saaqa–saaqa smaaT- TolaIivajana pr distribution of content online across Video OTT nayao Aaoesa Plaoyasa- pr Aa^nalaa[na kMToMT ko ivatrNa ko ilae platforms, Telco Content Aps and Device xamataAaoM AaOr tknaIkI ka inamaa-Na kr rha hO. manufacturers along with new OS players across irpiblak maIiDyaa naoTvak- kao naoTvak- ko ilae ivatrNa AaOr smart Television. Republic Media Network is delighted to AMtrraYTIya/ vyaapar ka kaya-Baar saMBaalanao ko ilae ikSana announce the appointment of Kishan Cheranda caorMDa kI inayaui@t kI GaaoYaNaa krto hue KuSaI hao rhI for taking charge of the distribution and hO.26 vaYaao-M sao AiQak ko kOiryar maoM ikSana caorMDa nao International Business for the Network. In a iDijaTla AaOr p`saarNa ivatrNa¸ AaOr maud`IkrNa xao~ daonaaoM career spanning over 26 years, Kishan Cheranda has assimilated a deep understanding maoM naoTvak- kI gahrI samaJa AaOr jamaInaI AnauBava kao and on ground experience of Networks in both Aa%masaat ikyaa hO.]nhaoMnao p`mauK p`saarkaoM–vaana-r maIiDyaa¸ Digital & Broadcast Distribution, and Tona spaoT\sa-¸ jaI vaayaka^ma va ema[-ena ko saaqa kama ikyaa monetisation space. He has worked with hO.]nakI ipClaI BaUimaka ivatrNa p`mauK ko $p maoM Tna-r leading Broadcasters - Warner Media, Ten KISHAN CHERANDA Sports, Zee, Viacom & MEN. His previous role [MTrnaoSanala ³vaana-r maIiDyaa´ ko saaqa qaI. was with Turner International (Warner Media) as Head of irpiblak naoTvak- ko ga`up saI[-Aao ivakasa KanacaMdanaI nao Distribution. kha ‘hmaoM KuSaI hao rhI hO ik ikSana irpiblak TIma maoM Saaimala hao gayao Vikas Khanchandani, Group CEO at Republic hOM @yaaoMik hma Baart AaOr vaOiSvak str pr Apnao pircaalana kao baZ,a Network said “We are delighted to have Kishan join the Republic team as we scale up our operations both in India rho hOM.baajaar baZ, rha hO AaOr saaqa hI saaqa bahut toja gait sao badla and globally. The market is growing and simultaneously rha hO.mauJao ivaSvaasa hO ik ikSana Apnao ivaSaala AnauBava AaOr xamataAaoM changing at a very rapid pace. I am confident that Kishan ko saaqa p`saarNa ko saaqa–saaqa Aa^nalaa[na PlaoTfa^ma- daonaaoM pr naoTvak- with his vast experience and capabilities will be able to banaanao AaOr ivakisat krnao maoM saxama haoMgao.hma ]nhoM SauBakamanaayaoM doto build and grow the network both on broadcast as well as across online platforms. We wish him all the very best.” hOM.’ Kishan Cheranda, Eexecutive Vice President – India ikSana caorMDa¸ kaya-karI ]paQyaxa–[MiDyaa iDsT/IbyaUSana eMD Distribution & International Business said “I am extremely [MTrnaoSanala ibajanaosa nao kha ‘maOM irpiblak jaOsao ek safla AaOr jaa^nar delighted to be part of a successful & a genre leader such laIDr ka ihssaa banakr baohd KuSa hUM.majabaUt naotR%va AaOr navaIna saaoca as Republic. its a wonderful opportunity to be part of an organisation driven by strong leadership & innovative sao p`oirt saMgazna ka ihssaa bananao ka yah ek Saanadar Avasar hO.mauJao thinking. I am hopeful of adding value to propel its growth [sako ivakasa kao gait donao AaOr ek saaqa nayaI }Mcaa[-yaaoM kao CUnao ko and scale newer heights together.” ilae maUlya jaaoD,nao kI ]mmaId hO.’ 13 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020JULY 2021 Satellite & Cable TV Provides You With... More Than... v In-depth & Unbiased Market Information v Technology Breakthroughs 27 Years... v Comprehensive Circulation Across The Satellite & Cable TV Industry Your No # 1 Resource To Reach The World of Satellite, Cable, IPTV & Broadband Industry in India Helping You Stay A Step Ahead of the Competition ADVERTISE NOW ! Contact: Mob.: +91-70218 50198; Tel.: +91-22-6216 5313; Email: [email protected] INDIA’S MOST RESPECTED TRADE MAGAZINE FOR THE CABLE TV, BROADBAND, IPTV & SATELLITE INDUSTRY ZEE5 US LAUNCH yaUesa maoM laa^nca huAa jaI5 Zee5 has announced its launch in the United States jaI5 nao 22 jaUna kao saMyau@t rajya Amaoirka maoM Apnao laa^nca kI on June 22. GaaoYaNaa kI hO.Amaoirka jaI5 ka AMitma AaOr sabasao baD,a laa^nca hO jaao The US is the final and largest launch for Zee5, 5º4 imailayana p`vaasaI dSa-kaoM ko saaqa baajaar maoM tojaI sao ivakasa ko ilae setting the stage for its rapid growth in a market with a PlaoTfa^ma- tOyaar kr rha hO.yah Da^yaro@T TU kMjyaUmar saiva-sa laa^nca ready 5.4 million diaspora audience. This direct-to-consumer service launch is ivaSaoYa $p sao eosao samaya maoM mah%vapUNa- hO jaba Amaoirka maoM BaartIya¸ ijanamaoM especially significant at a time when Indians in the US, sao k[- ApnaI jaD,aoM sao gahra[- sao jauD,o hue hOM¸ Gar jaanao maoM Asamaqa- hOM. many of whom remain deeply connected to their roots, jaI5 dixaNa eiSayaa[- yaanaI BaartIya¸ paikstanaI AaOr baaMglaadoSaI are unable to travel home. saamaga`I ko sabasao baD,o kOTlaa^ga tk Dayaspaora tk phuMca Kaolaogaa. Zee5 will open up access to the largest catalogue 18 BaaYaaAaoM maoM 130¸000 GaMTo kI saamaga`I ko saaqa jaI5 dSa-kaoM of South Asian i.e., Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi content to diaspora. ko ilae dixaNa eiSayaa[- khainayaaoM ko saaqa jauD,nao ko With 130,000 hours of content across ilae ek p`Iimayama¸ A%yaiQak saulaBa AaOr ikfayatI 18 languages, Zee5 will offer a premium, ivaklp p`dana krogaa. highly accessible, and affordable option for jaI5 ka kOTlaa^ga @laaisa@sa ko saaqa–saaqa AaQauinak viewers to engage with the best of South Asian stories. khainayaaoM kao EaoiNayaaoM AaOr SaOilayaaoM kI ivastRt EaRMKlaa Zee5’s catalogue aggregates classics maoM eki~t krta hO. as well as modern stories across the widest ‘saMyau@t rajya Amaoirka hmaaro sabasao mah%vapUNa- baajaar range of categories and genres. ka p`itinaiQa%va krta hO AaOr hmaarI vaOiSvak yaa~a maoM “The United States represents our AMitma gaZ, hO @yaaoMik hma ek iva&apna mau@t sadsyata most significant market and the last bastion in our global journey as we launch an ad- saovaa Sau$ krto hOM.glaaobala maIiDyaa samaUh ko $p maoM¸ free subscription service. As a Global Media Conglomerate, hmaaro yahaM Apnao p`vaasaI dSa-kaoM ko saaqa bahut gahra saMbaMQa rha hO¸ we have had a very deep connection with our diaspora [sailae maor ilae yah ek KuSaI ka xaNa hO ik Aba maOM [sa dSa-kaoM kao audiences here, so it is a rather happy moment for me to jaI5 ko maaQyama sao ek hI maMca pr dixaNa eiSayaa[- saamaga`I ka sabasao baD,a now be bringing this audience the largest aggregation of South Asian content on a single platform through Zee5,” ek~IkrNa laa rha hUM.’ yah baat Aimat gaaoyanaka¸ p`oisaDoMT¸ iDijaTla said Amit Goenka, President, Digital Businesses & ibajanaosa eMD PlaoTfama-¸ jaI eMTrTonamaoMT nao batayaI. Platforms, Zee Entertainment. jaI5 glaaobala kI mau#ya vyavasaaya AiQakarI Aca-naa AanaMd nao “The United States is home to millions of people batayaa ik ‘saMyau@t rajya Amaoirka ]na laaKaoM laaogaaoM ka Gar hO ijanako whose families have strong connects with South Asia, pirvaaraoM ka dixaNa eiSayaa ko saaqa majabaUt jauD,ava hO AaOr hma ]nhoM and we are glad to bring them the largest and most diverse catalogue of culturally relevant entertainment across BaartIya¸ paikstanaI AaOr baaMglaadoSaI khainayaaoM maoM saaMskRitk $p sao Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi stories. These stories p`asaMigak manaaorMjana kI sabasao baD,I AaOr sabasao ivaivaQa saUcaI laakr KuSa have the power to engage deeply and go well beyond the hOM.[na khainayaaoM maoM mau#ya Qaara ko dSa-kaoM kao ]nakI p`maaiNakta AaOr South Asian audience to entertain and delight even AakYa-Na ko saaqa manaaorMjana AaOr p`sanna krnao ko ilae dixaNa eiSayaa[- mainstream audiences with their authenticity and allure. I am confident that Zee5 will become the go to platform for dSa-kaoM sao gahra[- sao jauD,nao AaOr AcCI trh jaananao kI Sai@t hO.mauJao all Americans who love great storytelling,” said Archana ivaSvaasa hO ik jaI5 ]na saBaI AmaoirikyaaoM ko ilae maMca bana jaayaogaa jaao Anand, Chief Business Officer, Zee5 Global. mahana khanaI saunaanaa psaMd krto hOM.’ 15 SATELLITE & CABLE TV JULY 2021 SONYLIV APPOINTS G. DHANANJAYAN jaI QanaMjayana kao inayau@t ikyaa saaonaIilava nao Sony Pictures Networks India has hired G. saaonaI ip@casa- naoTvak- [MiDyaa nao ApnaI sTIimaMga/ saovaa saaonaIilava Dhananjayan as Head, Tamil Content, Digital Business, ko ilae jaIºQanaMjayana kao Apnao timala kMToMT ko iDijaTla ibajanaosa ko for its streaming service SonyLiv. Dhananjayan will p`mauK ko $p maoM inayau@t ikyaa hO.EaI QanaMjayana¸ timala kaya-Ëma phla oversee the launch of Tamil content initiatives. ko AarMBa kI doKroK kroMgao. p`baMQana maoM 25 vaYaao-M sao AiQak ko kOiryar With a career spanning over 25 years in management, Dhananjayan has held key ko saaqa QanaMjayana nao timala¸ malayaalama AaOr ihMdI BaaYaaAaoM leadership positions in film production houses, maoM iflma p`aoD@Sana ha]sa maako-iTMga AaOr iDsTIbyaUSana/ iDivajanaaoM marketing and distribution divisions across maoM p`mauK naotR%va pdaoM pr kama ikyaa hO. Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi languages. EaI QanaMjayana nao kha ‘maOM saaonaIilava maoM naotR%va TIma maoM Saaimala Dhananjayan said, “I am elated to join haonao ko ilae ]%saaiht hUM.timala baajaar maoM vyastta¸ the leadership team at SonyLiv. Being a part of the premium platform’s journey in bringing manaaorMjana AaOr Avyavasqaa sao baahr inaklanao vaalaI safla breakthrough stories that engage, entertain khainayaaoM kao laanao maoM p`Iimayama PlaoTfa^ma- kI yaa~a ka and stand out from the clutter in the Tamil ihssaa bananaa raomaaMcak hO. market is exciting. saoT AaOr iDijaTla ibajanaosa ko kMToMT ko hoD AaSaIYa gaaolavalakr Ashish Golwalkar, Head, Content, SET and Digital nao kha ik ‘saaonaIilava ko timala baajaar ko ivastar kI doKroK ko ilae Business, said, “We are pleased to have G. Dhananjayan on board to oversee SonyLiv’s Tamil market expansion. jaIºQanaMjayana kao baaoD- maoM Saaimala krko hmaoM KuSaI hao rhI hO.Daomaona maoM With his versatile experience in the domain and an ]nako bahumauKI AnauBava va p`amaaiNak AaOr sqaanaIya khainayaaoM kao idKanao impressive passion to drive authentic and localised stories, ko ilae ek p`BaavaI jaunaUna ko saaqa hmaara laxya timala baajaar maoM Apnao we aim to strengthen our portfolio in the Tamil market.” paoT-faoilayaao kao majabaUt krnaa hO. NETFLIX’S FIRST GLOBAL POST- mauMba[- maoM naoTiFla@sa kI phlaI glaaobala paosT p`aoD@Sana PRODUCTION UNIT IN MUMBAI yaUinaTyaUinaTyaUinaT Netflix’s first fully owned, live-action, full-service naoTiFla@sa kI phlaI pUNa- svaaima%va vaalaI laa[va e@Sana ivaSvastr post-production facility globally will be set up in Mumbai pr pUNa- saovaa paosT p`aoD@Sana sauivaQaa mauMba[- maoM sqaaipt kI jaayaogaI AaOr and will be fully operational by June 2022. The facility will jaUna 2022 tk yah pUrI trh sao caalaU hao jaayaogaI.[sa have 40 offline editing rooms designed as a sauivaQaa maoM 40 Aa^flaa[na saMpadna kxa haoMgao¸ jaao ek flexible, collaborative and inspiring lacaIlao¸ sahyaaogaI AaOr p`ork vaatavarNa ko $p maoM EaaotaAaoM¸ environment for showrunners, directors, editors and sound designers to create their inado-SakaoM¸ saMpadkaoM AaOr Aa^iDyaao iDjaa[naraoM kao Apnaa best work. sava-EaoYz saovaa donao ko ilae iDjaa[na ikyao gayao hOM. With innovation and collaboration as mau#ya faoksa nayaI KaojaaoM va sahyaaoga ko saaqa yah sauivaQaa the key focus, the facility will pioneer AaQauinak maIiDyaa p`baMQana vak-Flaao kao Aagao baZ,ayaogaI advanced media management workflows that will allow a jaao Baart ko paosT p`aoD@Sana samaudaya ko saaqa ek sahja saaJaodarI kI seamless partnership with India’s post-production Anaumait dogaa. community. Netflix invested Rs 3,000 crore in local naoTiFla@sa nao BaartIya khainayaaoM kI laa[ba`orI banaanao ko ilae programming over 2019 and 2020 to build a universe of 2019 va 2020 maoM sqaanaIya p`aoga`aimaMga maoM 3000 kraoD, Épyao ka inavaoSa Indian stories. This March, it announced a line-up of 41 ikyaa hO.[sa maaca- maoM [sanao 41 SaIYa-kaoM kI laa[na Ap kI GaaoYaNaa kI hO 16 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020JULY 2021 titles featuring more variety and diversity — from the ijasamaoM AiQak ivaivaQata AaOr ivaivaQata Saaimala hO–sabasao baD,I iflmaaoM biggest films and series to gripping documentaries and AaOr EaRMKlaaAaoM sao manaaorMjak vaR 17 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020JULY 2021 looking forward to my new innings at SonyLIV. My role BaUimaka tolaugaU baajaar maoM saaonaI ilava kI phuMca ka ivastar krnao AaOr GarolaU here is to extend SonyLIV’s footprint in the Telugu market saamaga`I ka maMqana krnao ka hO jaao BaaOgaaoilak xao~aoM maoM ]pyaaogakta-AaoM kI and churn out homegrown content which caters to users ja$rtaoM kao pUra krtI hO. across geographies.” Ashish Golwalkar, Head - Content, SonyLIV and saaonaIilava va saoT ko kaya-Ëma p`mauK AaSaIYa gaaolavalakr nao kha ik ‘hmaoM SET, said, “We are delighted to have Madhura Sreedhar KuSaI hO ik saaonaI ilava ko tolaugaU paoT-faoilayaao ka naotR%va maQaura EaIQar Reddy at SonyLIV to head the Telugu portfolio. Reddy roD\DI kr rhIo hOM.roD\DI Apnao saaqa ivaivaQa AnauBava laokr Aayao hOM jaao brings with him a diversified experience that will help us hmaoM tolaugaU saamaga`I ko ivakasa kao baZ,anao maoM madd krogaI AaOr ivaiBanna chart out growth for Telugu content and offer captivating SaOilayaaoM maoM hmaaro dSa-kaoM ko ilae Baart kI manaaorma khainayaaoM kao poSa stories of India to our audience across genres.” krogaI.’ MX PLAYER DEPLOYS NEW nayaI tknaIkI ka [stomaala Sau$ ikyaa emae@sa BREAKTHROUGH Plaoyar naonaoPlaoyar MX Player has upgraded its encoding and emae@sa Plaoyar nao ApnaI enkaoiDMga AaOr kMp`osana tknaIkI kao compression technology and delivering a new ]nnat ikyaa hO AaOr ek nayaI saflatma tknaIkI kao p`stut ikyaa breakthrough technology. The online video accounts hO.]pBaao@ta ko 80‰ ko ilae Aa^nalaa[na vaIiDyaao Aka]MT ka for 80% of consumer internet traffic and the user matlaba [MTrnaoT TOifk/ hO AaOr ]pyaaogakta- AnauuBava DoTa ]pyaaoga AaOr experience continues to remain highly dependent on data usage and network speed. MX Player has become naoTvak- kI gait pr A%yaiQak inaBa-r rhta hO.emae@sa Plaoyar ApnaI the world’s first OTT platform to upgrade its video vaIiDyaao enkaoiDMga AaOr kMp`oSana tknaIkI kao ecaº266 ³vasa-Ta[la encoding and compression technology to H.266 vaIiDyaao kaoiDMga´ maoM Apga`oD krnao vaalaa duinayaa ka phlaa AaoTITI (Versatile Video Coding) that slashes data usage for PlaoTfama- bana gayaa hO¸ jaao vaIiDyaao sTIimaMga/ ko ilae DoTa ]pyaaoga kao streaming videos by more than half. 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Bombay HC upholds TRAI's NTO 2.0. However, it halaaMik [sanao ek Sat- kao hTa idyaa ijasamaoM kha gayaa qaa slashed one condition that read that the price of a ik ek caOnala kI kImat ]sa bauko maoM sabasao AiQak kImat single channel cannot be more than one-third of ik ek caOnala kI kImat ]sa bauko maoM sabasao AiQak kImat the highest priced channel in that bouquet. vaalao caOnala ko ek itha[- sao AiQak nahIM hao saktI The court has provided a 6-month grace period hO.Adalat nao p`saarkaoM Wara kayaa-nvayana ko ilae 6 mahInao for implementation by the broadcasters. It will kI CUT kI AvaiQa p`dana kI hO.yah doKnaa idlacasp be interesting to see if the broadcasters or TRAI haogaa ik p`saark yaa T///a[-// [sa AadoSa ko iKlaaf ApIla will appeal against this order. A detailed copy kroMgao yaa nahIM.fOsalao kI ivastRt jaanakarI Aanao ka of the judgment is awaited. Stay tuned for [Mtjaar hO.AiQak jaanakarI ko ilae pi~ka kao pZ,to rhoM. more developments. Scat Magazine reprints an earlier article on the skOT maOgajaIna enaTIAao 2º0 pr ek puranao laoK kao ifr NTO 2.0 which was featured last year highlighting sao p`kaiSat kr rha hO ijasamaoM ik ipClao saala saMSaaoQanaaoM ko key points of the amendments. p`mauK ibaMduAaoM pr p`kaSa Dalaa gayaa qaa. On 1st January 2020, TRAI declared the 1 janavarI 2020 kao Ta[-/ nao kafI samaya sao much-awaited amendments to its 2017 Tariff laMibat Apnao 2017 TOirf AadoSa ko ilae saMSaaoQanaaoM kI Order. They were promised by end November GaaoYaNaa kI.gaaOrtlaba hO ik 2019 ko navaMbar tk 2019. Further, TRAI had indicated that the [saka vaada ikyaa gayaa qaa.[sako Alaavaa Ta[-/ nao saMkot amendments would primarily fine-tune the 2017 idyaa qaa ik saMSaaoQana mau#ya $p sao 2017 ko AadoSaaoM kao orders rather than completely revamp them. pUrI trh sao badlanao ko sqaana maoM ]nhoM zIk krogaa. Listed below are specific details of the naIcao hmaaro ]Vaoga ko ilae pirvat-na va ]nako changes & their implications for our industry. p`BaavaaoM ka ivaiSaYT ivavarNa p`stut ikyaa jaa SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS rha hO. DISCOUNT CAP 1. Max Price of Bouquet Channel Reduced To ` 12. The 2017 Tariff Order had iryaayat saImaasaImaairyaayat 2.NCF excluded the key 15% cap on the savaao-cca nyaayaalaya Wara @laa^ja kao maMjaUrI idyao a) 200 Channels must be delivered for an NCF not jaanao ko baavajaUd BaI 2017 ko TOirf AadoSa discounts on Pay Channel Bouquets, exceeding ` 130 (taxes extra) per month. despite the Supreme Court's approval b) The "Must carry" Channels will not be included nao po caOnala bauko pr CUT pr mah%vapUNa- 15‰ of the clause. This was a key clause in the 200 NCF Channels. kOp kao CaoD, idyaa qaa.yah ]sao raoknao ko to prevent what the TRAI called c) Max NCF Chargeable is ` 160 per month for all ilae mah%vapUNa- KMD qaa ijasao ik Ta[-/ ‘Anauicat "Perverse Pricing". As a result, channels on the platform. kImat inaQaa-rNa’ khta qaa.pirNaamasva$p broadcasters declared exorbitant a-la- d) Max NCF for 2nd TV is 40% of 1st TV NCF. p`saarkaoM nao manamaanao e–laa^–kaTo- draoM va BaarI carte rates and huge bouquet e)NCF discounts permitted for long term discounts, forcing enlarged bouquets subscriptions of 6 months or more. bauko CUT kI GaaoYaNaa kI¸ ijasasao AvaaMiCt caOnalaaoM ko ivaSaala bauko ko ilae baaQya ikyaa of unwanted channels. CARRIAGE FEE Unfortunately, consumers had to pay jaae. duBaa-gya sao¸ ]pBaao@taaAaoM kao [na baZ,o– Carriage Fee has been capped at ` 4 Lakh per an NCF of ` 1.30 per channel in these channel per month. caZ,o bauko maoM 1º30 Épyao p`it caOnala ko inflated bouquets. CHANNEL PLACEMENT enasaIef ka Baugatana krnaa pD, rha qaa. Further, the 2020 regulation [sako Alaavaa¸ 2020 inayamana maoM Saaimala hO: includes: More flexibility for channels in EPG A-La-Carte price of any channel Channels of the same language in the same genre iksaI caOnala ka e–laa^–kaTo- cannot exceed the bouquet price. can be grouped together. maUlya bauko maUlya sao AiQak nahIM hao sakta hO. 21 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 NTO 2.0 VERDICT Number of Pay Channel bouquets by a broadcaster, ek p`saark Wara po caOnalaaoM kI saM#yaa¸ Ta[-/ kI pUva- svaIkRit Wara¸ cannot exceed the number of a-la-carte pay channels, e–laa^–kaTo- po caOnalaaoM kI saM#yaa sao AiQak nahIM hao saktI hO. unless by TRAI's prior approval. 12 Épyao AiQaktma bauko caOnala maUlya ` 12 MAX BOUQUET CHANNEL PRICE bauko maoM iksaI caOnala ko AiQaktma Anaumait p`d 22 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MARKET: BIZ ZEE – VIACOM18 ivalaya haonao vaalaa hO MERGER IN THE OFFING jaI–vaayaka^ma 18 ka Zee - Viacom18 merger speculations are jaI–vaayaka^ma 18 ko ivalaya kI ATklaoM cala rhI hO. ongoing. It will be interesting to see yah doKnaa idlacasp haogaa ik yah Aagao kOsao how its develop further. ivakisat haota hO. Viacom 18 & Zee are looking at possible merger. If vaayaka^ma 18 AaOr jaI saMBaaivat ivalaya pr ivacaar kr rho hOM.yaid this goes through it can create a large media firm with eosaa haota hO tao yah p`saarNa¸ AaoTITI¸ laa[va manaaorMjana AaOr iflma interests spanning broadcast, OTT, live entertainment inamaa-Na maoM $ica rKnao vaalaI ek baD,I maIiDyaa kMpnaI bana saktI hO¸ dao and movie production, two people aware laaoga [sa ivakasa sao Avagat hOM.halaaMik ipClao saala of the development. Though there had saaonaI AaOr vaayaka^ma 18 ko baIca saMBaaivat ivalaya kI been rumours of a possible merger between Sony & Viacom 18 last year, but AfvaahoM qaIM¸ laoikna saaOda nahIM hao payaa. the deal did not go through. vaayaka^ma 18¸ TIvaI 18 ba`a^DkasT ilaimaToD ³51‰´ Viacom18 is a joint venture AaOr yaUesa isqat vaayaka^masaIbaIesa [Mk ³49‰´ ko between TV18 Broadcast Ltd (51%) and baIca ek saMyau@t ]Vma hO.TIvaI 18 naoTvak- maIiDyaa US-based ViacomCBS Inc. (49%). TV18 eMD [nvaosTmaoMT ilaº kI [ka[- hO ijasaka AiQakaMSa is a unit of Network18 Media and svaaima%va irlaayaMsa [MDsTIja/ ilaº ³AarAa[-ela´ ko Investments Ltd, majority-owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd pasa hO.essaola ga`up ko sauBaaYa caMd`a Wara sqaaipt jaI (RIL). Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, eMTrTonamaoMT eMTrp`a[jaoja ilaimaToD¸ [nvaosTkao founded by Essel Group’s Aaoponaha[mar DovalaipMga maako-T\sa fMD AaOr Subhash Chandra, is majority- AaoefAa[- glaaobala fMD caa[naa elaelasaI owned by foreign institutional saiht ivadoSaI saMsqaagat inavaoSakaoM ko bahumat investors, including Investco Oppenheimer Developing ko svaaima%va maoM hO.essaola ga`up kI [i@vaTI Markets Fund and Ofi Global haoilDMga GaTkr 3º9‰ rh gayaI hO¸ Fund China LLC. Essel Group’s halaaMik kMpnaI ka saMcaalana caMd`a ko baoTo equity holding is down to 3.9%, punaIt gaaoyanaka kr rho hOM. although the company continues to be run by Chandra’s saMyau@t [ka[- sabasao baD,I saM#yaa maoM TIvaI caOnalaaoM ka svaaima%va AaOr son Punit Goenka. p`baMQana krogaI AaOr ]Vaoga sao Baart maoM sabasao baD,a baajaar pUMjaIkrNa The combined entity will own and manage the largest number of TV channels and have the largest market haogaa.jaI kI maako-T vaOlyaU 21¸300 kraoD, Épyao hO.naoTvak- 18 ka maako- capitalization in India from the industry. Zee has a market T kOp lagaBaga 5¸500 kraoD, Épyao hO. value of ` 21,300 crore. Network18 has a market cap of yaid saaOda hao jaata hO tao vaayaka^ma 18 ko p`maaoTr saMyau@t [ka[- around ` 5,500 crore. ko sabasao baD,o SaoyarQaarkaoM maoM sao ek bana sakto hOM @yaaoMik jaoD[-[-ela ko If the deal goes through, the promoters of Viacom18 65‰ sao AiQak ka svaaima%va ivadoSaI saMsqaagat inavaoSakaoM ko pasa hO. could become among the largest shareholders of the combined entity as more than 65% of ZEEL is owned by jaI ko pasa Baart maoM 48 caOnala hOM ³620 imailayana sao AiQak foreign institutional investors. saaPtaihk dSa-kaoM ko saaqa´ AaOr 170 doSaaoM maoM fOlao hue 120 caOnala hOM Zee owns 48 channels in India (with more than ³Anaumaainat 500 imailayana Aitir@t dSa-kaoM ko saaqa´. 620 million weekly viewers) and 120 channels worldwide jabaik vaayaka^ma 18 ko pasa 50 caOnala hOM¸ ijasamaoM vaIeca 1¸ 23 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MARKET: BIZ across 170 countries (with an estimated 500 million inaklaaoiDyana¸ emaTIvaI¸ klasa- TIvaI AaOr Anya xao~Iya BaaYaaAaoM ko manaaorMjana additional viewers). caOnala Saaimala hOM. Viacom18 runs 50 channels, including VH1, AaoTITI yaa Aaovar d Ta^p ko $p maoM jaI kI p`mauK poSakSa hO jaI Nickelodeon, MTV, Colors TV and a range of other regional language entertainment channels. 5¸ jabaik vaayaka^ma 18 vaUT calaata hO. On the OTT, or over the top, front, Zee’s flagship daonaaoM kMpinayaaoM ko ivalaya sao ek eosaI [ka[- ka inamaa-Na haogaa jaao offering is Zee5, while Viacom18 runs Voot. rajasva ko maamalao maoM Baart ko TolaIivajana baajaar maoM Aga`NaI sTar [MiDyaa ko A merger of the two companies would create an entity ilae ek majabaUt p`ityaaogaI saaibat hao saktI hO. that could prove to be a strong competitor to Star India, the iva Contact: Mob.: +91-7021850198 Email: [email protected] 24 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT maIiDyaabaITmaIiDyaabaITmaIiDyaabaIT An occasional column on significant maIiDyaa kI duinayaa maoM mah%vapUNa- GaTnaaAaoM developments in the media world pr ek saamaiyak stMBa By Ashok Mansukhani laoKk: ASaaok manasauKanaI NEW REGULATORY MOVES nayao inayaamak kdma sarkar INCREASE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT kI inagaranaI baZ,ato hOM The past few weeks have been very active for a comprehensive overhaul of Communication sarkar Wara saMcaar AaOr maIiDyaa ivainayamana ko vyaapk and Media Regulation by the Government. Some Aaovarhala ko ilae ipClao kuC saPtah baohd saiËya rho key developments are discussed below. These will hOM.kuC p`mauK GaTnaaËmaaoM pr naIcao cacaa- kI gayaI hO.yao bring about a uniformity in the regulatory inayaamak vyavasqaa maoM ek$pta laayaogaI AaOr ]mmaId hO ik regimes and hopefully help the legacy media/ [sa raomaaMcak malTImaIiDyaa yauga maoM Apnao vyavasaayaaoM kao digital media and social media have clarity on the role of Regulation in steering their businesses calaanao maoM ivainayamana kI BaUimaka pr ivarasat in this exciting multimedia era. maIiDyaaÀiDijaTla maIiDyaa AaOr saaoSala maIiDyaa kao spYTta maoM madd imalaogaI. 1. AMENDMENTS TO CABLE RULES 1994- 1º1º1º kobala inayama 1994 maoM saMSaaoQana – majabaUt sarkarI WELCOME STEP TO SELF-REGULATION inarIxaNa ko saaqa sva–ivainayamana ko ilae svaagatyaaogya WITH STRONG GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT. On 17.06.2021, the Press Information Bureau issued kdma hO.hO.kdma a press release from the Ministry 17º06º2021 kao¸ p`osa saUcanaa byaUrao nao of Information and kobala TolaIivajana naoTvak- inayama Broadcasting amending the 199419941994 maoM saMSaaoQana krto hue saUcanaa va Cable Television Network 19941994 Rules 1994. This was p`saarNa maM~alaya sao ek p`osa iva&iPt accompanied by a tweet from jaarI kI.[sako saaqa saUcanaa va p`saarNa the Minister of Information and maM~I EaI p`kaSa jaavaD,okr nao ek T\vaIT Broadcasting, Mr Prakash ko saaqa kha ik ‘kobala TolaIivajanaTolaIivajanakobala Javedkar, stating: by amending kobala TolaIivajanaTolaIivajanakobala the Cable Television Network naoTvak- inayama¸ 19941994 ³hO´ nao TIvaI Rules 1994, (has) developed a caOnalaaoM ko kaya-ËmaaoM ko iKlaaf naagairkaoM statutory mechanism to redress kI iSakayataoM AaOr iSakayataoM ko inavaarNa citizens grievances and ko ilae ek vaOQaainak tM~ ivakisat ikyaa hO.@MIB India nao saITIenasaITIenasaITIena complaints against programmes of T.V. channels. The @MIB saITIenasaITIena India has also decided to recognise the statutory bodies of inayamaaoMinayamaainayamaa ko tht TIvaI caOnalaaoM ko vaOQaainak inakayaainakayaaoMinakayaavaOQaainak kao maanyata donao T.V. channels under CTN Rules.” ka BaI inaNa-ya ilayaa hO. A detailed Press Information Bureau release of idnaaMk 17º06º202117º06º202117º06º2021 kI ivastRt p`osa saUcanaa byaUrao Wara jaarI 17.06.2021 provided the highlights explaining that at kI gayaI iva&iPt maoM yah spYT ikyaa gayaa hO ik vat-maana maoM: present, “There is an institutional mechanism by way of an inayamaaoM ko tht kaya-ËmaÀiva&apna kaoD ko ]llaMGana sao saMbaMiQat Inter-Ministerial Committee to address grievances of naagairkaoM kI iSakayataoM kao dUr krnao ko ilae ek AMtr–maM~alayaI 25 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT citizens relating to violation of the Programme/ saimait ko maaQyama sao ek saMsqaagat tM~ hO.[saI trh¸ ivaiBanna Advertising Codes under the Rules. Similarly, various p`saarkaoM nao BaI iSakayat dUr krnao ko ilae Apnao AaMtirk sva–sva–AaMtirk Broadcasters have also developed their internal self- inayaamak tM~tM~inayaamak ka ivakasa ikyaa hO. regulatory mechanism for addressing grievances. tqaaip¸ iSakayat inavaarNa Z,aMcao kao majabaUt krnao ko ilae ek However, a need was felt to lay down a statutory vaOQaainak tM~ banaanao kI AavaSyakta mahsaUsa kI gayaI.kuC p`saarkaoM mechanism for strengthening the grievance redressal nao Apnao saMGaaoMÀinakayaaoM kao kanaUnaI maanyata donao ka BaI AnauraoQa structure. Some Broadcasters had also requested for giving legal recognition to their associations/bodies. ikyaa qaa. ‘saamaanya karNa banaama Baart The Hon’ble Supreme Court, in its order in W.P. (C) maananaIya ]ccatma nyaayaalaya nao ‘saamaanya karNa banaama Baart No. 387 of 2000 in the matter of “Common Cause Vs saMGa AaOr Anya’ ko maamalao maoM 2000 ko DblaUyaUpI ³saI´ Union of India & Others” while expressing satisfaction saM#yaa 387387saM#yaa maoM Apnao AadoSa maoM koMd` sarkar Wara sqaaipt over the existing mechanism of grievance redressal iSakayat inavaarNa ko maaOjaUda tM~ pr saMtaoYa vya@t krto hue set up by the Central Government, had advised framing iSakayat inavaarNa tM~ kao AaOpcaairk $p donao ko ilae ]icat appropriate rules to formalise the complaint redressal inayama banaanao kI salaah dI qaI. mechanism. ]prao@t AiQasaUcanaa mah%vapUNa- hO @yaaoMik yah p`saarkaoM “The above notification is significant as it paves the AaOr ]nako sva–ivainayamana inakayaaoM pr javaabadohI AaOr way for a strong institutional system for redressing AaOr ]nako sva–ivainayamana inakayaaoM pr javaabadohI AaOr grievances while placing accountability and ijammaodarI rKto hue iSakayataoM ko inavaarNa ko ilae ek responsibility on the Broadcasters and their self- majabaUt saMsqaagat p`NaalaI ka maaga- p`Sast krtI hO. regulating bodies.” mau#ya pirvat-na ka ]_oSya AMtt: iva&apna AaOr kaya-Ëma The main changes are intended to finally shift saMihtaAaoM ko palana kI ijammaodarIijammaodarIijammaodarI p`saarkaoM kao donaa hO.kobala AiQainayama responsibility for adherence to the Advertising and 1994 ek AQyaadoSa Wara AiQainayaimat ikyaa gayaa qaa AaOr 1995 maoM Programme Codes to the Broadcasters. The Cable Act ek AiQainayama bana gayaa qaa.]saI vaYa-¸ savaao-cca nyaayaalaya nao ³1995´³1995´³1995´ was enacted by an Ordinance in 1994 and became an Act ³1995´³1995´ in 1995. In the same year, the Supreme Court in the (1995) 2 esasaIsaI 161 iËkoT esaaoisaeSana Aa^f baMgaala ko maamalao maoM 2 SCC 161 Cricket Association of Bengal judgment ruled fOsalaa saunaayaa qaa ik that eyarvaova yaa ÍI@vaoMsaI saava-jainak saMpi 26 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT The issue of media trials in ongoing criminal k[- AapraiQak jaaMca maoM maIiDyaa Ta^yala/ ka mau_a A@sar Adalat investigations has been coming up often in the Courts. In maoM Aata rhta hO.isawaqa- vaiSaYzvaiSaYzisawaqa- @manau Samaa- banaama rajya the case of Siddharth Vasisth@Manu Sharma vs State enaºsaIºTI idllaI ko AapraiQak ApIla 179 idnaaMk NCT of Delhi judgment in Criminal Appeal 179 of 2007 19º04º201019º04º201019º04º2010 ko maamalao maoM saup`Ima kaoT- nao kha ik dated 19.04.2010, the Supreme Court observed that saMivaQaana ko AnaucCod 19 ³1´³e´ ko tht saMrixat BaaYaNa The freedom of speech protected under Article 19 kI svatM~ta ka ]pyaaoga nyaaya ko p`Saasana maoM hstxaop sao bacanao ko (1) (a) of the Constitution must be carefully and cautiously used to avoid interference in the ilae saavaQaanaIpUva-k AaOr saavaQaanaI sao ikyaa jaanaa caaihe administration of justice and lead to undesirable AaOr nyaayaalayaaoM ko samaxa maamalaaoM maoM AvaaMCnaIya pirNaama hao sakto results in the matters sub- judice before the Courts. hOM. The Bombay High Court, while hearing a batch of baa^mbao ha[-kaoT- nao maIiDyaa T/ayala// pr p`itbaMQa lagaanao yaa p`itbaMiQat PILs to ban or restrict media trials, recently acknowledged krnao ko ilae janaiht yaaicakaAaoM ko ek baOca kI saunavaa[- krto hue hala that the self-regulatory bodies set by Broadcasters did exist. hI maoM svaIkar ikyaa ik ba`a^DkasTsa- Wara inaQaa-irt sva–inayaamak inakaya It strongly felt that it was for the Government to act under maaOjaUd qao.yah dRZ,ta sao mahsaUsa ikyaa gayaa ik p`saarNa AaOr kaya-Ëma the Cable Act for violations of the Broadcasting and Programming Codes. In the Nilesh Navalakha and related kaoD ko ]llaMGana]llaMGanakaoD ko ilae kobala AiQainayamaAiQainayamakobala ko tht kaya- krnaa judgments, the Bombay High Court, in its judgment No sarkar ko ilae qaa.naIlaoSa navalaKanavalaKanaIlaoSa AaOr saMbaMiQat inaNa-yaaoM maoM¸ baaMbao PILST. 92252/2020 dated 18.01.2021 stated, ha[- kaoT- nao Apnao fOsalao maoM idnaaMk 18º01º202118º01º202118º01º2021 nao janaihtjanaihtjanaiht “We do not approve such abdication of substantive yaaicaka saM#yaa 92252À2020 maoM fOsalaa saunaayaa ik : power (by the Ministry of Information and hma ek svaOicCk saMgaznasaMgaznasvaOicCk ³inajaI inakaya´ ko pxa maoM eosao Broadcasting) conferred by the CTVN Act and the p`aiQakrNaaoM Wara saITIvaIena AiQainayama AaOr saITIvaIenasaITIvaIenasaITIvaIena CTVN Rules by such authorities in favour of a inayamaaoMinayamaaoMinayamaaoM Wara p`dana kI gayaI maaOilak Sai@tSai@tmaaOilak ³saUcanaa va p`saarNa voluntary organisation (private body), which is formed by the channels themselves, namely, the NBA maM~alaya Wara´ ko [sa trh ko pir%yaaga kao maMjaUrI nahIM doto hOM¸ and which has constituted the ‘NBSA’. jaao svayaM caOnalaaoM Wara banaayaI gayaI hO¸ Aqaa-t\ enabaIe AaOr ijasanao In view of our conclusion that matters which are enabaIesaeenabaIesaeenabaIesae ka gazna ikyaa hO. pending investigation on a criminal complaint clearly hmaaro [sa inaYkYa- kao Qyaana maoM rKto hue ik AapraiQak iSakayat fall within the restriction as contained in the pr jaaMca laMibat maamalao spYT $p sao saITIvaIena AiQainayama Programme Code, contemplated under Section 5 of kI Qaara 55Qaara AaOr saITIvaIena inayamaaoM ko inayama 66inayama ko tht the CTVN Act and Rule 6 of the CTVN Rules, it ivacaairt kaya-Ëma saMihta maoM inaiht p`itbaMQa ko AMtga-t Aato hOM¸ would be a mandatory obligation of such authorities eosao AiQakairyaaoM ka yah Ainavaaya- daiya%va haogaa ik vao TIvaI to immediately act upon the complaints received against the T.V. channels which are alleged to be caOnalaaoM ko iKlaaf p`aPt iSakayataoM pr turMt kar-vaa[- kroM¸ ijana violating the Programme Code or any other pr kiqat taOr pr kaya-Ëma saMihtasaMihtakaya-Ëma yaa saITIvaIena AiQainayama provisions of the CTVN Act and the CTVN Rules AaOr saITIvaIena inayamaaoM ko iksaI Anya p`avaQaana ka ]llaMGana krnao and take the necessary action as provided for ka Aaraop hO AaOr [sako tht p`dana kI gayaI AavaSyak kar-vaa[- thereunder. kro. Notwithstanding this strong judgment of the baa^mbao ha[- kaoT- ko [sa kD,o fOsalao ko baavajaUd¸ sarkar nao kobalakobalakobala Bombay High Court, the Government has amended the Cable inayama 19941994inayama Rules 1994 and given statutory status to Broadcaster self- inayama 19941994inayama maoM saMSaaoQana ikyaa hO AaOr ba`a^DkasTr saolf rogaulaoTrI regulatory bodies. By doing so, the future path the baa^DIja kao vaOQaainak djaa-djaadjaavaOQaainak idyaa hO.eosaa krnao sao sarkar ka BaivaYya Government will take is now clear. All forms of media ka rasta saaf hao gayaa hO.saBaI p`kar ko maIiDyaa ³p`osa ka]Misala (barring newspapers Government by Press Council ko idSaa–inado-SaaoM Wara samaacaar p~aoM kao CaoD,kr´ maoM Aba guidelines) will now have a triple tier self-regulatory code majabaUt sarkarI inagaranaI ko saaqa iT/pla/ iTyar saolf rogaulaoTrI with robust government oversight. The first will be by the majabaUt sarkarI inagaranaI ko saaqa iT//pla/ iTyar saolf rogaulaoTrI Broadcaster itself; the second tier will be Broadcaster Self- kaoD haogaahaogaa.phlaahaogaakaoD p`saark Wara haogaa¸ dUsara str p`saark sva–inayaamak Regulatory bodies like IBF/BCCC; NBA/NBSA; NBF/ inakaya haogaa jaOsao Aa[-baIef ÀbaIsaIsaIsaI¸ enabaIeÀenabaIesae¸ 27 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT PNBSO, and the third will be an Interministry Committee enabaIefÀpIenabaIesaAao AaOr tIsarI ek AMtr–maM~alayaI saimait haogaI which will be the top tier. jaao SaIYa-strIya haogaI. Government oversight on Broadcast Content has nayao saMSaaoiQat inayamaaoMinayamaaoMinayamaaoM ko tht AMtr–ivaBaagaIya saimait kao been tightened by giving a lot of power to the Inter- Departmental Committee under the newly amended Rules. bahut AiQak Sai@t dokr p`saarNa saamaga`I pr sarkar kI inagaranaI kD,I These include: kr dI gayaI hO.[samaoM Saaimala hO: The Committee shall meet periodically and hear saimait samaya samaya pr baOzk krogaI AaOr kaya-Ëma saMihta AaOr complaints regarding violation or contravention of iva&apna saMihta ko ]llaMGana yaa ]llaMGana ko saMbaMQa maoM iSakayataoM the Programme Code and the Advertising Code that kI saunavaa[- krogaI jaao may: (i) str 1 yaa str 22str pr ilayao gayao inaNa-yaaoM ko iKlaaf ApIla (i) arise out of appeal against the decisions taken at the Level I or Level II, as the case may be, or sao ]%pnna hao saktI hO jaOsaa BaI maamalaa hao¸ yaa jahaM inaid-YT where no such decision is taken within the samaya ko BaItr eosaa kao[- inaNa-ya nahIM ilayaa jaata hO¸ yaa specified time; or (ii) [sao koMd` sarkar Wara saMdiBa-t ikyaa jaayao. (ii) be referred to it by the Central Government. AMtr ivaBaagaIya saimait [sako Wara p`aPt iSakayataooM yaa iSakayataoM The Inter-Departmental Committee shall examine kI jaaMca krogaI AaOr koMd` sarkar kao inamnailaiKt maoM sao kao[- BaI complaints or grievances received by it and make any isafairSa krogaI¸ Aqaa-t\ of the following recommendations to the Central Government, namely: (i) eosao p`saark kao salaah donaa¸ caotavanaI donaa¸ inaMda (i) advising, warning, censuring, admonishing, or krnaa¸ dMiDt krnaa yaa fTkar lagaanaa yaa reprimanding such Broadcaster; or (ii) eosao p`saark sao maafImaafImaafI kI Apoxaa krnaa yaa (ii) requiring an apology of such Broadcaster; or (iii) eosao p`saarkaoM sao caotvanaI kaD- yaa AsvaIkrNa Saaimala (iii) requiring such Broadcaster to include a warning card or a disclaimer; or krnao kI Apoxaa krnaa¸ yaa (iv) requiring such Broadcaster to delete or modify (iv) eosao p`saarkaoM sao saamaga`I kao hTanao yaa saMSaaoiQat krnao the content or take the channel or a programme yaa caOnala yaa iksaI kaya-Ëma kao ek inaid-YT samaya AvaiQa ko off-air for a specified time period where it is ilae Aa^f eyareyarAa^f krnao kI AavaSyakta haotI hO¸ jahaM yah satisfied that such action is warranted, for reasons saMtuYT hO ik ilaiKt $p maoM dja- ikyao jaanao vaalao karNaaoM ko to be recorded in writing. ilae eosaI kar-vaa[- ja$rI hO. After considering the Committee’s recommendations, the Central Government may issue appropriate orders saimait kI isafairSaaoM pr ivacaar krnao ko baad koMd` sarkar p`saark and directions for compliance by the Broadcaster. Wara Anaupalana ko ilae ]icat AadoSa AaOr inado-Sa jaarI kr Suppose the Central Government is satisfied that saktI hO. the programme of any channel is not in conformity maana laIijae ik koMd` sarkar [sa baat sao saMtuYT hO ik with the Programme Code or that the advertisement iksaI caOnala yaa kaya-Ëma¸ p`aoga`ama kaoD ko Anau$p nahIM of any channel is not in conformity with the Advertising Code. In that case, it may, after giving hO yaa iksaI caOnala ka iva&apna¸ iva&apna kaoD ko an opportunity of hearing to the cable operator, and Anau$p nahIM hO.]sa maamalao maoM yah kobala Aa^proTr kao by an order in writing, prohibit the transmission or saunavaa[- ka Avasar donao ko baad AaOr ilaiKt maoM ek re-transmission of any such channel or programme AadoSa Wara AiQainayama kI Qaara 20 ko p`avaQaanaaoM ko in accordance with the provisions of Section 20 of Anausaar eosao iksaI BaI caOnala yaa kaya-Ëma ko p`saarNa yaa the Act. puna: p`saarNa kao p`itbaMiQat kr sakta hO. At the same time, the Government has entrusted the self-regulatory bodies of the Broadcasters with statutory saaqa hI sarkar nao p`saarkaoM ko sva inayaamak inakayaaoM kao recognition. The primary purpose is to carry out the mandate vaOQaainak maanyatamaanyatavaOQaainak ko saaqa saaOMpa hO.p`aqaimak ]_oSya 2000 ko of the Supreme Court in the Common Cause judgment of DblaUpI ³isaivala´ 387 maoM 12º01º2017 ko saamaanya karNa 12.01.2017 in W.P. (Civil) 387 of 2000, wherein the Supreme inaNa-ya maoM savaao-cca nyaayalaya ko janaadoSa kao pUra krnaa hO ijasamaoM saup`Ima 28 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT Court had acknowledged that there is an existing mechanism kaoT- nao svaIkar ikyaa qaa ik dSa-kaoM kI iSakayataoM ko inavaarNa ko ilae for redressal of grievances of viewers. Still, it is not known ek maaOjaUda tM~ hO.ifr BaI yah Aama janata kao pta nahIM hO. to the general public. vat-maana sva inayaamak saMihta ka saMcaalana ipClao saala idllaI ]cca The operation of the current self-regulatory code nyaayaalaya maoM kiqat maIiDyaa prIxaNa AaOr idllaI ]cca nyaayaalaya maoM ek also came in for examination last year in the Delhi High Court in the case of alleged media trial and “vilification” of AiBanao~I rkula p`It isaMhisaMhrkula ko ‘Apmaana’ ko maamalao maoM isaivala irTirTisaivala a Bollywood actress Rakul Preet Singh in the Delhi High yaaicaka 6568À2020 ko maaQtama sao p`Sna icanh lagaayaa gayaa Court in Civil Writ Petition 6568/2020. She alleged that qaa.]sanao Aaraop lagaayaa ik ek p`isaw AiBanaota EaI sauSaaMt isaMh her name was being dragged into the investigation on the rajapUt kI maaOt pr jaaMca maoM ]saka naama GasaITa jaa rha hO. death of a well-known actor Mr Sushant Singh Rajput. 17º09º202017º09º202017º09º2020 kao idllaI ]cca nyaayaalaya nao [lao@T/a^inak On 17.09.2020, the Delhi High Court asked the maIiDyaa sao ]sako iKlaaf Aaraop lagaanao maoM saMyama bartnao kao kha AaOr inado- electronic media to exercise restraint in making allegations against her and directed that her petition be treated as a Sa idyaa ik ]sakI yaaicaka kao iSakayat ko $p maoM maanaa jaayao AaOr complaint and action taken by NBF/NBSA. This did happen, enabaIefÀenabaIesae Wara kar-vaa[- kI jaae.eosaa huAa AaOr and on 10.12.2020, the NBSA issued a series of restraint 10º12º202010º12º202010º12º2020 kao enabaIesae nao p`mauK samaacaar p`saarkaoM kao saMyama orders to the leading news Broadcasters. Here was a case bartnao ko AadoSa kI ek EaRMKlaa jaarI kI.yahaM ‘maIiDyaa pIiD,tpIiD,t’pIiD,tmaIiDyaa ka of the “media victim” appealing for protection from ek maamalaa qaa ijasamaoM ]cca nyaayaalaya sao badnaamaI sao saurxaa kI ApIla kI vilification from the High Court. The NBSA did Act but only gayaI qaI.enabaIesae nao e@T tao ikyaa laoikna ha[- kaoT- ko on being so ordered by the High Court. Time will tell whether the enormous faith reposed in the Broadcasters will be AadoSa pr hI.samayahI.hI.AadoSa batayaogaa ik p`saarkaoM maoM vya@t BaarI ivaSvaasa pyaa- sufficient, or Government will have to act as directed by the Pt haogaa yaa sarkar kao naIlaoSa navalaKanavalaKanaIlaoSa fOsalao maoM baa^mbao ha[- kaoT- ko Bombay High Court in the Nilesh Navalakha judgment. inado-Sa Anausaar kama krnaa haogaa. Curiously enough, the Ministry of Information and idlacasp baat yah hO ik saUcanaa va p`saarNa maM~alaya nao janavarIanavarIanavarI Broadcasting had circulated the amendments to the Cable 2020 maoM kobala AiQainayama 1995 maoM saMSaaoQanaaoM kao pircaailat ikyaa Act 1995 in January 2020 to tighten many provisions and qaa taik k[- p`avaQaanaaoM kao kD,a ikyaa jaa sako AaOr saMSaaoQanaaoM kI ek ensure statutory legislative responsibility by a series of amendments, especially to Sections 5, 6 and 20 of the Cable EaRMKlaa Wara vaOQaainak ivaQaayaI ijammaovaarI sauinaiScat kI jaa sako¸ ivaSaoYa Act. These amendments are apparently currently in cold $p sao kobala AiQainayama kI Qaara 5¸ 6 AaOr 20 ko ilae.yaoyaoyao storage. saMSaaoQana jaaihr taOr pr iflahala kaolD sTaoroja maoM hO. COMMENT: iTPpNaIiTPpNaIiTPpNaI It may now be safely stated that there is no Aba yah saurixat $p sao kha jaa sakta hO ik 1995 intention at present (after 26 years) to implement the CAB Judgment of 1995, asking for an ko saIebaI inaNa-ya kao laagaU krnao ko ilae vat-maana maoM ³26 Autonomous Broadcast Regulatory Authority vaYa- ko baad´ kao[- [rada nahIM hO¸ 1995 ko saIebaI inaNa- setting to govern airwaves as per the CAB ya ko Anausaar eoyarvaobsa kao inayaMi~t krnao ko ilae svaaya 29 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT years and today is estimated to have anywhere Aaja Anaumaana hO ik [sako 50–75 imailayana ga`ahk haoMgao¸ between 50-75 million subscribers, with Disney ijasamaoM ik iDjnaI ha^TsTar kao Aa[-pIela AiQakarao sao Hotstar benefiting from IPL rights which is now the laaBa huAa hO jaao Aba sabasao baD,a AaoTITI Aa^proTr hO. largest OTT operator. ina:saMdoh frvarI 2021 maoM nayao saaoSala AaOr iDijaTla No doubt, new social and digital media rules have maIiDyaa inayamaaoM kao AiQasaUicat ikyaa gayaa hO.Aba kobala been notified in February 2021. Now, the Cable maIiDyaa inayamaaoM kao AiQasaUicat ikyaa gayaa hO.Aba kobala Rules have been amended in June 2021. inayamaaoM kao jaUna 2021 maoM saMSaaoiQat ikyaa gayaa hO.laoiknalaoiknalaoikna But the Cable Act is woefully outdated, and kobala AiQainayama bahut puranaa hO AaOr sarkar saUcanaa Government is planning to amend the Information tknaIkI AiQainayama maoM saMSaaoQana krnao kI yaaojanaa banaa Technology Act. Had the Convergence rhI hO.yaid Baart ka knva-jaMsa Aayaaoga AiQainayama 2001 Commission of India Act been passed in 2001, both maoM pairt ikyaa gayaa haota tao yao daonaaoM AaOr 1885 TolaIga`afI these and other acts like the 1885 Telegraph Act AiQainayama jaOsao Anya AiQainayama nayao maogaa AiQainayama maoM would have subsumed into the new mega Act. Saaimala hao gayao haoto.rhsmaya trIko sao [sao punajaI-ivat krnao Efforts to revive this mysteriously fell through a couple of years back. ko pyaasa kuC saala phlao ivafla hao gayao qao. This columnist has for the past 20 years advocated [sa stMBakar nao ipClao 20 vaYaao-M maoM ek svaaya 30 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT amount of Rupees two thousand per day in case ilae p`itidna ek hjaar ÉpyaoÉpyaoek AaOr doya itiqa sao tIsatIsatIsa the default continues beyond thirty days from idnaaoMidnaaoMidnaaoM sao AiQak iDfa^lT jaarI rhnao pr p`it idna daodaodao the due date hjaar ÉpyaoÉpyaohjaar kI Aitir@t raiSa donaI haogaI. A new Schedule IX has been inserted, providing kMiDSanala e@saosa isasTma ³saIeesa´ AaOr sabsaËa[barsabsaËa[barsabsaËa[bar Conditional Access System (CAS) and Subscriber maOnaojamaoMT isasTma ³esaemaesa´ p`dana krto hue ek nayaI Management System (SMS). AnausaUcaI 99AnausaUcaI Saaimala kI gayaI hO. Explanatory Notes and Rationale for Amendment vyaa#yaa%mak naaoT\sa AaOr saMSaaoQana ko ilae tk- The Regulatory framework provides for non- inayaamak Z,aMcaa gaOr–BaodBaavapUNa- AaOr isaganalaaoM kao Ainavaaya- $p sao discrimination and mandatory sharing of signals. These provisions have helped many new small multi- saaJaa krnao ka p`avaQaana krta hO.[na p`avaQaanaaoM nao k[- nayao CaoTo system operators (MSOs) install networks and start malTI isasTma Aa^proTraoM ³emaesaAao´ kao naoTvak- sqaaipt krnao their services. As per the extant regulations, if the AaOr ApnaI saovaayaoM Sau$ krnao maoM madd kI hO.maaOjaUda ivainayamaaoM ko addressable system does not meet the requirements Anausaar yaid eDosaobala/ isasTma AnausaUcaI 33AnausaUcaI maoM inaid-YT AavaSyaktaAaoM specified in Schedule III, the Broadcaster is permitted kao pUra nahIM krta hO tao p`saarkaoM kao ]icat naaoiTsa ko baad ]p–]p–]p– to disconnect signals of television channels, as per ivainayama ³2´ ivainayama 15 ko p`avaQaana ko Anausaar TolaIivajana proviso to sub-Regulation (2) Regulation 15, after due notice. Para 37. caOnalaaoM ko isaganala kao iDsknao@T krnao kI Sometimes, small MSOs suffer Anaumait hO. pOra 3737.37pOra such eventuality due to the µ kBaI–kBaI CaoTo emaesaAao kao GaiTyaa deployment of sub-standard saIeesa AaOr esaemaesa kI tOnaatI ko karNa CAS and SMS. This arises from eosaI isqait ka saamanaa krnaa pD,ta hO.yah [sa the fact that there are no tqya sao pOda haota hO ik kao[- inaQaa-irt¸ prIxaNa prescribed, tested, and certified solutions. Small MSOs have AaOr p`maaiNat samaaQaana nahIM hO.CaoTo emaesaAao limited awareness of necessary technical parameters. ko pasa AavaSyak tknaIkI maanakaoM ko baaro maoM Many times, cost remains the primary deciding factor saIimat jaaga$kta hO.k[- baar kuC ]%padaoMÀsamaaQaanaaoM kao KrIdnao for buying certain products/solutions. Para 37. ko ilae laagat p`aqaimakta inaNaa-yak kark banaI rhtI hO pOra 3737.37pOra Hence, there is a need to draft and deploy adequate [sailae saIeesa ko ilae saamaga`I saurxaa ko ilae pyaa-Pt standards for content security for CAS. Still, effective maanakaoM ka masaaOda tOyaar krnao AaOr ]nhoM laagaU krnao kI AavaSyakta compliance with the statutory framework is also essential to build trust and confidence among all the hO.ifr BaI saBaI ihtQaarkaoM ko baIca ivaSvaasa AaOr ivaSvaasa banaanao stakeholders. This entails the entrustment of testing ko ilae vaOQaainak Z,aMcaZ,aMcaoZ,aMcavaOQaainak ka p`BaavaI Anaupalana BaI AavaSyak and certification work to a reputed and trusted hO.[sako ilae ek p`itiYzt AaOr ivaSvanaIya ejaoMsaI kao prIxaNaprIxaNaprIxaNa agency. Para 38. AaOr p`maaNana kaya- saaOMpnaa AavaSyak hO. pOra 3838.38pOra Trust and confidence among all stakeholders should saBaI ihtQaarkaoM ko baIca ivaSvaasa AaOr talamaola [sako p`BaavaI be the cornerstone of any statutory framework for its Anaupalana ko ilae iksaI BaI vaOQaainak Z,aMcao kI AaQaariSalaa haonaI effective compliance. Therefore, the testing and certification agency must not only be fair, reasonable, caaihe.[sailae prIxaNa AaOr p`maaNana ejaoMsaI kao na kovala inaYpxa¸ and non-discriminatory; it must also generate such ]icat va gaOr–BaodBaavapUNa- haonaa caaihe¸ [sao saBaI ihtQaarkaoM ko confidence and trust among all the stakeholders. Para baIca eosaa ivaSvaasa AaOr ivaSvaasa BaI pOda krnaa caaihe.pOra 4646.46pOra 46. p`aiQakrNa prIxaNa AaOr p`maaNana ejaoisaMyaaoM kao naaimat krogaa jaao The Authority shall designate Testing and ivaiBanna saIeesa AaOr esaemaesa ko prIxaNa va p`maaNana kI inagaranaI Certification Agency(ies) that shall oversee the testing krogaI.p`aiQakrNa naaimat prIxaNa AaOr p`maaNana ejaoMisayaaoM ko pramaSa- and certification of different CAS and SMS. The Authority, in consultation with the designated testing sao p`%yaok AavaSyakta ko ilae ek ivastRt prIxaNa p`iËyaa ko and certification agency(ies) shall issue a Test saaqa ek prIxaNa AnausaUcaI jaarI krogaa¸ jaOsaaik AavaSyak hao Schedule ‘with a detailed testing procedure for each sakta hO.esaemaesa AaOr saIeesa ko samakailak kamakaja ko requirement, as may be required. Looking to the mah%va kao doKto hue jaOsaaik pUva-vatI- AnauBaagaaoM maoM jaaor idyaa gayaa 31 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT importance of synchronised functioning of SMS and hO¸ eosaI prIxaNa AnausaUcaI yah BaI jaaMca krogaI ik prIxaNa ko tht CAS as emphasised in preceding Sections, such Test saIeesasaIeesasaIeesa iksaI Anya esaemaesaesaemaesaesaemaesa ko saaqa ekIkrNa ka samaqa-na Schedule ‘shall also check that the CAS under testing krta hO AaOr [sako ivapirt. pOra 4747.47pOra supports integrating with any other SMS and vice versa. Para 47. p`aiQakrNa kI pirklpnaa hO ik prIxaNa AaOr p`maaNana ZaMcao ko saaqa The Authority envisages that there will be some pairisqaitkI tM~ pUrI trh sao Anaupalana krnao sao phlao kuC samaya time gap before the ecosystem becomes fully ka AMtrala haogaa.td\nausaar p`aiQakrNa samaya saImaa inaQaa-irt krogaa compliant with the testing and certification ijasako BaItr AnausaUcaI 99AnausaUcaI maoM inaid-YT AavaSyaktaAaoM kao pUra krnao framework. Accordingly, the Authority will prescribe ko ilae eosaI p`NaailayaaoM ka prIxaNa AaOr p`maaNana ikyaa jaayaogaa.tdnausaar the timeline within which such systems shall get p`aiQakrNa prIxaNa AaOr p`maaNana vyavasqaa kI tarIKaoM ko saaqa AnausaUcaIAnausaUcaIAnausaUcaI tested and certified to meet the requirements as specified in Schedule IX. Accordingly, the 333 AaOr laoKa prIxaaprIxaalaoKa inayamaavalaI maoM p`asaMigak saMSaaoQanaaoM kao jaOsaa Authority shall notify relevant amendments in AavaSyak haogaa¸ AiQasaUicat krogaa. pOra 4848.48pOra Schedule III and the Audit Manual, as required, majabaUt $p sao iDjaa[na ikyao gayao AaOr ksakr yauigmat along with the testing and certification regime dates. saIeesa AaOr esaemaesa sao payarosaI kI jaaMca haonao kI Para 48. ]mmaId hO AaOr [sako pirNaamasva$p sabsaiËPSana kI A robustly designed and tightly coupled CAS and SMS tqyaa%mak irpao-iTMga haonaI caaihe¸ ijasasao saBaI saMbaMiQat are expected to check piracy and result in factual reporting of subscriptions, which will lead to ihtQaarkaoM kao baohtr rajasva p`aPt haogaa.[sako Alaavaa improved revenue realisation by all concerned Z,aMcaa k[- gaOr–Aaiqa-k laaBaaoM ka vaada krta hO¸ jaOsao stakeholders. Furthermore, the framework promises ik vyavasaaya krnao ko ilae AnaukUla haonaa AaOr baohtr many nonpecuniary benefits, such as being conducive tknaIkI kao Apnaanaa¸ ijasako pirNaamasva$p baohtr saovaa to doing business and adopting better technology, AaOr AMitma ]pyaaogakta- AnauBava p`aPt haogaa.ek AiQak resulting in better service and end-user experience. saurixat naoTvak- AiQak ]cca gauNava 32 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT They will need to upgrade their networks to ]nhoM Apnao naoTvak- kao svaIkaya- inaQaa-irt saIeesaÀ acceptable prescribed CAS/SMS norms or form esaemaesa maapdMDaoM maoM Apga`oD krnaa haogaa yaa kobala Cable Cooperatives (a mirage at present) or take sahkarI saimaityaaM ³vat-maana maoM ek maRgatRYNaa´ banaanaa backend infrastructure services from large MSOs/ haogaa yaa Apnao inaiYËya bauinayaadI Z,aMcao ko maaOjaUda HIT’S operators willing to share their passive bauinayaadI Z,aMcao saaJaakrNa maanadMDaoM kao saaJaa krnao ko infrastructure current infrastructure sharing [cCuk baD,o emaesaAaoÀihT\sa ko Aa^proTraoM sao baOkeMD norms. [nÍasT/////@car saovaayaoM laonaI haogaI. 3. HISTORIC INFRASTRUCTURE SHARING 3º3º3º enae@saTI iDijaTla AaOr isaTI kobala ko baIca PACT BETWEEN NXT DIGITAL AND SITICABLE eoithaisak bauinayaadI Z,acaa saaJaa krnao ka samaJaaOta Hinduja Group’s NXTDigital Headend in The Sky ihMdUjaa samaUh ka enae@saTI iDijaTla hoDeMD [na d ska[- (HITS) is India first fully functional digital initiative of a ³ihT\sa´ ek ha[-iba`D saOTolaa[T AaQaairt AaOr fa[bar AaQaairt piryaaojanaa Hybrid Satellite-based and Fibre based Project, ‘enae@saTI iDijaTlaiDijaTla’ kI Baart kI phlaI pUrI trh kayaa-%mak “NXTDIGITAL”. It has already surpassed over 5.5 million iDijaTla phla hO.yah phlao hI 1500 sao AiQak Sahrao maoM Baart maoM 5º5 digital cable subscribers in India in over 1500 cities. It is imailayana sao AiQak iDijaTla kobala ga`ahkaoM kao par kr cauka hO.yah available in all 28 States and 9 Union Territories of India, including the Andaman & Nicobar AMDmaana AaOr inakaobaar WIp samaUh AaOr laxaWIp saiht Baart ko saBaI 28 Islands and Lakshadweep. At present, rajyaaoM AaOr 9 koMd` Saaisat p`doSaaoM maoM ]plabQa it supplies 660 satellite channels. It can hO.vat-maana maoM yah 660 saOTolaa[T caOnalaaoM kao provide 24 local channels with unique p`saairt krta hO.yah 24 sqaanaIya caOnalaaoM kao technology to encrypt them as per the kobala AiQainayama kI AavaSyaktaAaoM ko Anausaar requirements of the Cable Act. ]nhoM einËPT krnao ko ilae AnaUzI tknaIkI The Government permission for HITS to NXTDIGITAL in 2015 permitted both active p`dana kr sakta hO. services through linked Cable Operator networks and 2015 maoM enae@saTI iDijaTla kao ihT\sa ko ilae sarkarI Anaumait passive infrastructure services. For this purpose, a state nao ilaM@D kobala Aa^proTr naoTvak- AaOr inaiYËya AvasaMrcanaa saovaaAaoM ko of art satellite earth station has been set up in Noida near maaQyama sao saiËya saovaaAaoMsaovaaAaoMsaiËya daonaaoM kao Anaumait dI.[sa ]_oSya ko ilae idllaI Delhi. ko pasa naaoyaDa maoM ek AaQauinak saOTolaa[T Aqa-sToSana kI sqaapnaa kI gayaI. The original HITS Regulations of 26.11. 2009 were 26º11º2019 ko maUla ihT\sa ivainayamaaoM kao 6º01º2021 amended on 06.11.2021. The Amendment now allows explicitly for voluntary sharing of passive infrastructure kao saMSaaoiQat ikyaa gayaa qaa.saMSaaoQanasaMSaaoQanasaMSaaoQana Aba spYT $p sao ihT\sa Aa^proTr between the HITS Operator and the MSOs. This was done AaOr emaesaAao ko baIca inaiYËya bauinayaadI Z,aMcao ko svaOicCk saaJaakrNa by introducing two new regulations being Rule 16, kI Anaumait dota hO.yah inayama 16 ko $p maoM dao nayao inayamaaoM ko poSa krko providing for ikyaa gayaa qaa¸ ijasamaoM¸ Wherever technically feasible, the HITS operator may jahaM khIM tknaIkI $p sao vyavahaya- hao¸ ihT\sa Aa^proTr TIvaI share the platform infrastructure voluntarily, in caOnalaaoM ko ivatrNa ko ilae svaocCa sao¸ lacaIlao trIko sao flexible ways, for distribution of T.V. channels provided that the signals of the HITS platform are distributed PlaoTfama- ko bauinayaadI Z,aMcao kao saaJaa kr sakto hOM¸ baSato- ik to subscribers through Cable operator only and the ihT\sa PlaoTfama- ko isaganala kovala kobala Aa^proTr ko maaQyama sao encryption of signals, addressability and liabilities are ga`ahkaoM kao ivatirt ikyao jaato hOM AaOr isaganala¸ eDosaoibailaTI/ AaOr not compromised. donadairyaaoM ko einËPSana sao samaJaaOta nahIM ikyaa jaata hO. Rule 17 states, inayama 17 batata hO: “The adherence and compliance to all the provisions of the rules and guidelines issued by MIB and NOCC ihT\sa Aa^proTraoM kao laa[saoMsa p`dana krnao ko ilae emaAa[-baI AaOr and WPC, DoT for grant of licence to the HITS enaAaosaIsaI AaOr DblaUpIsaI¸ Da^T Wara jaarI inayamaaoM AaOr idSaa operator will be the responsibility of both the existing inado-SaaoM ko saBaI p`avaQaanaaoM ka palana AaOr Anaupalana maaOjaUda Operator and the new applicant proposing to share Aa^proTr AaOr bauinayaadI Z,aMcao kao saaJaa krnao ka p`stava krnao 33 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT the infrastructure, respectively to the extent as vaalao nayao Aavaodk AaOr vyai@tgat $p sao laagaU haonao vaalaI required / applicable individually.” AavaSyaktaAaoM ko Anausaar ËmaSa: daonaaoM kI ijammaovaarI haogaI. On 11.05.2021, An NXTDigital /Siticable joint press 11º05º2021 kao enae@saTI iDijaTlaÀisaTI kobala nao ek release stated: saMyau@t p`osa iva&iPt maoM kha ik “SITI Networks Limited (an Essel Group Company) isaTI naoTva@sa- ilaimaToD ³essaola ga`up kI kMpnaI´³emaesaAao´ (MSO), and Hinduja Group’s Headend in the Sky AaOr ihMdujaa ga`up ko hoDeMD [na d ska[- ³ihT\sa´ PlaoTfama- (HITS) platform NXTDigital have announced a first- enae@saTI iDijaTla nao doSa maoM emaesaAao xao~ maoM phlaI baar ever infrastructure sharing agreement in the MSO [MÍasT/@car/ SaoyairMga samaJaaOt space in the country. The move, the first of its kind, [MÍasT/@car// SaoyairMga samaJaaOtsamaJaaOto kI GaaoYaNaa kI hO.yah ApnaI will have two conventional competitors share trh ka phlaa kdma hO ijasamaoM dao parMpirk p`itspQaI- saaJaa infrastructure, heralding a new era of collaboration bauinayaadI Z,aMcao haoMgao¸ jaao iDijaTla PlaoTfa^ma- xao~ maoM sahyaaoga ko ek in the digital platforms space. With this nayao yauga kI Sau$Aat kroMgao.[sa kdma ko saaqa daonaao move, both companies will synergise kMpinayaaM ga`ahkaoM kao savaao- 34 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT increasing adoption of OTT services, the need for caaihe.AaoTITI saovaaAaoM kI baZ,tI svaIkaya-ta ko saaqa such joint business ventures makes immense sense eosao saMyau@t vyavasaaiyak ]pËmaaoM kI AavaSyakta Aaja in today's converged times. ko kMvaja-Msa samaya maoM bahut maayanao rKtI hO. There are many small MSOs who are unable k[- CaoTo emaesaAao hOM jaao [MTrknao@Sana ivainayamaaoM to cope with the technical requirements of the kI tknaIkI AavaSyaktaAaoM ka saamanaa krnao maoM Asamaqa- Interconnection Regulations. The recent kI tknaIkI AavaSyaktaAaoM ka saamanaa krnao maoM Asamaqa- amendments bringing in financial disinvestment hOM.saIeesa va esaemaesa isasTma ko tknaIkI $p sao in case CAS and SMS Systems are not technically Anaupalana nahIM haonao kI isqait maoM iva 4. AMENDMENTS TO CINEMATOGRAPH 4º isanaomaOTaoga`af e@T maoM saMSaaoQana –ivavaadaspd saupr ACT - CONTROVERSIAL SUPER REVIEW irvyaU p`staivatp`staivatirvyaU PROPOSED 18º06º2021 kao saUcanaa AaOr p`saarNa maM~alaya nao ek p`osa naaoT On 18.06.2021, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a Press jaarI kr isanaomaOTaoga`af AiQainayama Note asking for public 195219521952 maoM kuC mah%vapUNa- saMSaaoQanaaoM reactions to certain vital ko ilae janata kI p`itiËyaa maaMgaI. amendments to the [samaoM kha gayaa hO ik maM~alaya Cinematograph Act, 1952. It isanaomaOTaoga`af ³saMSaaoQana´ stated that the Ministry ivaQaoyak 20212021ivaQaoyak poSa krnao ka p`stava proposes introducing the Cinematograph krta hO jaao badlato samaya ko Anau$p (Amendment) Bill, 2021, p`dSa-na ko ilae iflmaaoM kao maMjaUrI donao which will make “sanctioning AaOr payarosaI ko Ktro kao kma krnao films for exhibition more ko ilae AiQak p`BaavaI banaayaogaa.[sa effective, in tune with the pr 2º07º20212º07º20212º07º2021 tk javaaba maaMgaa changing times and curb the gayaa hO. menace of piracy.” The responses have been requested by 2.07.2021. saMSaaoQana maoM kuC nayaI ivaSaoYatayaoM hOM : The amendments have some new features: ³e´³e´³e´ nayaI yaUÀe EaoiNayaaM A) New U/A Categories ‘Ap`itbaMiQat¸ saava-jainak p`dSa-na EaoNaI ko tht iflmaaoM ko The following provisions relating to certification of p`maaNaIkrNa sao saMbaMiQat inamnailaiKt p`avaQaanaaoM kao maaOjaUda yaUºeº kao AaOr films under the ‘unrestricted, public exhibition’ category ]p–ivaBaaijat krnao ko ilae saMSaaoiQat krnao ka p`stava hO.Aayau AaQaairt are proposed to be amended to further sub-divide the EaoiNayaaoM maoM EaoNaI Aqaa-t yaUÀe 7 Plasa¸ yaUÀe 13 Plasa AaOr yaUÀe existing U.A. category into age-based categories, viz. U/A 7+, U/A 13+ and U/A 16+: 161616 Plasa hO. iTPpNaIiTPpNaIiTPpNaI COMMENT: This new classification brings age-gating as yah nayaa vagaI-krNa 25 frvarI 2021 ko ivainayamaaoM in social and digital media introduced in the maoM poSa ikyao gayao saamaaijak AaOr iDijaTla maIiDyaa ko February 25, 2021 Regulations and is therefore Anausaar Aayau inaQaa-rNa laata hO AaOr [sailae yah Apvaad unexceptionable. nahIM hO.hO.nahIM B) Validity of Film Certificate baI´baI´baI´ iflma p`maaNana kI vaOQata Amendment of sub-Section (3) of Section 5 A ‘p`maaNa p~ kI vaOQata’ ko saMbaMQa maoM Qaara 5e kI ]p– regarding ‘Validity of certificate’ – Qaara ³3´³3´Qaara ka saMSaaoQana– 35 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT As per the provision of the present Act under sub- Qaara 5e kI ]pQaara 3 ko tht vat-maana AiQainayama ko Section 3 of Section 5 A, the certificate issued by the Board p`avaQaana ko Anausaar baaoD- Wara jaarI p`maaNa p~ 10 vaYa-vaYa-10 ko ilae vaOQa is valid for 10 years. Although this restriction on the validity hO.yaVip kovala 10 vaYaao-MvaYaao-M10 ko ilae p`maaNa p~ kI vaOQata pr yah p`itbaMQa of the certificate for only 10 years has been removed kaya-karI AadoSaaoM ko maaQyama sao hTa idyaa gayaa hO¸ AiQainayama maoM maaOjaUda through executive orders, the existing provision in the Act requires to be amended to remove the stipulation such that p`avaQaana kao saMSaaoiQat krnao kI AavaSyakta hO taik p`maaNa p~ hmaoSaa ko the certificate is valid in perpetuity. ilae vaOQa hao. COMMENT: iTPpNaI:iTPpNaI:iTPpNaI: This is a procedural amendment as the 10-year yah ek p`iËyaa%mak saMSaaoQana hO @yaaoMik kaya-karI restriction had already been removed in executive AadoSaaoM maoM 10 saala ka p`itbaMQa phlao hI hTa idyaa gayaa orders and is non-controversial. qaa AaOr yah gaOr–ivavaadaspd hO. C) Amendment of sub-Section (1) of Section 6 saI´saI´saI´ koMd` sarkar kI punarIxaNa Sai@tyaaoM ko saMbaMQa maoM Qaara regarding ‘Revisional powers of the Central 6 kI ]p–Qaara ³1´ ka saMSaaoQana: Government’: Qaara 66Qaara ko tht maaOjaUda AiQainayama maoM¸ koMd` sarkar kao baaoD- In the existing Act under Section 6, the Central Government has been empowered to call for the record of Wara laMibat yaa tya kI gayaI iflma ko p`maaNaIkrNa ko saMbaMQa maoM kaya-vaahIkaya-vaahIkaya-vaahI proceedings in relation to certification of a film pending or ko irka^Dirka^Dko - ko ilae ka^la krnao AaOr ]sa pr kao[- AadoSa pairt krnao ka has been decided by the Board and pass any order thereon. AiQakar idyaa gayaa hO.dUsaro Sabdao maoM [saka Aqa- yah hO ik koMd` sarkar¸ In other words, this means that the Central Government, if yaid AavaSyak hao tao baaoD- ko inaNa-ya kao ]laTna]laTna]laTnao kI Sai@t rKtI hO. the situation so warranted, has the power to reverse the ema SaMkraPpa banaama Baart sarkar Board's decision. halaaMik ko ema SaMkraPpa banaama Baart sarkar maamalao maoM However, the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka in knaa-Tk ko maananaIya ]cca nyaayaalaya nao batayaa ik koMd` sarkar baaoD- Wara KM Shankarappa Vs. Union of India case stated that the phlao sao p`maaiNat iflmaaoM ko saMbaMQa maoM punarIxaNa Sai@tyaaoM ka p`yaaoga nahIM Central Government cannot exercise revisional powers kr saktI hO.[sao maananaIya savaao-cca nyaayaalaya Wara 1991 ko isaivalaisaivala1991 regarding films already certified by the Board. This has ApIla 3106 maoM idnaaMk 28À11À2000 ko Apnao inaNa-ya Wara BaI also been upheld by the Hon’ble Supreme Court vide its judgment dated 28/11/2000 in Civil Appeal 3106 of 1991. sahI zhrayaa gayaa hO. The Hon’ble Supreme Court has also opined that maananaIya savaao-cca nyaayaalaya nao yah BaI raya dI hO ik ivaQaaiyaka the Legislature may, in certain cases, overrule or nullify the kuC maamalaaoM maoM ]icat kanaUna banaakr nyaaiyak yaa kaya-karI inaNa-ya kao r_ judicial or executive decision by enacting appropriate yaa r_ kr saktI hO.[sa saMbaMQa maoM yah kha gayaa hO ik kBaI–kBaI ek legislation. In this regard, it is stated that sometimes complaints are received against a film that alludes to iflma ko iKlaaf iSakayatoM p`aPt haotI hO jaao ik iflma p`maaiNat haonao violation of Section 5 B (1) of the Cinematograph Act, 1952, ko baad isanaomaOTaoga`afI AiQainayama 1952 kI Qaara 5baI ³1´ after a film is certified. ko ]llaMGana ka saMkot dotI hO.OO Article l9(2) of the Constitution imposes saMivaQaana ka AnaucCod 19³2´ Baart kI saMp`Bau 36 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT for granting revisionary powers to the Government sarkar kao punarIxaNa Sai@tyaaM p`dana krnao ko ilae Qaara on account of violation of Section 5 B (1) of the 6 kI ]p–Qaara ³1´ maoM prMtuk jaaoD,naa: Act: caUMik Qaara 5baI ³1´³1´Qaara ko p`avaQaana saMivaQaana ko AnaucCodAnaucCodAnaucCod Since the provisions of Section 5 B(1) are derived from Article 19(2) of the Constitution and are non- 19 ³2´³2´19 sao ilae gayao hOM AaOr gaOr prËamyaprËamyagaOr hOM¸ [sailae masaaOda negotiable, it is also proposed in the Draft Bill to add a ivaQayaok maoM Qaara 6 kI ]p–Qaara ³1´ maoM ek prMtuk BaI jaaoD,nao proviso to sub-Section (1) of Section 6 to the effect that on ka p`stava hO.AiQainayama kI Qaara 5 baI ³1´³1´Qaara ko ]llaMGana ko receipt of any references by the Central Government in karNa saava-jainak p`dSa-na ko ilae p`maaiNat iflma ko saMbaMQa maoM koMd` respect of a film certified for public exhibition, on account sarkar Wara kao[- saMdBa- p`aPt haonao pr¸ koMd` sarkar yaid eosaa krnaa of violation of Section 5 B(1) of the Act, the Central AavaSyak samaJatI hO tao ]sao inado-Sa do saktI hO.baaoD- ko AQyaxa Government may if it considers it necessary so to do, direct the Chairman of the Board to re-examine the film. iflma kI daobaara jaaMca kroMgao. COMMENT: iTPpNaIiTPpNaIiTPpNaI This is a controversial step intended to yah ek ivavaadaspd kdma hO ijasaka ]_oSya koema overcome the Supreme Court's judgment in KM SaMkraPpa banaama Baart saMGa maoM 1991 ko 28À11À2000 Shankarappa Vs. Union of India in Civil Appeal ko isaivala ApIla 3106 maoM saup`Ima kaoT- ko fOsalao kao dUr 3106 of 1991 dated 28/11/2000. In this judgment, krnaa hO.[sa fOsalao maoM saup`Ima kaoT- nao knaa-Tk ]cca the Supreme Court upheld the Karnataka High nyaayaalaya ko AadoSa kao barkrar rKa¸ ijasamaoM kha gayaagayaagayaa Court order, which held that Government did not qaa ik ek iflma p`maaiNat haonao ko baad sarkar ko pasa have the power of revision once a picture was certified. The Supreme Court had noted that in ]sakao saMSaaoQana krnao kI Sai@t nahIM hO.saup`Ima kaoT- nao naaoT terms of the K.A. Abbas judgment (1970) 2 SCC ikyaa qaa ik ko e Abbaasa inaNa-ya ³1970´ 2 esasaIsaI 780, the Government had set up a Film Appellate 780 ko saMdBa- maoM sarkar nao ek iflma ApIlaIya nyaayaaiQakrNa Tribunal, and in that judgment, the Supreme Court kI sqaapnaa kI qaI¸ AaOr ]sa inaNa-ya maoM savaao-cca nyaayaalaya had expressed satisfaction that nao saMtaoYa vya@t ikyaa qaa ik "We express our satisfaction that the Central ‘hma ApnaI saMtuiYT vya@t krto hOM ik koMd` sarkar Government will cease to perform curial BaaYaNa AaOr AiBavyai@t ko maaOilak AiQakar sao jauD,o functions through one of its secretaries in this [sa saMvaodnaSaIla xao~ maoM Apnao saicavaaoM maoM sao ek ko sensitive field involving the fundamental right of speech and expression. Experts sitting as a maaQyama sao ija&asau kaya- krnaa baMd kr dogaI. Tribunal and deciding matters quasi-judicially iT/////byaUnala ko $p maoM baOzo ivaSaoYa& AaOr maamalaaoM ka inspire more confidence than a secretary. inaNa-ya AQa-–nyaaiyak $p sao ek saicava ko maukabalao Therefore, it is better that the appeal should AiQak Aa%maivaSvaasa kao p`oirt krto hOM.[sailae yah lie to a Court or Tribunal." baohtr haogaa ik ApIla iksaI nyaayaalaya yaa In the Shankarappa judgment, the Supreme iT/////byaUnala maoM haonaI caaihe.’ Court expressed surprise that having set up the SaMkrPpa ko fOsalao maoM saup`Ima kaoT- nao AaScaya- vya@t Film Appellate Tribunal, the Government still ikyaa qaa iflma ApIlaIya nyaayaaiQakrNa kI sqaapnaa ko wanted to retain revisionary powers. It stated: baad BaI sarkar punarIxaNa Sai@tyaaoM kao barkrar rKnaa Once a quasi-judicial body like the Appellate Tribunal, consisting of a retired Judge of caahtI hO.[samaoM kha gayaa hO a High Court or a person qualified to be a ek baar ApIlaIya nyaayaaiQakrNa jaOsao AQa-–nyaaiyak Judge of a High Court and other experts in the inakaya¸ ijasamaoM ]cca nyaayaalaya ko saovaainavaR 37 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT exercise of judicial functions by a quasi- ka saMbaMQa hO.kaya-pailaka kao ]sa inaNa-ya kI samaIxaa judicial Board. AaOr Àyaa saMSaaoQana krnao kI Anaumait donaa ek AQa- It would amount to subjecting the decision of a –nyaaiyak baaoD- Wara nyaaiyak kayaao-M ko AByaasa maoM quasi-judicial body to the scrutiny of the hstxaop ko samaana haogaa. Executive. Under our Constitution, the position µµµ yah ek AQa-–nyaaiyak inakaya ko inaNa-ya ko AQaIna is reverse. The Executive has to obey judicial kaya-pailaka kI jaaMca ko AQaIna haogaa.hmaaro saMivaQaana orders. Thus, Section 6(1) is a travesty of the rule of law which is one of the basic structures ko tht isqait ]laT hO.kaya-pailaka kao nyaaiyak of the Constitution AadoSaaoM ka palana krnaa haota hO.[sa p`kar Qaara The Legislature may, in certain cases, overrule 6³1´ kanaUna ko Saasana ka ]phasa hO jaao saMivaQaana or nullify the judicial or executive decision by ko bauinayadI Z,aMcao maoM sao ek hO. enacting appropriate legislation. However, µµµ ivaQaaiyaka¸ kuC maamalaaoM maoM¸ ]icat kanaUna banaakr without enacting appropriate legislation, the nyaaiyak yaa kaya-karI inaNa-ya kao r_ yaa r_ kr Executive or the Legislature cannot set at saktI hO.halaaMik ]pyau@t kanaUna banaayao ibanaa kaya- nought a judicial order. The Executive cannot sit in an appeal or review or revise a judicial pailaka yaa ivaQaaiyaka nyaaiyak AadoSa kao SaUnya pr order. sqaaipt nahIM kr saktI hO.kaya-pailaka ApIla maoM The Appellate Tribunal consisting of experts nahIM baOz saktI hO yaa nyaaiyak AadoSa kI samaIxaa yaa and decides matters quasi-judicially. A saMSaaoQana nahIM kr saktI hO. Secretary and/or Minister cannot sit in µµµ ApIlaIya nyaayaaiQakrNa ivaSaoYa&aoM sao imalakr banata appeal or revision over those decisions. At hO AaOr maamalaaoM kao AQa-–nyaaiyak $p sao tya krta the highest, the Government may apply hO.ek saicava AaOrÀyaa maM~I ]na inaNa-yaaoM pr ApIla to the Tribunal itself for a review if yaa punarIxaNa maoM nahIM baOz sakto hOM.]ccatma str pr circumstances warrant. But the Government would be bound by the ultimate decision of the sarkar iT///byaUnala// maoM hI samaIxaa ko ilae Aavaodna kr Tribunal. saktI hO yaid pirisqait AnaukUla hao.laoikna sarkar It becomes clear why the Film Appellate iT/////byaUnala ko AMitma inaNa-ya ko ilae baaQya haogaI. Tribunal was abruptly abolished with immediate yah spYT hao jaata hO ik iflma ApIlaIya effect by an ordinance dated 04.04.2021. As long nyaayaaiQakrNa kao idnaaMk 04º04º2021 ko ek AQyaadoSa as it was in existence, the Government was bound Wara t%kala p`Baava sao @yaaoM samaaPt kr idyaa gayaa by the Shankarappa Supreme Court judgment of qaa.jaba tk yah Aaist%va maoM qaa¸ sarkar 2000 ko 2000. SaMkrPpa saup`Ima kaoT- ko fOsalao sao baaQya qaI. Early reactions of the film industry to the p`staivat saMSaaoQanaaoM ko ilae iflma ]Vaoga kI p`arMiBak proposed amendments are naturally adverse: One news report states: “A group of filmmakers, p`itiËyaayaoM svaaBaaivak $p sao p`itkUla hO: ek samaacaar academicians and students have criticised the irpaoT- maoM kha gayaa hO ik ‘iflma inamaa-taAaoM¸ iSaxaaivadaoM proposed amendments to the Cinematograph Act, AaOr Ca~aoM ko ek samaUh nao isanaomaOTaoga`af AiQainayama maoM which could empower the Government to re- p`staivat saMSaaoQanaaoM kI Aalaaocanaa kI hO¸ jaao sarkar kao examine an already certified movie. They said the phlao sao p`maaiNat iflma kI ifr sao jaaMca krnao ko ilae proposed changes would give the Government saSa@t banaa sakta hO.]nhaoMnao kha ik p`staivat overriding power over cinema and threaten freedom of expression in India. This will pirvat-na sarkar kao isanaomaa pr AiQaBaavaI Sai@t p`dana also render filmmakers powerless at the hands kroMgao AaOr Baart maoM AiBavyai@t kI svatM~ta Ktro maoM Aa of the State as they will be more vulnerable to jaayaogaI.yah iflma inamaa-taAaoM kao rajya ko haqaaoM Sai@thIna threats, vandalism, and intimidation of mob kr dogaa @yaaoMik vao saoMsar kI QamaikyaaM¸ baba-rta AaOr censors.” Dranao–Qamakanao ko p`it Ait–saMvaodnaSaIla haoMgao. 38 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT The proposed Amendment quotes Article 19 (2) p`staivat saMSaaoQana maoM ]icat p`itbaMQaaoM pr AnaucCod on Reasonable Restrictions. It controversially 19 ³2´ ka hvaalaa idyaa gayaa hO.yah ivavaadaspd $p claims that since Section 5 B (1) provisions are sao davaa krta hO ik caUMik Qaara 5 baI ³1´ p`avaQaana derived from Article 19(2) of the Constitution and saMivaQaana ko AnaucCod 19 ³2´ sao p`aPt hue AaOr gaOr are non-negotiable… the amendments giving prËamya hOºººsarkar kao saupr irvaIjanarI pavar donao Government super revisionary power are sought to be introduced. vaalao saMSaaoQanaaoM kao poSa krnao kI maaMga kI jaatI hO. yah inaiScat $p sao saBaI p`kar ko maIiDyaa ³ip`MT This, of course, is part of a continuing regulatory effort to bring Government oversight maIiDyaa ko Alaavaa´ pr sarkarI inagaranaI laanao ko to all forms of media (other than print media) and ilae ek satt inayaamak p`yaasa ka ihssaa hO AaOr [sa is bound to be hotly debated and may ultimately pr gamaa-gama- bahsa haonaa tya hO AaOr AMtt: [sao caunaaOtI be challenged in court. dI jaa saktI hO. D) Film Piracy DI´DI´DI´ iflma payarosaIpayarosaIiflma Film Piracy, particularly the release of pirated films iflma payarosaIpayarosaI¸payarosaIiflma ivaSaoYa $p sao [MTrnaoT pr payaroToD iflmaaoM ko on the internet, the Consultation Paper states, causes huge irlaIja¸ kMsalToSana popr maoM kha gayaa hO ik [sasao iflma ]Vaoga AaOr losses to the film industry and government exchequer. In most cases, illegal duplication in cinema halls is the srkarI Kjaanao kao BaarI nauksaana hao rha hO.jyaadatr maamalaaoM maoM originating point of piracy. At present, there are no enabling isanaomaa ha^la maoM AvaOQa nakla caaorI hI [saka maUla karNa hhO.vat- provisions to check film piracy in the maana maoM isanaomaOTaoga`afI AiQainayama 1952 Cinematograph Act, 1952, making it maoM iflma payarosaIpayarosaIiflma kao raoknao ko ilae kao[- necessary to have a provision in the saxama p`avaQaana nahIM hO ijasasao iflma payarosaI Act to check film piracy. kao raoknao ko ilae AiQainayama maoM p`avaQaana Therefore, the following amendments are proposed in the krnaa AavaSyak hao gayaa hO. Draft Bill: [sailae masaaOda ivaQaoyak maoM inamnailaiKt saMSaaoQana p`staivat hO: i. Insertion of new Section 6AA i) nayaI Qaara 6ee ka saimmalana: Prohibition of unauthorised recording AnaaiQakRt irka^iDMga ka inaYaoQa “6AA. Notwithstanding 6ee.iksaI BaI kanaUna ko laagaU haonao ko baavajaUd any law for the time being iksaI BaI vyai@t kao¸ laKk ko ilaiKt in force, no person shall, AaSvaasana ko ibanaa¸ iksaI BaI Aa^iDyaao ivajauAla without the written authorisation of the author, irka^iD-Mga iDvaa[sa kao jaanabaUJakr banaanao yaa p`saairt krnao be permitted to use any audio-visual recording yaa banaanao yaa TaMsamaIT/ krnao yaa banaanao ko ilae p`oirt krnao ka device in a place to knowingly make or transmit or attempt to make or transmit or abet the making p`yaasa krnao kI Anaumait nahIM dI jaayaogaI¸ yaa iksaI iflma yaa or transmission of a copy of a film or a part thereof. ]sako iksaI Baaga kI p`itilaip ka p`saarNa Explanation. - For the purposes of this Sub krnaa.spYTIkrNa:spYTIkrNa:spYTIkrNa: [sa ]pKMD]pKMD]pKMD ko p`ayaaojanaaoM ko ilae Section, the expression “author” shall have the AiBavyai@t ‘laoKk’laoKklaoKk ka vahI Aqa- haogaa jaao ka^pIra[Tka^pIra[Tka^pIra[T same meaning as assigned to it in clause (d) of AiQainayama 1957 kI Qaara 2 ko KMD ³DI´ maoM idyaa Section 2 of the Copyright Act, 1957.’. gayaa hO. ii) Penalties for Piracy ii) payarosaI ko ilae dMD Insertion of new sub-Section 1 A in Section 7- Penalties for contravention of this part 7(1 A). [sa Baaga 7 ³1e´ ko ]llaMGana ko ilae Qaara 7–dMD maoM If any person contravenes the provisions of nayaI ]pQaara 1 e ka saimmalana. Section 6AA, he shall be punishable with yaid kao[- vyai@t Qaara 6ee6eeQaara ko p`avaQaanaaoM ka ]llaMGana krta hO 39 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT imprisonment for a term which shall not be less tao ]sao karavaasa sao dMiDt ikyaa jaayaogaa¸ jaao tIna mahInaomahInaotIna sao than three months, but which may extend to kma nahIM haogaa¸ laoikna jaao tIna saala tk hao sakta hO AaOr three years and with a fine which shall not be less than three lakh rupees, but which may jaumaa-naa jaao tIna laaK ÉpyaoÉpyaotIna sao kma nahIM haogaa¸ laoikna jaao extend to 5% of audited gross production laoKaprIixat sakla ]%padna laagat ka 5‰‰‰ yaa daonaaoM cost or with both. Also provided that, any act ko saaqa baZ,ayaa jaa sakta hO.yah BaI baSato- ik ka^pIra[Tka^pIra[Tka^pIra[T mentioned in Section 52 of the Copyright AiQainayama 1957 ³1957 ka AiQainayama 14´ kI Act, 1957 (Act 14 of 1957) is not an infringement of the provision of Section 6AA Qaara 5252Qaara maoM ]llaoiKt kao[- BaI AiQainayama [sa AiQainayama of this Act.” kI Qaara 6ee ko p`avaQaana ka ]llaMGana nahIM hO. COMMENT: iTPpNaI:iTPpNaI:iTPpNaI: According to Irdeto, a global solutions iDijaTla PlaoTfa^ma- saurxaa AaOr maIiDyaa AaOr manaaorMjana provider in digital platform security and media maoM vaOiSvak samaaQaana p`data [rDoTao ko Anausaar¸ BaartIya and entertainment, the Indian media and maIiDyaa AaOr manaaorMjana ]Vaoga kao Apnao vaaiYa-k rajasva entertainment industry loses $2.8 billion of its ka 2º8 ibailayana Da^lar ka nauksaana payarosaI sao haota annual revenue to piracy. India is among the hO.Baart pIyar–TU–pIyar Da]nalaaoiDMga maoM SaIYa- paMca doSaaoM top five countries in peer-to-peer downloading. maoM Saaimala hO.ek ibajanaosa popr maoM halahI maoM Aa[- ek A recent report in a business paper claimed maoM Saaimala hO.ek ibajanaosa popr maoM halahI maoM Aa[- ek that with most cinema halls closed for the irpaoT- maoM davaa ikyaa gayaa hO ik kaoivaD laa^kDa]na ko past 15 months due to Covid lockdown, the karNa ipClao 15 mahInaaoM sao AiQakaMSa isanaomaa ha^la baMd extent of film piracy had gone up. Any effort to hOM¸ iflma kI payarosaI kI saImaa baZ, gayaI hO.iflma curb film piracy will be welcomed by the payarosaI pr AMkuSa lagaanao ko iksaI BaI p`yaasa ka ]Vaoga industry. Wara svaagat ikyaa jaayaogaa. 5. IS A ZEE - VIACOM MERGER ON THE 5º5º5º @yaa ‘jaI–vaayaka^ma’ ka ivalaya saMBaaivat hOÆ– CARDS? - NOT REALLY ja$rI nahIM.nahIM.ja$rI A report in a business paper claimed on June 21, 2021 that 21 jaUna 2021202121 kao ek ibajanaosa popr maoM davaa ikyaa gayaa hO “Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd, the Colors general ik entertainment channel owner, and Subhash vaayaka^ma 18 maIiDyaa p`a[vaoT ilaimaToDilaimaToD¸ klasa- janarla Chandra’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd are [MTrTonamaoMT caOnala ko maailak AaOr sauBaaYa caMd`a kI jaI [MTrTonamaoMT in initial talks for a potential merger that could create a eMTrp`a[jaoja ilaimaToD ek saMBaaivat ivalaya large media firm with ko ilae Sau$AatI baatcaIt kr rho hOM¸ jaao interests spanning p`saarNa¸ AaoTITI¸ laa[va manaaorMjana AaOr iflma broadcast, OTT, live inamaa-Na maoM $ica rKnao vaalaI ek baD,I maIiDyaa entertainment, and movie production. kMpnaI banaa sakta hO. Viacom 18 is a joint venture between TV18 vaayaka^ma 18 TIvaI 18 ba`a^DkasT ilaimaToD ³51‰‰‰´´´ AaOr Broadcast Ltd (51%) and US-based Viacom CBS yaUesa isqat vaayaka^ma saIbaIesa [Mk ³49‰´ ko baIca saMyau@t Inc. (49%). TV18 is a Network 18 Media and ]pËma hO.TIvaI 1818TIvaI maukoSa AMbaanaI kI irlaayaMsa [MDsT//Ija/ Investments Ltd unit owned by Mukesh Ambani’s ilaimaToD ³AarAa[-ela´ ko svaaima%va vaalaI ek naoTvak- 18 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL). Zee Entertainment maIiDyaa AaOr inavaoSa ilaimaToD [ka[- hO.essaola ga`upga`upessaola ko sauBaaYa Enterprises Ltd, founded by Essel Group’s Subhash Chandra, is majority-owned by foreign caMd`a Wara sqaaipt jaI eMTrTonamaoMT eMTrp`a[jaoja ilaimaToDilaimaToD¸ institutional investors, including Investco, [navaosTkao¸ Aaoponaha[mar DovalaipMga maako-T\sa fMD AaOr AaoefAa[- Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund and Ofi glaaobala fMD caa[naa elaelasaI saiht ivadoSaI saMsqaagat inavaoSakaoM ko 40 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MEDIA BEAT Global Fund China LLC. Essel Group’s equity svaaima%va maoM hO.essaola ga`up kI [i@vaTI haoilDMga GaTkr 3º93º93º9‰‰‰ holding is down to 3.9%, although the company rh gayaI hO¸ halaaMik kMpnaI ka saMcaalana caMd`a ko baoTo puinat continues to be run by Chandra’s son Punit gaaoyanaka kr rho hOM. Goenka. vaayaka^ma 1818vaayaka^ma AaOr jaIjaIjaI ka ivalaya ek Saoyar svaOp saaOdsaaOdosaaOdSaoyar ko “The merger of Viacom 18 and Zee is proposed to be done through a share swap deal. The talks started a maaQyama sao krnao ka p`stava hO.baatcaIt kuC saPtah phlao Sau$ few weeks ago, and the agreement is unlikely to hu[- qaI AaOr [sa samaJaaOto maoM iksaI BaI nakd laonadona kao Saaimala involve any cash transaction. krnaa saMBava nahIM hO. Within 24 hours, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd 24 GaMTo ko BaItr yah kha gayaa ik jaI eMTrTonamaoMT eMTrp`a[jaoja informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that the story was ilaimaToDilaimaToDilaimaToD nao baa^mbao sTa^k e@sacaoMja kao saUicat ikyaa ik khanaI ibalkula untrue. It stated JaUzIJaUzIJaUzI hO. We herewith confirm that there is no such transaction being undertaken, and the matter is speculative in hma [sako saaqa puiYT krto hOM ik eosaa kao[- laonadona nahIM ikyaa jaa nature." rha hO AaOr maamalaa p`kRit maoM kalpinak hO. Viacom 18/Reliance kept a discreet silence. vaayaka^ma 18 AaOr irlaayaMsa nao cauPpI saaQao rKI. Viacom 18 describes itself as one of India’s fastest- vaayaka^ma 1818vaayaka^ma Kud kao Baart ko sabasao tojaI sao baZ,to manaaorMjana growing entertainment networks and a house of iconic naoTvakaoM maoM sao ek AaOr malTI PlaoTfama-¸ malTI jaonaroSana AaOr malTI brands offering multi-platform, multi-generational and klcar ba`aMD AnauBava p`dana krnao vaalao p`itiYzt ba`aMDao ka Gar batata multicultural brand experiences. It claims to have properties online, on the ground, in-shop hO.yah jamaIna pr¸ dukana maoM AaOr isanaomaa ko maaQyama sao and through cinema. Aa^nalaa[na saMpi INDIA’S MOST RESPECTED TRADE MAGAZINE FOR THE CABLE TV, BROADBAND, IPTV & SATELLITE INDUSTRY ... You Know What You Are Doing But Nobody Else Does Contact: Mob.: +91-7021850198 ADVERTISE NOW ! Email: [email protected] 41 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 POLICY AMENDMENT INTERCONNECTION TolaIkmyauinakoSana ³p`saarNa (ADDRESSABLE AaOr kobala´ saovaayaoM [MTrknao@Sana SYSTEMS) (THIRD ³eD///osaobala//osaobalaosaobala isasTma´isasTma´isasTma´ ³tIsara³tIsara³tIsara AMENDMENT) saMSaaoQana´ ivainayama¸ 2021 REGULATIONS, 2021 Government’s new amendments to the BaartIya dUrsaMcaar inayaamak p`aiQakrNa dUrsaMcaar Interconnection Regulations should usher in ³p`saarNa AaOr kobala´ saovaa [MTrknao@Sana ³eD/osaobala transparency and a more level playing field isasTma´ ivainayama¸ 2017 ³2017 ka 1´ maoM The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India hereby BaartIya dUrsaMcaar inayaamak p`aiQakrNa dUrsaMcaar ³p`saarNa makes the following regulations to further amend the AaOr kobala´ saovaa [MTrknao@Sana Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) ³eD/osaobala isasTma´ ivainayama¸ 2017 Services Interconnection ³2017 ka 1´ maoM AaOr saMSaaoQana (Addressable Systems) krnao ko ilae inamnailaiKt inayama Regulations, 2017 (1 of 2017), banaata hO¸ Aqaa-t\ namely: (i) These regulations may be ³1´ [na ivainayamaaoM kao dUrsaMcaar called the ³p`saarNa AaOr kobala´ saovaa Telecommunication [MTrknao@Sana ³eD/osaobala isasTma´ (Broadcasting and Cable) ³tIsara saMSaaoQana´ ivainayama¸ 2021 Services Interconnection (Addressable Systems) ³2021 ka 1´ kha jaa sakta (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2021 (1 of 2021). hO. (ii) These Regulations shall apply throughout the territory ³2´ yao ivainayama pUro Baart maoM laagaU haoMgao. of India. ³3´ yao ivainayama rajap~ maoM ]nako p`kaSana ko tarIK sao laagaU haoMgao. (iii) These Regulations shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. dUrsaMcaar ³p`saarNa AaOr kobala´ saovaa [MTrknao@Sana ³eD/osaobala After regulation 4 of the Telecommunication isasTma´ ivainayama¸ 2017 ³[sako baad maUla ivainayama ko $p maoM saMdiBa-t´ (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Interconnection ko ivainayama 4 ko baad inamnailaiKt ivainayama Saaimala ikyaa jaayaogaa¸ (Addressable Systems) Regulations, 2017 (hereinafter Aqaa-t\ referred to as the principal regulations), the following regulation shall be inserted, namely: “4A. TolaIivajana caOnalaaoM ko ivatrkaoM Wara eD/////osaobalaosaobalaosaobalaosaobalaosaobala “4A. Compliance to requirements of Addressable isasTma kI AavaSyaktaAaoM ka Anaupalana. System by distributors of television channels.— ³1´ TolaIivajana caOnala ka p`%yaok ivatrk¸ eosaI tarIK sao AaOr (1) Every distributor of television channel shall, from such date and after such testing and certification, [sa trh ko prIxaNa AaOr p`maaNaIkrNa ko baad¸ jaOsaaik as may be specified by the Authority by order, p`aiQakrNa Wara AadoSa Wara inaid-YT ikyaa jaa sakta hO¸ deploy such conditional access system and eosaI kMDISana e@saosa isasTma AaOr sabsaËa[bar maOnaojamaoMT isasTma subscriber management system which conform kao sqaaipt kro¸ jaao ik AnausaUcaI 9 maoM inaid-YT AavaSyaktaAaoM to the requirements as specified in the Schedule IX: ko Anau$p hao: 42 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 POLICY AMENDMENT Provided that for the conditional access systems baSato- ik [sa ]p ivainayama maoM inaid-YT AadoSa ko jaarI haonao ko and subscriber management systems already tarIK sao phlao¸ pUva- maoM tOnaat kMiDSanala e@saosa isasTma AaOr deployed before the date of issue of the order referred to in this sub-regulation, the Authority sabsaËa[bar maOnaojamaoMT isasTma ko ilae p`aiQakrNa ek Alaga shall specify a separate timeline within which such samayaroKa inaid-YT krogaa ijasako BaItr eosaI p`NaailayaaoM ka systems shall get tested and certified to meet the prIxaNa ikyaa jaayaogaa AaOr AavaSyaktaAaoM kao pUra krnao ko requirements as specified in the Schedule IX. ilae p`maaiNat ikyaa jaayaogaa¸ jaOsaaik AnausaUcaI 9 maoM inaid-YT hO. (2) If a distributor fails to obtain the certification of the conditional access system and/or subscriber ³2´yaid kao[- ivatrk ]p–ivainayama ³1´ ko tht p`aiQakrNa management system deployed in its network Wara inaid-YT inaQaa-irt samayasaImaa ko BaItr Apnao naoTvak- maoM within the stipulated timelines, as specified by lagao kMiDSanala e@saosa isasTma AaOrÀyaa sabsaËa[bar maOnaojamaoMT the Authority under sub-regulation (1), it shall, isasTma ka p`maaNana p`aPt krnao maoM ivafla rhta hO tao yah without prejudice to the terms and conditions of its license or permission or registration, or the ibanaa iksaI pUvaa-ga`h ko [sako laa[saoMsa yaa Anaumait yaa pMjaIkrNa Act or rules or regulations or orders made, or ko inayama AaOr Satao-M yaa AiQainayama yaa inayama yaa ivainayama yaa directions issued, there-under, be liable to pay, ikyao gayao AadoSa¸ yaa jaarI ikyao gayao inado-Sa¸ iva Contact: Mob.: +91-7021850198 Email: [email protected] 43 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 POLICY AMENDMENT three weeks to the distributor in case the default ka ilaiKt naaoiTsa donao ko baad Apnao TolaIivajana caOnala ko continues beyond sixty days from the due date.” isaganala kao iDsknao@T krnao ka inado-Sa do sakta hO. CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM kMDISanala e@saosa isasTma ³saIeesa´ AaOr (CAS) AND SUBSCRIBER sabsaËa[bar maOnaojamaoMT isasTma ³esaemaesa´ MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SMS) eºeºeº saIeesa Ainavaaya- AavaSyaktayaoM A. CAS MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS 1º Ta[ma sTOMimpMga:sTOMimpMga:Ta[ma saBaI laa^ga pr tarIK AaOr samaya kI mauhr 1. Time Stamping: All logs shall be stamped with date and time. The system shall not allow altering or lagaogaI.isasTma iksaI BaI laa^ga kao badlanao yaa saMSaaoiQat krnao kI modification of any logs. There shall be no facility for Anaumait nahIM dogaa.ivatrkaoMÀ]pyaaogakta-AaoM ko ilae laa^gsa kao the distributor/users to purge logs. saaf krnao kI kao[- sauivaQaa nahIM haogaI. 2. Activation and Deactivation: No access/login IDs/ 2º ei@TvaoSana AaOr iD–ei@TvaoSana: TolaIivajana caOnalaaoM ko user interface/application shall be provided to the ivatrkaoM kao iksaI BaI kmaaMD kao inaYpaidt krnao ko distributor of television channels to execute any ilae kao[- e@saosaÀlaa^igana¸ Aa[-DIÀyaUjar commands, including but not limited to, activation/ de-activation, bouquet creation/modification/ [MTrfosaÀeiPlakoSana p`dana nahIM ikyaa jaayaogaa¸ ijasamaoM deletion, etc., directly from CAS by bypassing ei@TvaoSanaÀiD–ei@TvaoSana¸ bauko inamaa- SMS: NaÀsaMSaaoQanaÀivalaaopna Saaimala hO laoikna yah esaemaesa Provided that, if any activity has been carried kao driknaar krko saIQao saIeesa tk saIimat nahIM hO: directly from CAS for trouble shooting; such an baSato-¸ yaid kao[- gaitivaiQa saIQao esaemaesa sao samasyaa inavaarNa exception shall be identified through the ko ilae kI gayaI hao¸ [sa trh ko Apvaad kao isaMËaonaa[jaoSana synchronization mismatch report. Further, for any imasamaOca irpaoT- ko maaQyama sao phcaanaa jaayaogaa.[sako Alaavaa¸ activity outside the normal channel/route of SMS- based commands, a secure log shall be maintained esaemaesa AaQaairt kmaaMD ko saamaanya caOnalaÀmaaga- ko baahr and made available on request to the audit or iksaI BaI gaitivaiQa ko ilae¸ ek saurixat laa^ga banaayao rKa testing agency for scrutiny. jaayaogaa AaOr jaaMca ko ilae Aa^iDT yaa prIxaNa ejaoMsaI ko 3. SMS and CAS Integration: Each instance of the AnauraoQa pr ]plabQa krayaa jaayaogaa. activity carried out at SMS pertaining to CAS shall be 3º esaemaesa AaOr saIeesa ekIkrNa: saIeesa sao saMbaMiQat recorded in the logs/reports of CAS, along with date esaemaesa pr kI gayaI gaitivaiQa ko p`%yaok ]dahrNa kao saIeesa and time stamp. ko laa^gaÀirpaoT- maoM idnaaMk AaOr samaya sTOMp ko saaqa dja- ikyaa 4. Set Top Box (STB) Operation: Upon deactivation of jaayaogaa. any subscriber from the SMS, all program/services, including all free- to-air (FTA) and pay channels 4º saoT Ta^p baa^@sa ³esaTIbaI´ Aa^proSana: esaemaesa sao and platform services, shall be denied to that iksaI BaI ga`ahk ko inaiYËya haonao prpr¸ saBaI ÍI–TU–eyar subscriber: ³efTIe´ AaOr po caOnalaaoM AaOr PlaoTfama- saovaaAaoM saiht saBaI kaya- Provided that there shall be a facility for the ËmaÀsaovaaAaoM kao ]sa ga`ahk kao nahIM idyaa jaayaogaa: distribution platform operator (DPO) to baSato- ik ivatrNa PlaoTfa^ma- Aa^proTr ³DIpIAao´ ko ilae continue to provide B-mail/scroll messages baI–maolaÀsËa^la saMdoSa p`dana krnaa jaarI rKnao kI that enable a consumer to get the information sauivaQaa haogaI jaao ]pBaao@ta kao bakayaa raiSa ko in relation to the recharge/payment of the pending dues. ircaaja-ÀBaugatana ko saMbaMQa maoM jaanakarI p`aPt krnao 5. Channel Addition: CAS shall be capable to add/modify maoM saxama banaata hO. channels/bouquets as may be required from time to 5º caOnala jaaoD,naa: saIeesa samaya–samaya pr AavaSyaktanausaar time. caOnalaÀbauko jaaoD,naoÀsaMSaaoiQat krnao maoM saxama haogaa. 6. Logical Channel Number (LCN): CAS shall not 6º laa^ijakla caOnala naMbar ³elasaIena´: saIeesa ek sao AiQak 44 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 POLICY AMENDMENT support carriage of channel with same name or elasaIena AaOr dUsaro caOnala iDisËPTr ko tht p`%yaok hoDeMD Wara nomenclature in the distributor’s network served by ivatirt ivatrk ko naoTvak- maoM samaana naama yaa naamakrNa vaalao each headend under more than one LCN, and another caOnala ko kOirja ka samaqa-na nahIM krogaa.[sako Alaavaa¸ channel descriptor. Further, each channel available in CAS shall be uniquely mapped with channels available saIeesa maoM ]plabQa p`%yaok caOnala kao esaemaesa maoM ]plabQa caOnalaaoM in SMS. ko saaqa ivaiSaYT $p sao maOca ikyaa jaayaogaa. 7. Hybrid STB: In case a distributor of television 7º ha[-iba`D esaTIbaI:esaTIbaI:ha[-iba`D yaid TolaIivajana caOnalaaoM ko ivatrk nao ha[- channels has deployed hybrid STBs, CAS shall iba`D esaTIbaI lagaayao hOM tao saIeesa yah sauinaiScat krogaa ik ensure that the over-the-top (OTT) App does not get Aaovar–d–Ta^p ³AaoTITI´ eOp kao ilainayar TolaIivajana access to the linear Television channels, and the CAS caOnalaaoM tk phuMca nahIM imalao¸ AaOr saIeesa kao AaoTITI does not get access to channels delivered through OTT platform: PlaoTfama- ko maaQyama sao ivatirt caOnalaaoM tk phuMca nahIM imalatI hao:hao:imalatI Provided that, all the mandatory requirements for CAS shall be complied by the hybrid STBs. baSato- ik saIeesa ko ilae saBaI Ainavaaya- AavaSyaktaAaoM ka 8. CAS Reports: Anaupalana ha[-iba`D esaTIbaI Wara ikyaa jaayaogaa. 8º saIeesa irpaoT-:irpaoT-:saIeesa (a) CAS database shall have the reports of white saIeesa irpaoT-:irpaoT-:saIeesa list of card/STBs along with details such as ³e´saIeesa DoTabaosa maoM idnaaMk AaOr samaya sTOMp ko saaqa ei@TvaÀ active/inactive status, with the date and time iD–ei@Tva isqait jaOsao ivatrNa ko saaqa kaD-ÀesaTIbaI kI stamp. vha[-T saUcaI kI irpaoT- haogaI. (b) CAS system shall be capable of generating reports ³baI´saIeesa p`NaalaI caOnalaÀbauko sabsaËIPSana AaOr ei@TvaÀiD– pertaining to the channel/bouquet subscriptions ei@Tva ga`ahkaoM yaa ]sako iksaI BaI saMyaaojana sao saMbaMiQat and active/deactivated subscribers, or any irpaoT- tOyaar krnao maoM saxama haogaI¸ ek AnausaUicat gaitivaiQa combination thereof; of sharing the same with ko $p maoM esaemaesa ko saaqa saaJaa krnao ko ilae AaOr SMS as a scheduled activity, and also upon request, including, but not limited to, the AnauraoQa pr inamnailaiKt ivavarNa saiht¸ laoikna [nhIM tk following details: saIimat nahIM hO: (i) STB Number ³1´ esaTIbaI naMbar (ii) Viewing Card (VC) Number [or, in case of card- ³2´vyaU[Mga kaD- ³vaIsaI´ naMbar ³yaa kaD- riht saIeesa¸ less CAS, chip identification (ID) or virtual icap phcaana ³Aa[-DI´ yaa esaTIbaI ko vacau-Ala kaD- card number of the STB] naMbar ko maamalao maoM´ (iii) Product Code pertaining to channels/ ³3´PlaoTfama- pr ]plabQa caOnalaaoMÀbauko sao saMbaMiQat ]%pad bouquets available on the platform kaoD (iv) Start date of entitlement ³4´pa~ta kI AarMBa itiqa (v) End date of entitlement ³5´pa~ta kI samaaiPt itiqa (vi) Status of card (Active/Inactive) ³6´kaD- kI isqait ³ei@TvaÀ[naei@Tva´ (c) It shall be possible to generate following reports ³saI´saIeesa ko laa^ga sao inamnailaiKt irpaoT- tOyaar krnaa saMBava from the logs of CAS: haogaa: (i) STB-VC pairing/de-pairing ³1´ esaTIbaI–vaIsaI poyairMga (ii) STB activation/deactivation ³2´esaTIbaI ei@TvaÀ[naei@Tva krnaa (iii) Channel assignment to STB ³3´esaTIbaI kao caOnala Asaa[namaoMT (iv) Report of the activation/deactivations of a ³4´ek inaiScat AvaiQa ko ilae iksaI ivaSaoYa caOnala ko particular channel for a given period ei@TvaoSanaÀiD–ei@TvaoSana haonao kI irpaoT- 9. CAS Database and tables: saIeesa DoTabaosa AaOr Tobala a) There shall not be any active unique subscriber 9º saIeesa DoTabaosa AaOr Tobala outside the database tables. Further, there shall ³e´DoYabaosa Tobala ko baahr kao[- saiËya yaUinak sabsaËa[bar nahIM 45 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 POLICY AMENDMENT not be an option to split CAS database for haonaa caaihe.[sako Alaavaa¸ DIpIAao yaa ivaËota Wara ek creation of more than one instance by a DPO or a sao AiQak ]dahrNa banaanao ko ilae saIeesa DoTabaosa kao vendor. ivaBaaijat krnao ka ivaklp nahIM haogaa. b) CAS must support the following options with ³baI´saIeesa DoTabaosa maoM yaUinak e@saosa ³yaUe´ÀvyaU[Mga kaD- ³vaIsaI´ reference to uploading of unique access (UA)/ viewing card (VC) details in CAS database: ivatrNa AplaaoD krnao ko saMdBa- maoM saIeesa kao inamnailaiKt i. a secure un-editable file of card details, as ivaklpaoM ka samaqa-na krnaa caaihe: purchased by the distributor, to be uploaded ³1´ kaD- ivatrNa kI ek saurixat AaOr gaOr–saMpadna yaaogya by the CAS vendor on the CAS Server directly, fa[la¸ jaOsaaik ivatrk Wara KrIda gayaa hO ijasao or, saIeesa ivaËota Wara saIQao saIeesa sava-r pr AplaaoD ii. if it is uploaded in any other form, UA/VC in ikyaa jaayaogaa¸ yaa CAS database shall be captured in logs. iii. Further, CAS shall support an automated, ³2´yaid [sao iksaI Anya $p maoM AplaaoD ikyaa jaata hO tao application programming interface (API)- saIeesa DoTabaosa maoM yaUeÀvaIsaI kao laa^ga maoM dja- ikyaa based mechanism to populate such UA/VC jaayaogaa. details in the SMS, without any manual ³3´[sako Alaavaa saIeesa ibanaa iksaI maanavaIya hstxaop ko intervention. esaemaesa maoM eosao yaUeÀvaIsaI ivatrNa Barnao ko ilae ek 10. CAS Logs: CAS logs such as the user command, svacaailat¸ eiPlakoSana p`aoga`aimaMga [MTrfosa ³epIAa[-´ configuration, channel/bouquet creation, modification, etc., shall be kept in a secured and un-editable way. AaQaairt tM~ ka samaqa-na krogaa. saIeesa laa^gsa:laa^gsa:saIeesa 11. CAS Backup Server: In the event of provisioning of 10º saIeesa laa^gsa:laa^gsa:saIeesa saIeesa laa^ga jaOsaaik yaUjar kmaaMD¸ ka^infgaroSana¸ a backup server, logs of all activities carried out in caOnalaÀbauko inamaa-Na¸ saMSaaoQana Aaid kao saurixat AaOr gaOr–saMpadna main server shall be concurrently copied into the yaaogya trIko sao rKa jaayaogaa. backup server: 11º saIeesa baOkAp sava-r: ek baOkAp sava-r ko p`avaQaana kI Provided that a log of all such instances shall be isqait maoM¸ mau#ya sava-r maoM ikyao gayao saBaI gaitivaiQayaaoM ko laa^ga kao maintained along with date and time stamp, where eksaaqa baOkAp sava-r maoM ka^pI ikyaa jaayaogaa: the backup server has been used as the main server: baSato- ik eosao saBaI ]dahrNaaoM ka ek laa^ga idnaaMk va samaya sTOMp ko saaqa rKa jaayaogaa¸ jahaM baOkAp sava-r ka ]pyaaoga Provided further that the main and backup server shall always be in sync with regard to mau#ya sava-r ko $p maoM ikyaa gayaa hO: the key data such as subscription data, STB baSato- yah BaI ik mau#ya DoTa jaOsao sabsaiËPSana DoTa¸ esaTIbaI UA/VC details, entitlement level information, yaUeÀvaIsaI ivatrNa¸ pa~ta str kI jaanakarI Aaid ko saMbaMQa etc. maoM mau#ya AaOr baOkAp sava-r hmaoSaa samanvaiyat rhogaa. 12. CAS-STB addressability: 12º saIeesa–esaTIbaI eD/////osaoibailaTI:osaoibailaTI:osaoibailaTI:osaoibailaTI:osaoibailaTI: (a) CAS shall be capable of providing STB/viewing card information with the current date, time, and ³e´saIeesa TolaIivajana caOnalaaoM ko ivatrk kI vat-maana itiqa¸ name/logo of the distributor of television samaya AaOr naamaÀlaaogaao ko saaqa esaTIbaI ÀvyaU[-Mga kaD- kI channels. jaanakarI p`dana krnao maoM saxama haogaa. (b) CAS shall be capable of individually addressing ³baI´saIeesa¸ caOnala Wara caOnala pr AaOr esaTIbaI Wara esaTIbaI subscribers, for the purpose of generating the AaQaar pr irpaoT- tOyaar krnao ko ]_oSya sao ga`ahkaoM kao reports, on channel by channel and STB by STB basis. vyai@tgat $p sao saMbaaoiQat krnao maoM saxama haogaa. (c) CAS shall be capable of tagging and blacklisting ³saI´saIeesa caaorI maoM Saaimala vaIsaI naMbaraoM AaOr esaTIbaI naMbaraoM kao VC numbers and STB numbers that are involved TOga AaOr blaOkilasT krnao maoM saxama haogaa¸ taik yah sauinaiScat in piracy, to ensure that such STB/ VC cannot be ikyaa jaa sako ik eosao esaTIbaIÀvaIsaI kao ifr sao tOnaat nahIM redeployed. ikyaa jaa sakta hO. 46 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 POLICY AMENDMENT (d) CAS shall be capable of upgrading STBs over- ³DI´saIeesa esaTIbaI kao Aaovar–d–eyar ³AaoTIe´ Apga`oD krnao the-air (OTA), so that the connected STBs can be maoM saxama haogaa¸ taik knao@ToD esaTIbaI kao Apga`oD ikyaa jaa upgraded. sako. 13. Access to Database: CAS and SMS shall ensure 13º DoTabaosa tk phuMca: saIeesa AaOr esaemaesa yah sauinaiScat that the access to database is available to authorized kroMgao ik DoTabaosa tk phuMca kovala AiQakRt ]pyaaogakta-AaoM ko users only, and in “read only” mode only. Further, the database audit trail shall be permanently ilae ]plabQa hO AaOr kovala ‘rID AaonalaI’ maaoD maoM hO.[sako enabled. Alaavaa DoTabaosa Aa^iDT Tola/ kao sqaayaI $p sao saxama ikyaa jaayaogaa. Explanation : Database here refers to the spYTIkrNa : yahaM DoTabaosa ]sa DoTabaosa saMdiBa-t krta hO database where data and log of all activities related jahaM esaTIbaI saiËyaNa¸ inaiYËyata¸ sadsyata DoTa¸ esaTIbaI to STB activation, deactivation, subscription data, yaUeÀvaIsaI ivavarNa¸ pa~ta str kI jaanakarI Aaid sao saMbaMiQat STB UA/VC details, entitlement level information, saBaI gaitivaiQayaaoM ka DoTa AaOr laa^ga saMga`hIt ikyaa jaa rha etc., is being stored. hO. 14. Provision of à-la-carte channels or bouquet: 14º Alaa kaTo- caOnalaaoM yaa bauko ka p`avaQaana: (a) CAS (and SMS) shall be able to handle all the ³e´saIeesa ³AaOr esaemaesa´ ek PlaoTfa^ma- pr ]plabQa krayao channels, made available on a platform, in à la carte mode. gayao saBaI caOnalaaoM kao Alaa kaTo- maaoD maoM saMBaalanao maoM saxama haogaa. (b) CAS (and SMS) shall have the capability to handle such number of broadcaster/DPO bouquets, as ³baI´ saIeesa ³AaOr esaemaesa´ maoM [tnaI saM#yaa maoM p`saarkaoMÀDIpIAao required by the DPO. bauko kao saMBaalanao kI xamata haogaI¸ ijasakI AavaSyakta 15. CAS and SMS Server Separation: CAS and SMS DIpIAao kao haogaI. applications, along with their respective databases, 15º saIeesa AaOr esaemaesa sava-r pRqa@krNa: saIeesa AaOr shall be stored in such a way that they can be esaemaesa eiPlakoSana ]nako saMbaMiQat DoTabaosa ko saaqa [sa trh sao separately identified. saMga`hIt ikyao jaayaoMgao ik ]nhoM Alaga sao phcaanaa jaa sako. 16. Finger printing measures: (a) CAS shall support both covert and visible types 16º ifMgar ip`MiTMga ko ]paya: of finger printing functionality. ³e´ saIeesa ifMgar ip`MiTMga kaya-xamata ko gauPt AaOr dRSyamaana (b) The fingerprinting shall be on the topmost layer daonaaoM p`kar ka samaqa-na krogaa. of the video. ³baI´ ifMgarip`MiTMga vaIiDyaao kI sabasao }prI prt haogaI. (c) The fingerprinting shall appear on the screen in ³saI´ ifMgarip`MiTMga saBaI pirdRSyaaoM maoM sËIna pr idKa[- dogaI¸ jaOsao all scenarios, such as menu, electronic programme maonaU [lao@T/a^inak p`aoga`ama gaa[D ³[-pIjaI´¸ saoiTMgsa¸ blaOMk guide (EPG), settings, blank screen, games, etc. sËIna¸ gaoma Aaid. (d) The fingerprinting shall not get invalidated by ³DI´ iksaI BaI ]pkrNa yaa saa^FTvaoyar ko ]pyaaoga sao ifMgarip`MiTMga use of any device or software. Amaanya nahIM haogaI. (e) CAS shall have the capability to run fingerprinting at regular intervals (e.g., minimum ³[-´ saIeesa maoM inayaimat AMtrala pr ifMgar ip`MiTMga calaanao kI of 2 fingerprints per hour on a 24x7x365 basis) xamata haogaI ³]dahrNa ko ilae 24x7x365 AaQaar pr p`it and provide broadcasters with the fingerprint GaMTo nyaUnatma 2 ifMgarip`MT´ AaOr AnauraoQa pr p`saarkaoM kao schedule on request. ifMgarip`MT SaoD\yaUla p`dana kro. (f) The fingerprinting shall be available on global as ³ef´ ifMgarip`MiTMga vaOiSvak AaOr saaqa hI vyai@tgat esaTIbaI well as on individual STB basis. AaQaar pr ]plabQa haogaI. 17. CAS Database (DB) Export: CAS shall have a 17º saIeesa DoTabaosa ³DIbaI´ inayaa-t: saIeesa ko pasa esaemaesa provision to export the database/report for reconciliation with the SMS database. Further, there DoTabaosa ko saaqa imalaana ko ilae DoTabaosaÀirpao-T kao e@sapaoT- shall be a provision of reconciliation through secure krnao ka p`avaQaana haogaa.[sako Alaavaa saurixat epIAa[-Àsaurixat APIs/secure scripts. isËPT ko maaQyama sao samaaQaana ka p`avaQaana haogaa. 47 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 POLICY AMENDMENT 18. Firewall Access: CAS shall be accessible through a 18º fayarvaa^la e@saosa: saIeesa kao kovala fayarvaa^la ko maaQyama sao Firewall only. e@saosa ikyaa jaa sakta hO. 19. CAS Server Hardware: CAS shall be deployed on 19º saIeesa sava-r haD-vaoyar: saIeesa kao kzaor saurixat sava-r hardened secure server hardware. CAS shall protect haD-vaoyar pr tOnaat ikyaa jaayaogaa.saIeesa iksaI BaI ipClao drvaajao¸ against any backdoors, malicious software duBaa-vanaapUNa- saa^FTvaoyar pirinayaaojana AaOr saa[bar saurxaa KtraoM sao deployments, and cyber security threats. rxaa krogaa. 20. De-entitlement of STB: CAS should have the 20º esaTIbaI sao vaMicat krnaa: saIeesa maoM inamnailaiKt ivaSaoYatayaoM following features: haonaI caaihe: (a) The entitlement end date in CAS shall be equal to ³e´ saIeesa maoM pa~ta samaaiPt tarIK¸ esaemaesa maoM pa~ta the entitlement end date in SMS, or, samaaiPt itiqa ko barabar haogaI¸ yaa (b) The entitlement end date in CAS shall be open and SMS shall manage entitlements based on the ³baI´ saIeesa maoM pa~ta samaaiPt itiqa KulaI haogaI AaOr esaemaesa billing cycles and payments. ibailaMga caËaoM AaOr BaugatanaaoM ko AaQaar pr pa~ta ka p`baMQana krogaa. B. SMS MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS baIºbaIºbaIº esaemaesa Ainavaaya- AavaSyaktayaoM: 1. Synchronization of the data of both CAS and SMS: 1º saIeesa AaOr esaemaesa daonaaoM ko DoTa isaMËnaa[jaoSana: (a) CAS and SMS data shall be synchronized with ³e´saIeesa AaOr esaemaesa DoTa ek dUsaro ko saaqa each other. There shall be a facility to trace data isaMËnaa[ja ikyao jaayaoMgao.samaya samaya pr saIeesa va mismatch between CAS and SMS on periodic esaemaesa ko baIca DoTa baomaola ka pta lagaanao kI sauivaQaa basis, to be made available during audits. haogaI¸ ijasao Aa^iDT ko daOrana ]plabQa krayaa jaayaogaa. (b) SMS shall have a provision to generate synchronization report, with date and time, with ³baI´ esaemaesa maoM naIcao saUcaIbaw nyaUnatma fIlD ko saaqa¸ idnaaMk the minimum fields as listed below: AaOr samaya ko saaqa¸ isaMËnaa[jaoSana irpaoT- jaonaroT krnao ka (i) STB No. p`avaQaana haogaa: (ii) VC No. (Or in case of card-less CAS, chip ID ³1´ esaTIbaI naMbar or virtual card number of the STB) ³2´ vaIsaI naMbar ³yaa kaD- riht saIeesa¸ icap¸ Aa[-DI yaa (iii) Product Code pertaining to à-la-carte esaTIbaI ko vacau-Ala kaD- naMbar ko maamalao maoM´ channels and bouquets available on the ³3´ PlaoTfa^ma- pr ]plabQa e–laa–kaTo- caOnalaaoM AaOr bauko sao platform saMbaMiQat ]%pad kaoD (iv) Start Date of entitlement ³4´ pa~ta kI AarMBa itiqa (v) End Date of entitlement ³5´ pa~ta kI samaaiPt itiqa (vi) Status of card (Active/Inactive) ³6´ kaD- kI isqait ³saiËyaÀinaiYËya´ (c) The file output of CAS shall be processed by ³saI´ saIeesa ko fa[la Aa]TpuT kao 100‰ imalaana yaa baomaola SMS system to compare and generate a 100% ~uiT irpaoT- kI tulanaa krnao AaOr ]%pnna krnao ko ilae match or mismatch error report. esaemaesa isasTma Wara saMsaaiQat ikyaa jaayaogaa. 2. Channel/Bouquet management: SMS shall support 2º caOnalaÀbauko p`baMQana: esaemaesa inamnailaiKt AavaSyak the following essential requirements: AavaSyaktaAaoM ka samaqa-na krogaa: (a) Create and manage all channels and bouquets ³e´naama¸ TOirf¸ ba`a^DkasTr yaa DIpIAao bauko [%yaaid jaOsao p`asaaMigak along with the relevant details such as name, tariff, ivavarNaaoM ko saaqa saBaI caOnala AaOr bauko banaayaoM AaOr p`baMiQat broadcaster, or DPO bouquet, etc. kro. (b) Manage changes in the channel/bouquet, as may be required, from time to time. ³baI´ samaya samaya pr AavaSyaktanausaar caOnalaÀbauko maoM pirvat-na (c) Link the products’IDs for à-la-carte channels p`baMiQat kro. and bouquets (Single and Bulk) created in CAS ³saI´ esaemaesa AaOr saIeesa ekIkrNa ko saucaa$ saMcaalana ko with the product information being managed in ilae esaemaesa maoM p`baMiQat kI jaa rhI ]%pad kI jaanakarI 48 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 POLICY AMENDMENT SMS, for smooth working of SMS and CAS ko saaqa saIeesa maoM banaayao gayao e–laa–kaTo- caOnalaaoM AaOr bauko integration. ³ekla va qaaok´ ko ilae ]%pad Aa[-DI ilaMk kroM. (d) Management of historical Data of Product name, ³DI´ ]%pad naama¸ yaanaI ba`a^DkasTsa- ³naama´¸ AiQaktma Kudra i.e., Broadcasters (name), maximum retail price maUlya ³emaAarpI´¸ ivatrk Kudra maUlya ³DIAarpI´ ko (MRP), distributor retail price (DRP). eoithaisak DoTa ka p`baMQana. 3. Network Capacity Fee (NCF) Policy Creation: SMS shall support all Network Capacity Fee related 3º naoTvak- xamata Saulk ³enasaIef´ naIit inamaa-Na:inamaa-Na: esaemaesa requirements mandated by the applicable tariff order. laagaU TOirf AadoSa Wara Ainavaaya- saBaI naoTvak- xamata Saulk saMbaMQaI 4. Bill/Invoice Generation: SMS shall be capable of AavaSyaktaAaoM ka samaqa-na krogaa. generating proper subscriber bill/invoice with 4º ibalaÀ[navaa^yasa banaanaa: esaemaesa enasaIef Saulk¸ po caOnala explicit details of NCF charges, Pay Channels Saulk ³e laa kaTo- caOnala laagat AaOr bauko laagat ko spYT mad maoM charges (with clear itemized details of à-la-carte ivavarNa ko saaqa´¸ esaTIbaI ko ilae ikrayao ka Saulk ko spYT channel cost and bouquet costs), rental charges ivavarNa ko saaqa ]icat ga`ahk ibalaÀcaalaana ]%pnna krnao maoM saxama for STB (if any), other applicable charges, including haogaa.³yaid kao[- hao´¸ ijasamaoM maala va saovaa kr ³jaIesaTI´ Goods and Services Tax (GST). saiht Anya Saulk laagaU haogaa. 5. Password Policy Creation for Users: SMS shall have a defined password policy, with minimum length 5º ]pyaaogakta-AaoM ko ilae pasavaD- naIit inamaa-Na: esaemaesa criteria and composition (upper and lower-case maoM nyaUnatma laMbaa[- maanadMD AaOr saMrcanaa ³}prI va inacalao kosa characters, numeric, alphabets or special characters), vaNa-¸ saM#yaa%mak¸ Axar yaa ivaSaoYa vaNa-´¸ majabaUr pasavaD- pirvat-na forced password changes or any other appropriate yaa kao[- Anya ]pyau@t tM~ yaa saMyaaojana ko saaqa ek pirBaaiYat mechanisms or combinations thereof. pasavaD- naIit haogaI. 6. Management of Logs: 6º laa^ga ka p`baMQana: (a) SMS shall have the facility to provide user ³e´ esaemaesa maoM p`%yaok laa^igana GaTnaa pr ]pyaaogakta-AaoM kI detail logs with the ID of users on each login Aa[-DI ko saaqa ]pyaaogakta- ivavarNa laa^ga p`dana krnao kI event. sauivaQaa haogaI. (b) SMS shall have the provision of generating the ³baI´ esaemaesa maoM ]pyaaogakta- ko kaya- [ithasa kao TOk/ krnao maoM user activity log report to enable tracking users’ saxama krnao ko ilae ]pyaaogakta- gaitivaiQa laa^ga irpaoT- tOyaar work history. It shall not be allowed to delete the records from the log. krnao ka p`avaQaana haogaa.[sao laa^ga sao irka^D- hTanao kI (c) All logs shall be stamped with date and time and Anaumait nahIM dI jaayaogaI. the system shall not allow altering or modifying ³saI´ saBaI laa^ga pr tarIK AaOr samaya kI mauhr lagaogaI AaOr any logs. isasTma iksaI BaI laa^ga kao badlanao yaa saMSaaoiQat krnao kI (d) The logs shall be maintained for a period as Anaumait nahIM dogaa. specified in Schedule III or at least two audit ³DI´ AnausaUcaI 3 maoM ina-idYT AvaiQa ko ilae yaa kma sao kma dao cycles, whichever is later. Aa^iDT caËaoM¸ jaao BaI baad maoM hao¸ ko ilae laa^ga banaayao rKa 7. Channel subscription report: SMS shall be able to jaayaogaa. provide the total counts of monthly subscribers of 7º caOnala sadsyata irpaoT-: esaemaesa Alaa kaTo- AaOr bauko sadsyata channels including both à la carte and bouquet daonaaoM saiht caOnalaaoM ko maaisak ga`ahkaoM kI kula saM#yaa p`dana krnao subscriptions. maoM saxama haogaa. 8. SMS Database and tables: 8º esaemaesa DoTabaosa AaOr Tobala: (a) There shall not be any active unique subscriber ³e´ DoTabaosa Tobala ko baahr kao[- saiËya yaUinak ga`ahk nahIM outside the database tables. haogaa. (b) SMS shall not provide an option to split SMS database or for creation of more than one ³baI´ esaemaesa¸ esaemaesa DoTabaosa kao ivaBaaijat krnao yaa ek instance. sao AiQak ]dahrNa banaanao ka ivaklp p`dana nahIM krogaa. 49 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 POLICY AMENDMENT (c) SMS shall have the provision to enable or ³saI´ esaemaesa maoM ga`ahkaoM Wara vaobasaa[T yaa eiPlakoSana ko disable channel (à-la-carte channel or bouquet maaQyama sao ivatrk PlaoTfa^ma- Aa^proTr Wara p`dana ikyao gayao of channels) selection by subscribers either through website or an application through [MTrfosa ko maaQyama sao cayana kao saxama yaa Axama krnao ka interface provided by the distributor platform p`avaQaana haogaa. operator. ³DI´ esaemaesa Aa^iDT yaa Anyaqaa ko ilae AavaSyak inamnailaiKt (d) SMS shall be capable of capturing the following jaanakarI kao kOPcar krnao maoM saxama haogaa: information required for audit or otherwise: ³1´ bauko e laa kaTo- isqait pirvat-na [ithasa (i) Bouquet à la carte status change history ³2´bauko saMrcanaa pirvat-na [ithasa (ii) Bouquet composition change history ³3´knao@Sana kI isqait maoM pirvat-na ³p`aqaimak sao maaQyaimak (iii) Change in status of connection (primary to AaOr [sako ivapirt´ secondary and vice versa) ³9´fayarvaa^la e@saosa: esaemaesa kao fayarvaa^la ko maaQyama sao 9. Firewall Access: SMS shall be accessed through a e@saosa ikyaa jaayaogaa. Firewall. ³10´ esaTIbaI–vaIsaI poyairMga: caOnala kI saurxaa sauinaiScat krnao ko 10. STB-VC pairing: STB and VC shall be paired from ilae esaTIbaI AaOr vaIsaI kao esaemaesa sao jaaoD,a jaayaogaa. the SMS to ensure security of channel. ³11´ esaemaesa–esaTIbaI eD//osaoibailaTI://osaoibailaTI:osaoibailaTI: esaemaesa caOnala Wara 11. SMS-STB addressability: The SMS shall be capable of individually addressing subscribers, for the caOnala pr AaOr esaTIbaI Wara esaTIbaI AaQaar pr irpaoT- tOyaar purpose of generating the reports, on channel by krnao ko ]_oSya sao ga`ahkaoM kao vyai@tgat $p sao saMbaaoiQat krnao maoM channel and STB by STB basis. saxama haogaa. C. CAS DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS: saIºsaIºsaIº saIeesa vaaMCnaIya AavaSyaktayaoM: 1. Message Queue: 1º1º1º maosaoja @yaU:@yaU:maosaoja (a) In the event of unsuccessful transmission of ³e´naoTvak- ivaflata ko karNa ³]dahrNa ko ilae ibajalaI kI messages due to network failure (for instance, ivaflata ko karNa´ maosaoja ko Asafla TaMsamaISana/ kI isqait due to power failure), the head-end should have maoM hoDeMD maoM maosaojaaoM kao ktarbaw krnao ka ivaklp haonaa an option to queue up the messages. Further, there should be a provision to retry them at caaihe.[sako Alaavaa eiDiTva baOk Aa^f iriTyala/ Ta[imaMga specified intervals using additive back off ka ]pyaaoga krko inaid-YT AMtrala pr ]nhoM puna: p`yaasa retrial timings. krnao ka p`avaQaana haonaa caaihe. (b) In the event of unsuccessful deliveries of the ³baI´ maosaoja ko Asafla ivatrNa kI isqait maoM¸ maosaojaaoM kI samayavaiQa messages, the life of the messages should be inaid-YT haonaI caaihe. specifiable. 2º BaaOgaaoilak blaOk Aa]T: saIeesa maoM BaaOgaaoilak blaOk Aa]T 2. Geographical Blackout: CAS shall have the feature kI ivaSaoYata haogaI. of geographical blackout. spYTIkrNa : BaaOgaaoilak blaOkAa]T vah xamata hO ijasako Explanation : Geographical blackout is the ability of CAS to blackout a particular region tht saIeesa kI paosTla [MDo@sa ³ipna´ kaoD ³BaaOgaaoilak based on the postal index number (PIN) Codes xao~ kaoD´ ko AaQaar pr iksaI ivaSaoYa xao~ kao blaOk Aa]T [Geographic Area Code], if required by krnao kI xamata hO¸ yaid eosaa krnaa sarkarI ejaoisaMyaaoM Wara government agencies or for other reasons. yaa Anya karNaaoM sao AavaSyak hao. 3. After-Sales Service Support: The required software 3º ibaËI ko baad saovaa samaqa-na: AavaSyak saa^FTvaoyar AaOr haD- and hardware support should be available to the vaoyar samaqa-na saIeesa ivaËota kI sahayata TImaaoM sao TolaIivajana distributor of the television channels’ installations from the CAS vendor’s support teams located in caOnalaaoM ko p`itYzanaaoM ko ivatrk ko ilae AavaSyak saa^FTvaoyar AaOr India. The support should be such as to ensure the haD-vaoyar samaqa-na ]plabQa haonaa caaihe.samaqa-na eosaa haonaa caaihe CAS system with 99.99% uptime and availability. ik 99º99‰ ApTa[ma AaOr ]plabQata ko saaqa saIeesa p`NaalaI 50 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 POLICY AMENDMENT The systems should have sufficient provisions for sauinaiScat hao sako.saovaa kI gauNava D. SMS DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS DIºDIºDIº esaemaesa: vaaMCnaIya AavaSyaktayaoM 1. Data Verification: 1º DoTa vaorifkoSana: (a) SMS should have the facility to carry out auto- ³e´ esaemaesa maoM saIeesa ka^ifgauroSana ko saaqa esaemaesa maoM reconciliation of channels/à la carte and all banaayao gayao Apnao saMbaMiQat Aa[-DI ko saaqa caOnalaaoMÀlaa kaTo- bouquets with their respective ID created in SMS AaOr saBaI bauko ko Aa^Tao samaaQaana krnao kI sauivaQaa haonaI with CAS configuration, and the variance report should be available in the system with logs. caaihe AaOr isasTma maoM laa^ga ko saaqa iBannata irpaoT- ]plabQa 2. SMS Reports: SMS should have a provision of haonaI caaihe. generating the following reports pertaining to STB/ 2º esaemaesa irpaoT-: esaemaesa maoM esaTIbaIÀvaIsaI sao saMbaMiQat VC: inamnailaiKt irpaoT- tOyaar krnao ka p`avaQaana haonaa caaihe: (a) White list of STB/VC along with active/inactive ³e´ saiËyaÀinaiYËya isqait ko saaqa esaTIbaIÀvaIsaI kI pUrI saUcaI status ³baI´ Kraba esaTIbaIÀvaIsaI–marmmat yaaogya va marmmat nahIM hao (b) Faulty STB/VC – repairable and beyond repairable saknao vaalao (c) Warehouse fresh stock ³saI´ vaoyarha]sa ÍoSa sTa^k (d) In stock at local cable operator (LCO) end ³DI´ sqaanaIya kobala Aa^proTraoM ³elasaIAao´ ko pasa sTa^k (e) Blacklist ³[-´ vlaOkilasT (f) Deployed with activation status ³ef´ ei@TvaoSana isqait ko saaqa lagaanaa (g) Testing/demonstration STB/VC with location ³jaI´ sqaana ko saaqa prIxaNaÀp`dSa-na esaTIbaIÀvaIsaI 3. Audit-related requirements: SMS should have the 3º Aa^iDT saMbaMiQat AavaSyaktayaoM: esaemaesa maoM naIcao dI gayaI capability to capture below-mentioned information that may be required for audit and otherwise: jaanakarI kao kOPcar krnao kI xamata haonaI caaihe jaao Aa^iDT ko a. Subscriber related: ilae AavaSyak hao saktI hO AaOr Anyaqaa: (i) Subscriber contact details change history eº sabsaËa[bar saMbaMiQat: (ii) Connection count history ³1´ sabsaËa[bar saMpk- ivavarNa [ithasa badlato hOM (iii) Transition of connection between ³2´knao@Sana iganatI ka [ithasa Disconnected / Active / Temporary ³3´iDsknao@TÀsaiËyaÀAsqaayaI iDsknao@T ko baIca knao@Sana Disconnected ka saMËmaNa (iv) Subscription change history ³4´ sabsaËIPSana badlaava ka [ithasa 51 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 POLICY AMENDMENT b. LCO related: baIº elasaIAao saMbaMiQat (i) LCO Contact details change history ³1´ elasaIAao saMpk- ivavarNa [ithasa badlato hOM (ii) LCO and DPO sharing change history ³2´ elasaIAao AaOr DIpIAao [ithasa badlato hOM c. Product (Bouquet/à-la-carte channel) related: saIº ]%pad ³baukoÀe–laa–kaTo- caOnala´ saMbaMiQat (i) Broadcaster à-la-carte relation ³1´ ba`a^DkasT e–laa^–kaTo- saMbaMQa (ii) Bouquet name change history ³2´ bauko naama pirvat-na [ithasa (iii) À la carte name change history ³3´ e laa kaTo- baama pirvat-na [ithasa (iv) Bouquet à-la-carte channel rate change ³4´ bauko e–laa–kaTo- caOnala dr pirvat-na [ithasa history DIº esaTIbaIÀsmaaT-kaD- saMbaMiQat: d. STB/Smartcard related: ³1´ laaokoSana [ithasa maoM badlaava (i) Change in location history ³2´ isqait maoM pirvat-na ³saiËyaÀxaitga`stÀmarmmat´ (ii) Change in status (Active/Damaged/ Repaired) 4º ]pyaaogakta- p`maaNaIkrNa: esaemaesa maoM vana Ta[p pasavaD- 4. User Authentication: SMS should have the capability ³AaoTIpI´ p`NaalaI ko maaQyama sao pMjaIkRt maaobaa[la naMbar ³Aaremaena´ to authenticate its subscribers through registered ko maaQyama sao Apnao ga`ahkaoM kao p`maaiNat krnao kI xamata haonaI mobile number (RMN) through one-time password caaihe. (OTP) system. 5º ivaivaQa:ivaivaQa:ivaivaQa: esaemaesa maoM inamnailaiKt ivaivaQa AavaSyaktaAaoM ka 5. Miscellaneous: SMS should have the provision to support the following miscellaneous requirements: samaqa-na krnao ka p`avaQaana haonaa caaihe: (a) List of à-la-carte channels and bouquets, digital ³e´ e–laa–kaTo- caOnalaaoM AaOr bauko¸ iDijaTla hoDeMD ³DIecaAa[-´ headend (DHE) and Zone-wise: Provision to AaOr xao~ ko ihsaaba sao saUcaI: e laa kaTo- caOnalaaoM AaOr bauko kI support/manage Zone/ Sub-Headend-wise list of jaaonaÀsaba hoDeMD vaar saUcaI ka samaqa-naÀp`baMQana krnao ka à-la-carte channels and bouquets, in sync with p`avaQaana¸ ko saaqa samanvaiyat saIeesa maoM ]plabQa saUcaI. the list available in CAS. ³baI´ DIpIAao AaOr elasaIAao ko baIca rajasva baMTvaara: ivatrNa (b) Revenue Sharing Between DPO and LCO: Provision to define and calculate DPO and LCO Saulk ko saaqa–saaqa enasaIef ko ilae Alaga Alaga DIpIAao revenue share separately for distribution fee as AaOr elasaIAao rajasva ihssaodarI kao pirBaaiYat AaOr gaNanaa well as for NCF, as per the agreement executed krnao ka p`avaQaana¸ ]nako baIca inaYpaidt samaJaaOto ko Anausaar between them, with the option to maintain eoithaisak jaanakarI banaayao rKnao ko ivaklp ko saaqa bahut historical information can be very useful and is desirable. ]pyaaogaI hao sakta hO AaOr yao [icCt hO. (c) LCO invoicing with GST: Provision to generate ³saI´ jaIesaTI ko saaqa elasaIAao caalaana: elasaIAao ko k[- invoicing under multiple GST registration jaIesaTI pMjaIkrNa saM#yaa ko tht caalaana pOda krnao AaOr numbers of LCO’s and to comply with GST laagaU jaIesaTI caalaana maanadMDaoM ka palana krnao ka p`avaQaana. invoicing norms as applicable. ³DI´ ]%pad ³e–laa–kaTo- caOnala AaOr bauko´–vaar sabsaËa[bar (d) Product(à-la-carte channels and bouquets)- Kato ko ilae navaInaIkrNa AaOr irvasa-la saoiTMga: iksaI ]%pad wise Renewal and Reversal setting for the Subscriber Account: Provision to allow renewal kI samaaiPt itiqa ko baad ga`ahk kao ]%pad ko navaInaIkrNa of a product to a subscriber after the expiry kI Anaumait donao ka p`avaQaana AaOr Aa^Tao gaNanaa krnao ka date of a product, and provision to auto- p`avaQaana AaOr yaid ga`ahk iksaI ]%pad ka [stomaala baIca maoM calculate and refund the amount to a subscriber hI baMd kr dota hO tao ]sao raiSa vaapsa kr do.[na if he discontinues a product midterm. These requirements may be configurable on selective AavaSyaktaAaoM kao cauinaMda ]%padaoM pr ka^naifgaur ikyaa jaa products, as required by the DPOs as per their sakta hO¸ jaOsaaik DIpIAao Wara ]nakI vyaavasaaiyak yaaojanaaAaoM business plans. ko Anausaar AavaSyak hO. 52 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 POLICY AMENDMENT (e) Product (à-la-carte channels and bouquets)-wise ³[-´ elasaIAao Kato ko ilae ]%pad ³e–laa–kaTo- caOnala AaOr Reversal setting for LCO Account: Provision to bauko´ vaar irvasa-la saoiTMga: elasaIAao ko karNa raiSa kI calculate and refund the amount due to LCO, if he or the subscriber discontinues a product midterm. gaNanaa AaOr vaapsaI ko p`avaQaana¸ yaid vah yaa ga`ahk iksaI (f) Product (à-la-carte channels and bouquets) ]%pad kao vaIca maoM hI baMd kr dota hO. Tenure-wise LCO and Subscriber Discount ³ef´ ]%pad ³e–laa^–kaTo- caOnala AaOr bauko´ kaya-kala–vaar Scheme/Free Days Scheme: Provision to create elasaIAao AaOr sabsaËabar CUTÀmauFt idna yaaojanaa: elasaIAao Discount Scheme and Free-day scheme for LCO AaOr sabsaËa[bar ko ilae CUT yaaojanaa AaOr ÍI–Do yaaojanaa and Subscriber, based on the duration (Tenure) of the product subscription. banaanao ka p`avaQaana¸ AvaiQa ³kaya-kala´ ko AaQaar pr (g) Calendar/Activity Scheduling: Provision to ]%pad sadsyata. auto-schedule activities like STB activation/ ³jaI´ kOlaoMDrÀgaitivaiQa inaQaa-rNa: esaTIbaI saiËyaNaÀinaiYËyata¸ deactivation, à-la-carte channels and bouquets A–laa^–kaTo- caOnala AaOr bauko jaaoD,naaÀ inakalanaaÀ caOnalaÀbauko addition/removal, channel/bouquet saMrcanaa saMSaaoQana Aaid jaOsao Aa^Tao SaoD\yaUla gaitivaiQayaaoM ka composition modification, etc. p`avaQaana. (h) Bulk Channel/Bouquet Management: Provision to perform bulk activity of à-la-carte channels and ³eca´ qaaok caOnalaÀbauko p`baMQana: saBaI yaa esaTIbaI ko ek inaid- bouquets addition and removal on all or a YT samaUh pr Alaa kaT-o caOnalaaoM AaOr bauko kao jaaoD,nao AaOr designated group of STBs. hTanao kI qaaok gaitivaiQa krnao ka p`avaQaana. (i) Token-number-based reports: Provision to ³Aa[-´ Taokna naMbar AaQaairt irpaoT-: Taokna naMbar kI madd sao download multiple generated reports with the help k[- jaonaroT kI gayaI irpaoT- kao Da]nalaaoD krnao ka p`avaQaana¸ of token number, such as audit reports with different intervals. jaOsao Alaga–Alaga AMtrala ko saaqa Aa^iDT irpaoT-. (j) Third-Party Integration: Provision to support ³jao´ tIsara pxa ekIkrNa: p`asaMigak tIsaro–pxa p`NaailayaaoM ko integration with relevant third-party systems, saaqa ekIkrNa ka samaqa-na krnao ka p`avaQaana¸ jaOsao pomaoMT such as, payment gateway integrations, gaoTvao ekIkrNa¸ [MTrOi@Tva vaa^yasa irspaMsa ³Aa[-vaIAar´ interactive voice response (IVR) Integrations, ekIkrNa¸ esaemaesa gaoTvao ekIkrNa Aaid. SMS Gateway Integrations, etc. ³ko´ ibala Baugatana AaOr samaaQaana sauivaQaa: ibala Baugatana AaOr k) Bill payment and reconciliation feature: Provision for bill payment and reconciliation (in case a DPO samaaQaana ko ilae p`avaQaana ³yaid kao[- DIpIAao paosT poD maa^D is running service in post-paid mode). maoM saovaa calaa rha hO´. INDIA’S MOST RESPECTED TRADE MAGAZINE FOR THE CABLE TV, BROADBAND, IPTV & SATELLITE INDUSTRY ... You Know What You Are Doing But Nobody Else Does ADVERTISE NOW ! In-depth & Unbiased Market Information Technology Breakthroughs Comprehensive Circulation Across The Satellite & Cable TV Industry Contact: Mob.: +91-7021850198 Email: [email protected] 53 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 POLICY AMENDMENT (l) Generation of Reports: Provision to generate ³ela´ irpaoT- tOyaar krnaa: pircaalana ]_oSya ko ilae inamnailaiKt the following reports for operational purpose: irpaoT- tOyaar krnao ka p`avaQaana: (i) All, selective and single boxes’ current status with their first-time activation date. ³1´ saBaI¸ cauinaMda AaOr isaMgala baa^@sa kI vat-maana isqait (ii) Total number of à-la-carte channels and ]nakI phlaI baar saiËyaNa itiqa ko saaqa. bouquets and STB expiring detail till given ³2´ Anaumait ko Anausaar DOSabaaoD- pr dI gayaI BaivaYya kI future date on the dashboard, according to tarIK tk A–laa–kaTo- caOnalaaoM AaOr bauko AaOr esaTIbaI the permission. kI samaaiPt ivavarNa kI kula saM#yaa. (iii) Today’s fresh activation count, de-activation count, re-activation count, à-la-carte channels ³3´ Anaumait ko Anausaar Aaja kI tajaa saiËyaNa gaNanaa¸ and bouquets addition/ removal count on DI–ei@TvaoSana gaNanaa¸ puna: saiËyaNa gaNanaa¸ e–laa– dashboard, according to the permission. kaTo- caOnala AaOr bauko jaaoD,naoÀhTanao kI iganatI. (iv) Total active and inactive subscriber’s details ³4´ k[- maanadMDaoM ko saaqa kula saiËya AaOr inaiYËya sabsaËa[bar with multiple criteria (network-wise, à-la-carte ka ivavarNa ³naoTvak- vaar¸ e–laa–kaTo- caOnala AaOr bauko channels and bouquets-wise, state-city wise and broadcaster-wise). vaar¸ rajya Sahr vaar AaOr p`saark vaar´. 6. After-Sales Service Support: The required software 6º ibaËI ko baad saovaa samaqa-na: AavaSyak saa^FTvaoyar AaOr haD- and hardware support should be available to the vaoyar samaqa-na Baart maoM isqat esaemaesa ivaËota kI sahayata TImaaoM sao distributor of the television channels’ installations TolaIivajana caOnalaaoM ko p`itYzanaaoM ko ivatrk ko ilae ]plabQa haonaI from the SMS vendor’s support teams located in India. The support should be such as to ensure the SMS caaihe.samaqa-na eosaI haonaI caaihe jaao 99º99‰ ApTa[ma AaOr system with 99.99% uptime and availability. The ]plabQata ko saaqa esaemaesa p`NaalaI sauinaiScat kro.saovaa kI systems should have sufficient provisions for backup gauNava 54 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MARKET REPORT VIACOM18 TAKES xao~Iya caOnalaaoM kao vaOiSvak REGIONAL CHANNEL GLOBAL banaayaa vaayaka^ma 18 nao Viacom18 is on a global expansion drive vaayaka^ma 18 Apnao xao~Iya caOnalaaoM ko saaqa vaOiSvak with its regional Channels. ivastar AiBayaana pr hO. Viacom18 has launched its regional entertainment vaayaka^ma 18 nao yaUko maoM Apnaa xao~Iya manaaorMjana caOnala klasa- channel, Colors Gujarati, in UK. IndiaCast Media gaujaratI laa^nca ikyaa hO.TIvaI 18 va vaayaka^ma 18 ko saMyau@t svaaima%va Distribution, jointly owned by TV18 and Viacom18, has vaalao [MiDyaakasT maIiDyaa iDsTIbyaUSana/ nao caOnala laa^nca ko ilae ska[- AaOr partnered with Sky and Virgin Media for the channel launch. The channel is available to Sky subscribers vaija-na maIiDyaa ko saaqa saaJaodarI kI hO.caOnala 1 jaUna sao caOnala naMbar 794 starting June 1 on Channel No. 794 pr ska[- ga`ahkaoM ko ilae ]plabQa hO AaOr and will be available to Virgin vaija-na maIiDyaa ko ‘eiSayana maolaa pOk’ ga`ahkaoM Media’s ‘Asian Mela Pack’ ko ilae 8 jaUna sao caOnala naMbar 825 pr ]plabQa subscribers from June 8 on Channel No. 825. Currently, the network haogaa.vat-maana maoM¸ naoTvak- yaUko maoM p`Iimayar offers its flagship general eMTrTonamaoMT caOnala klasa- irSto AaOr yaUko maoM maUvaI entertainment channel Colors along caOnala klasa- isanaoPlao@sa ko saaqa Apnao p`mauK with the premium entertainment channel saamaanya manaaorMjana caOnala klasa- Colors Rishtey and the kI poSakSa krta hO.[sa nayao movie channel Colors jaaoD, ko saaqa klasa- gaujaratI Cineplex in UK. With yaUko ko dSa-kaoM ko ilae ]plabQa this new addition, Colors Gujarati will haonao vaalaa ekmaa~ gaujaratI BaaYaa become the only Gujarati caOnala bana jaayaogaa.caOnala hr language channel to be rivavaar Saama 7 bajao maUvaI p`Iimayar available to UK viewers. ko saaqa–saaqa pUro saPtah gaujaratI The channel will bring the best of Gujarati saamaga`I ka sava-EaoYz p`dSa-na content all through the krogaa. week along with movie baITI maIiDyaa AaOr ba`a^DkasT ko premieres every Sunday at 7 PM. inadoSak fOsala mahaomaod nao kha Faisal Mahomed, Director, BT Media and ‘yaUko maoM maIiDyaa saovaaAaoM ko Aga`NaI p`data ko $p maoM baITI maIiDyaa AaOr Broadcast, said, “As a leading provider of media services ba`a^DkasT p`saarNa navaacaar maoM sabasao Aagao hO.ek safla paT-nar TOk/ in the UK, BT Media and Broadcast is at the forefront of irkaD- ko saaqa hma ApnaI A%yaaQauinak tknaIk ko maaQyama sao vaayaka^ma broadcast innovation. With a successful partner track record, we’re pleased to continue to help Viacom18 18 kao iba`Tona maoM baD,o dSa-kaoM kao pkD,nao maoM madd krnaa jaarI rKoMgao AaOr capture larger UK audiences through our cutting-edge hmaoSaa kI trh hma vaayaka^ma 18 kao ]nakI ivakasa yaaojanaaAaoM ko saaqa technology, and as always, we look forward to supporting yaUko AaOr AMtrraYTIya/ str pr samaqa-na krnao kao t%pr hOM. Viacom18 with their growth plans - both in the UK and [MiDyaakasT ko [MTrnaoSanala vaIpI –[MTrnaoSanala ibajanaosa gaaoivaMd internationally.” Govind Shahi, Executive VP - International SaahI nao batayaa ik ‘iba`Tona maoM hmaarI baD,I gaujaratI BaaYaI AavaadI hO Business, IndiaCast, said “We have a large Gujarati AaOr ]nhaoMnao doSa ko saamaaijak AaOr saaMskRitk tanao baanao maoM ApnaI 55 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MARKET REPORT speaking population in UK and they have made their ]pisqait dja- krayaI hO.laoikna vat-maana maoM yaUko maoM ek BaI gaujaratI presence felt in the social and cultural fabric of the caOnala nahIM hO¸ Balao hI pMjaabaI¸ ]dU-¸ baMglaa AaOr Anya xao~Iya BaaYaa ko country. But currently, there is no single Gujarati channel in UK even though there are various TV channels for dSa-kaoM ko ilae ivaiBanna TIvaI caOnala hO.klasa- gaujaratI kI laa^inMcaga Punjabi, Urdu, Bangla and other regional language yaUko maoM [sa kmaI kI ja$rt kao pUra krogaI.caOnala hmaaro baohd laaokip`ya audiences. The launch of Colors Gujarati will fulfil this BaartIya laa[ba`orI sao sava-EaoYz gaujaratI saamaga`I kao p`saairt krogaI¸ need-gap in the UK. The channel will constitute of best- in-class Gujarati content from our hugely popular India ijasamaoM if@Sana¸ naa^na if@Sana saIirja AaOr iflmaoM Saaimala hOM.ska[- library - including fiction, non-fiction series and movies”. AaOr vaija-na daonaaoM pr [sa laa^nca ko saaqa klasa- gaujaratI ]na ga`ahkaoM ko With this launch on both Sky and Virgin, Colors Gujarati ivaSaala bahumat tk phuMca jaayaogaa jaao ApnaI majabaUt saamaaijak– will reach out to a vast majority of subscribers who can saaMskRitk phcaana ko saaqa gauNava 56 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MARKET REPORT WARNERMEDIA vaana-rmaIiDyaa nao vaOiSvak HIRING NEW karaobaar baZ,anao ko ilae nayaI TALENT TO DRIVE GLOBAL BIZ p`itBaaAaoM kI inayaui@t kI WarnerMedia’s global expansion plan drive vaana-rmaIiDyaa ka vaOiSvak ivastar yaaojanaa AiBayaana begins with roping in new talent. nayaI p`itBaaAaoM ko saaqa Sau$ hao gayaa hO. WarnerMedia has gone for big ticket hiring and roped vaana-rmaIiDyaa baD,o pOmaanao pr nayaI inayaui@t kr rha hO AaOr maoilasaa in Melissa Lim as the new Head of Content Acquisitions ilama kao eiSayaa p`SaaMt xao~ Apnao baccao ko naoTvak- ko ilae saamaga`I and Co-Productions for its kids’ AiQaga`hNa AaOr sah–]%padna ko nayao p`mauK ko networks in Asia Pacific, which include Pogo, Cartoon Network and $p maoM Saaimala ikyaa gayaa hO¸ ijasamaoM paogaao¸ kaTU-na Boomerang. Melissa will be based in naoTvak- AaOr baUmarOMga Saaimala hO.maoilasaa¸ isaMgaapur Singapore and report to Leslie Lee, sao kama kroMgaI AaOr vaana-rmaIiDyaa ikD\sa epIesaI Head of WarnerMedia Kids APAC. She will ko p`mauK laoslaI laI kao irpaoT- krogaI.vah Amaoirka¸ work with colleagues from other WarnerMedia acquisitions teams in the US, [-ema[-e AaOr laOiTna Amaoirka maoM Anya vaana-rmaIiDyaa EMEA and LatAm. AiQaga`hNa TImaaoM ko sahyaaoigayaaoM ko saaqa kama kroMgaI. Lim’s previous roles include stints ilama ko ipClao kaya-kalaaoM maoM emaTIvaI eiSayaa AaOr at MTV Asia and StarHub, where she spent sTarhba ko saaqa kama krnaa Saaimala hO¸ jahaM ]nhaoMnao 13 years gaining invaluable insight into the kids programming world. Most recently, she baccaaoM ko kaya-Ëma duinayaa maoM AmaUlya AMtdRiYT p`aPt was managing co-production and krnao maoM 13 saala ibatayao.halahI maoM vao iDjnaI maoM Apnao acquisitions at Disney for its channels and caOnalaaoM AaOr xao~Iya sTImar/ ko ilae sah ]%padna AaOr regional streamer. AiQaga`hNa ka p`baMQana kr rhI hOM. WarnerMedia is a leading media and MELISSA LIM entertainment company that creates and vaana-rmaIiDyaa ek Aga`NaI maIiDyaa AaOr manaaorMjana kMpnaI distributes premium and popular content hO AaOr ecabaIAao¸ ecabaIAao maO@sa¸ vaana-r ba`dsa-¸ TIenaTI¸ from a diverse array of storytellers and journalists to global TIbaIesa¸ TUTIvaI¸/ saIenaena saiht Apnao ]pBaao@ta ba`aMDaoM ko maaQyama sao audiences through its consumer brands, including HBO, vaOiSvak dSa-kaoM ko ilae khanaIkaraoM AaOr p~karaoM kI ek ivaivaQa EaoNaI HBO Max, Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, truTV, CNN, DC, New Line, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies sao p`Iimayama AaOr laaokip`ya saamaga`I banaatI hO AaOr ivatirt krtI hO.DIsaI¸ nyaU and others. laa[na kaTU-na naoTvak-¸ eDlT isvama¸ Tna-r @laaisak maUvaIja AaOr Anya. AMIT MALHOTRA TO LEAD WARNERMEDIA IN Baart AaOr dixaNa pUva- eiSayaa maoM vaana-rmaIiDyaa ka naotR%va kroMgao INDIA & SOUTH EAST ASIA Aimat malhao~amalhao~aAimat Amit Malhotra will join as Managing Director for Aimat malhao~a dixaNa pUva- eiSayaa va Baart maoM ecabaIAao maO@sa ko HBO Max in Southeast Asia and India and be under p`baMQa inadoSak ko $p maoM Saaimala haoMgao AaOr ecabaIAao maO@sa [MTrnaoSanala ko Johannes Larcher, Head of HBO Max International. He will p`mauK jaaohansa laaca-r ko AQaIna haoMgao.vah dixaNa pUva- eiSayaa maoM lead the rollout and management of WarnerMedia’s direct- vaana-rmaIiDyaa ko Dayaro@T TU kMjyaUmar PlaoTfama- ko raolaAa]T AaOr p`baMQana to-consumer platform in Southeast Asia. He will spearhead the introduction of HBO Max in these territories and will ka naotR%va kroMgao.vah [na xao~aoM maoM ecabaIAao maO@sa kI Sau$Aat ka naotR%va lead WarnerMedia’s exploration of future opportunities to kroMgao AaOr vaana-rmaIiDyaa ko Aitir@t baajaaraoM maoM sTIimaMga/ PlaoTfama- laa^nca launch the streaming platform in additional markets, as well krnao ko saaqa–saaqa Baart maoM saMBaaivat BaivaYya ko laa^nca ko ilae BaivaYya ko as a potential future launch in India. AvasaraoM kI Kaoja ka naotR%va kroMgao. 57 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 MARKET REPORT Malhotra earlier stint was as Regional Lead for malhao~a [sasao phlao dixaNa pUva- eiSayaa maoM iDjnaI Plasa ko ilae Disney+ in Southeast Asia, where he was responsible for rIjanala laID ko $p maoM qao¸ jahaM vao iDjnaI Plasa¸ iDjnaI Plasa ha^TsTar overseeing the launch and operations of Disney’s streaming saiht [sa xao~ maoM iDjnaI kI sTIimaMga/ saovaaAaoM ko laa^nca va saMcaalana kI services in the region, including Disney+, Disney+ Hotstar. He also led the Content Sales and Distribution division as doKroK ko ilae ijammaodar qao.]nhaoMnao dixaNa epIesaI AaOr maQya pUva- maoM part of The Walt Disney Company’s Direct- vaa^lT iDjnaI kMpnaI ko Da^yaro@T TU kMjyaUmar eMD to Consumer & International (DTCI) [MTrnaoSanala ³DITIsaIAa[-´ vyavasaaya ko ihssao ko $p business in South APAC and Middle East, maoM saamaga`I ibaËI AaOr ivatrNa p`Baaga ka naotR%va ikyaa¸ pivoting Disney’s linear business in the sqaanaIya dUrsaMcaar AaOr emavaIpIDI ko saaqa imalakr kama region to streaming by working closely with krko [sa xao~ maoM iDjnaI ko TorisTyala/ vyavasaaya kao sT/ local telcos and MVPDs, creating localized payment strategies and developing deep IimaMga ko ilae p`oirt ikyaa¸ ijasamaoM sqaanaIya Baugatana content studio relationships throughout rNanaIityaaM banaanaa AaOr pUro dixaNa pUva- eiSayaa maoM gahna Southeast Asia. sTUiDyaao saamaga`I saMbaMQa kao ivakisat krnaa Saaimala hO. Johannes Larcher said, “With our jaaohansa laaca-r nao kha ik ‘29 jaUna kao laOiTna upcoming launch across Latin America on Amaoirka maoM hmaaro AagaamaI laa^nca AaOr yaUraop maoM hmaarI June 29 and our plans for Europe on the yaaojanaaAaoM ko saaqa hma ApnaI dRiYT eiSayaa kI Aaor horizon, we turn our sights toward Asia, maaoD,to hOM¸ jahaM hmaaro pasa laaKaoM nayao p`SaMsakaoM ko ilae where we have an incredible opportunity AMIT MALHOTRA to bring HBO Max to millions of new fans ecabaIAao maO@sa laanao ka ek AivaSvaIya Avasar hO¸ jaao who are just as excited about streaming as ibalkula vaOsaa hI hO.yaUesa maoM hmaaro dSa-kaoM ko $p maoM our audiences in the U.S. Amit’s experience launching sTIimaMga/ ko baaro maoM ]%saaiht Aimat ko dixaNapUva- eiSayaa AaOr Aasapasa ko streaming services in both mature and emerging markets xao~ maoM pirp@va AaOr ]Barto daonaaoM baajaaraoM maoM sTIimaMga/ saovaaAaoM kao laa^nca across Southeast Asia and the surrounding region make krnao ko AnauBava nao ]nhoM ecabaIAao maO@sa ko raolaAa]T AaOr [sakI him the ideal leader to plan and oversee the rollout of HBO Max and its expanded content offering and platform ivastairt saamaga`I kI poSakSa AaOr PlaoTfama- AnauBava kI yaaojanaa banaanao experience.” AaOr [sakI inagaranaI krnao ko ilae AadSa- naota banaa idyaa.’ David Simonsen, who has played an important role DoivaD isamaaonaoMsa¸ ijanhaoMnao Aajatk dixaNa pUva- eiSayaa maoM ecabaIAao in the growth of HBO GO in Southeast Asia to date, will gaao ko ivakasa maoM mah%vapUNa- BaUimaka inaBaayaI hO¸ vaana-rmaIiDyaa ko xao~ maoM continue to make a significant contribution to p`%yaxa sao ]pBaao@ta p`yaasaaoM maoM mah%vapUNa- yaaogadana donaa jaarI rKoMgao¸ AaOr WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer efforts in the region, and Aimat ko saaqa kaya-karI naotR%va ko TIma ko ihssao ko $p maoM imalakr kama will work closely with Amit as part of his executive leadership team. kroMgao. Amit Malhotra said, “I am delighted to be part of the Aimat malhao~a nao kha ‘eiSayaa maoM vaana-rmaIiDyaa maoM AivaSvanaIya incredible team at WarnerMedia in Asia as we look at TIma ka ihssaa banakr mauJao KuSaI hao rhI hO @yaaoMik hma ecabaIAao maO@sa bringing HBO Max to this region. WarnerMedia’s brands kao [sa xao~ maoM laanao pr ivacaar kr rho hOM.DIsaI yaUinavasa-¸ ecabaIAao AaOr including DC Universe, HBO and Cartoon Network are kaTU-na naoTvak- saiht vaana-r maIiDyaa ko ba`aMD [sa xao~ maoM ]%saahI p`SaMsakaoM extremely popular with passionate fans and audiences AaOr dSa-kaoM ko baIca baohd laaokip`ya hO.]pBaao@taAaoM pr Qyaana koMid`t across this region. With a focus on consumers our goal will be to bring all of these brands and content together in an krto hue hmaara laxya [na saBaI ba`aMDaoM AaOr saamaga`I kao ek raomaaMcak nayao exciting new world class streaming experience as we move ivaSvastrIya sTIimaMga/ AnauBava maoM ek saaqa laanaa haogaa @yaaoMik hma ecabaIAao into the future with HBO Max.” maO@sa ko saaqa BaivaYya maoM Aagao baZ, rho hOM. INDIA’S MOST RESPECTED TRADE MAGAZINE FOR THE CABLE TV, BROADBAND, IPTV & SATELLITE INDUSTRY ... You Know What You are doing Contact: But Nobody Else Does Mob.: +91-7021850198 Tel.: +91-22-6216 5313 MAGAZINE ADVERTISE NOW ! Email: [email protected] 58 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 NBA NEWS NBA REQUESTS enabaIe nao nayao inayamaaoM sao EXCLUSION FROM NEW RULES inaYaod ka AnauraoQa ikyaa The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) has nyaUja ba`a^DkasTsa- esaaoisaeSana ³enabaIe´ nao saUcanaa va p`saarNa written to I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar, requesting maM~I p`kaSa jaavaD,okr kao p~ ilaKkr parMpirk samaacaar maIiDyaa ko for the exclusion of digital news platforms owned and svaaima%va vaalao AaOr calaayao jaa rho iDijaTla nyaUja PlaoTfama- kao nayao Aa[-TI run by traditional news media from the purview of the provisions of the new IT Rules, 2021. inayama¸ 2021 ko p`avaQaanaaoM ko dayaro sao baahr rKnao ka AnauraoQa ikyaa hO. “NBA requests that a specific and express enabaIe AQyaxa rjat Samaa- Wara Baojao gayao p~ maoM kha gayaa hO ik exclusion should be carved out in the definitions of ‘enabaIe AnauraoQa krta hO ik iDijaTla samaacaar maIiDyaa AaOrÀyaa samaacaar ‘digital news media’ and /or ‘publishers of news and AaOr samasaamaiyak maamalaaoM kI saamaga`I ko p`kaSak kI pirBaaYaa maoM ek current affairs content’ so as to exclude the applicability of the provisions of the IT ivaiSaYT AaOr spYT baihYkar tOyaar ikyaa jaanaa caaihe¸ taik Aa[-TI Rules, 2021 to the digital news inayama 2021 ko p`avaQaanaaoM kI p`yaaojyata platforms that are owned and kao baahr rKa jaa sako.iDijaTla run by traditional news samaacaar PlaoTfa^ma- jaao parMpirk samaacaar media,” the letter sent by NBA President Rajat Sharma read. maIiDyaa ko svaaima%va AaOr saMcaailat haoto The electronic news hOM.’ media is no different from print [lao@T/a^inak samaacaar maIiDyaa ip`MT media and majority of content maIiDyaa sao Alaga nahIM hO AaOr ]nako hosted on their digital platforms is nothing but a replica of content that is already a part of the broadcast and has iDijaTla PlaoTfama- pr haosT kI gayaI AiQakaMSa saamaga`I kI p`itkRit ko also passed the litmus test of being compliant to the Alaavaa AaOr kuC nahIM hO jaao phlao sao hI p`saarNa ka ihssaa hO AaOr various applicable regulations. In this context, NBA ivaiBanna laagaU inayamaaoM ko Anau$p haonao ko ilaTmasa TosT kao BaI pasa kr argued that the digital news media owned and operated caukI hO.[sa saMdBa- maoM enabaIe nao tk- idyaa ik parMpirk samaacaar maIiDyaa and directly run by traditional news media ought not to be brought under the ambit and purview of the IT Rules, ko svaaima%va AaOr saMcaalana AaOr saIQao saMcaailat iDijaTla samaacaar maIiDyaa 2021. kao Aa[-TI inayama 2021 ko dayaro maoM nahIM laayaa jaanaa caaihe. Highlighting the operational issues in implementing nayao inayamaaoM kao laagaU krnao maoM pircaalana saMbaMQaI mau_aoM pr p`kaSa new rules, NBA said, “The IT Rules 2021, if applied to the Dalato hue enabaIe nao kha¸ Aa[-TI inayama 2021 yaid ilainayar TolaIivajana digital media of the linear television medium, would only result in duplication of the adjudicatory and redressal maaQyama ko iDijaTla maIiDyaa pr laagaU haoto hOM tao [saka pirNaama kovala mechanism, resulting in the creation of parallel nyaaiyak AaOr inavaarNa tM~ ka daohrava haogaa ijasako pirNaamasva$p adjudicatory bodies. The IT Rules, 2021, prescribe samaanaaMtr nyaaiyak inakayaaoM ka inamaa-Na haogaa.Aa[-TI inayama 2021 p`Saasainak administrative regulations, which will make it virtually inayamaaoM kao inaQaa-irt krta hO jaao CaoTo yaa maQyama Aakar ko parMpirk impossible for small or medium-sized traditional news media organisations to survive. Any additional mandates samaacaar maIiDyaa saMgaznaaoM ko jaIivat rhnao ko ilae lagaBaga AsaMBava banaa as contemplated under the IT Rules, 2021 would result in dogaa.Aa[-TI inayama 2021 ko tht ivacaar ikyao gayao iksaI BaI Aitir@t increasing the employee costs and compliance janaadoSa ko pirNaamasva$p parMpirk samaacaar maIiDyaa saMgaznaaoM kI kma-caarI requirements of the traditional news media organisations, laagat AaOr Anaupalana kI AavaSyaktaAaoM maoM vaRiw haogaI¸ saaqa hI daohrava along with duplication and creation of parallel processes. The media organisations would have to devote significant AaOr samaanaaMtr p`iËyaaAaoM ka inamaa-Na haogaa.maIiDyaa saMgaznaaoM kao p`%yaok resources and time in resolving each complaint and in iSakayat kao hla krnao AaOr k[- PlaoTfa^maao-M ko saamanao Apnaa bacaava krnao defending itself before multiple forums.” maoM mah%vapUNa- saMsaaQana AaOr samaya donaa haogaa.’ 59 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 NBF NEWS NBF USHERS NEW enabaIef nao nayaI phla kI INITIATIVES Sau$Aat kIkISau$Aat News Broadcasters Federation led by Arnab Ana=ba gaaosvaamaI ko naotR%va maoM nyaUja ba`a^DkasTsa- foDroSana nao Goswami has embarked on a digital media subcommittee iDijaTla ]pisqait vaalao p`saarkaoM ko ilae ek iDijaTla maIiDyaa ]psaimait for broadcasters with digital presence. Sau$ kI hO. Members of NBF presently include Dighvijay, enabaIef ko sadsyaaoM maoM vat-maana maoM idigvajaya¸ DIvaa[-365 nyaUja¸ DY365 News, First India Rajasthan, Gulistan News, IBC24, India News, JK 24X7, Living India News, News fsT- [MiDyaa rajasqaana¸ gauilastana nyaUja¸ Aa[-baIsaI24¸ [MiDyaa nyaUja¸ jaoko Live, News Nation, NewsX, North East Live, Odisha TV, 24X 7¸ ilaivaMga [MiDyaa nyaUja¸ nyaUja laa[va¸ nyaUja naoSana¸ nyaUjae@sa¸ naaqa- Prag News, MH One News, PuthiyaThalaimurai TV, News [-sT laa[va¸ AaoiDSaa TIvaI¸ p`aga nyaUja¸ emaeca vana nyaUja¸ puiqayaa qalaa[- First Kannada, Republic Bharat, maurO TIvaI¸ nyaUja fsT- knnaD¸ irpiblak Baart¸ Republic TV, S Newz, TV5, and Twenty Four News. irpiblak TIvaI¸ esa nyaUja¸ TIvaI 5 AaOr 24 Jai Krishna, Secretary-General nyaUja Saaimala hO. of NBF said: “The digital media enabaIef ko mahasaicava jaya kRYNa nao kha revolution has brought a paradigm ‘iDijaTla maIiDyaa ËaMit nao baD,I sËIna sao laokr shift in the consumption of news from larger screens to handheld devices; hOMDholD iDvaa[sa tk samaacaaraoM kI Kpt maoM ek Digital also has the ability to reach a AadSa- badlaava laayaa hO¸ iDijaTla maoM vyaapk larger audience. NBF’s digital media pOmaanao pr dSa-kaoM tk phuMcanao kI xamata hO.ek subcommittee with a strong self- majabaUt sva inayaamak saMrcanaa ko saaqa enabaIef regulatory structure will strive to bring clarity on regulatory kI iDijaTla maIiDyaa ]p saimait parMpirk samaacaar compliances of news by traditional p`saarkaoM Wara samaacaaraoM ko inayaamak Anaupalana news broadcasters who have a digital pr spYTta laanao ka p`yaasa krogaI¸ ijanako pasa presence, and level playing for linear iDijaTla ]pisqait hO AaOr ilainayar TIvaI AaOr TV and digital platforms broadcasting news. This will also bring out responsible news broadcasting for the iDijaTla PlaoTfama- samaacaar p`saairt krnao ko ilae ek samaana Avasar dota digital audience.” hO.yah iDijaTla dSa-kaoM ko ilae ijammaodar samaacaar p`saarNa BaI laayaogaa. According to the NBF, the subcommittee would enabaIef ko Anausaar iDijaTla saamaga`I ko maamalao maoM ]psaimait work closely with MIB to help broadcasters adapt to the emaAa[-baI ko saaqa imalakr kama krogaI taik p`saarkaoM kao sva inayamana ko new regime of self-regulation when it comes to digital content. nayao Saasana ko AnaukUla haonao maoM madd imala sako. The NBF along with the other broadcasters’ body Anya p`saark saMsqaayaoM nyaUja ba`a^DkasTsa- esaaoisaeSana ³enabaIe´ News Broadcasters Association (NBA) has already ko saaqa enabaIef nao phlao hI maM~alaya kao parMpirk samaacaar p`saarkaoM kao written to the ministry to exclude traditional news nayao Aa[-TI inayamaaoM ko dayaro maoM Aanao sao baahr krnao ko ilae ilaKa hO.nayao broadcasters from coming under the purview of the new IT Rules. As per the new rules, the publishers of news on inayamaaoM ko Anausaar iDijaTla maIiDyaa pr samaacaar ko p`kaSakaoM kao kobala digital media are required to observe Norms of Journalistic TolaIivajana naoTvak- ivainayamana AiQainayama ko tht BaartIya p`osa pirYad ko Conduct of the Press Council of India and the Programme p~kairta AacarNa ko maanadMDaoM AaOr kaya-Ëma saMihta ka palana krnaa Code under the Cable Television Networks Regulation AavaSyak hO. Act. enabaIef ko mahasaicava nao kha ik ‘p`saark kBaI–kBaI ]saI “Broadcasters sometimes use the same content they use on TV for their digital platforms and this content saamaga`I ka ]pyaaoga krto hOM jaao vao Apnao iDijaTla PlaoTfama- ko ilae is already regulated by several laws such as the Cable TIvaI pr ]pyaaoga krto hOM AaOr yah saamaga`I phlao sao hI kobala TolaIivajana 60 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 NBF NEWS Television Networks Regulation Act, 1995, Uplinking and naoTvak- ivainayamana AiQainayama 1995¸ ApilaMikMga va Da]nailaMikMga Downlinking Guidelines 2011. The IT Rules would be idSaa inado-Sa 2011 jaOsao k[- kanaUnaaoM Wara ivainayaimat hO.Aa[-TI inayama another additional and unnecessary filter for the same ek AaOr Aitir@t va AnaavaSyak haoMgao.samaana saamaga`I ko ilae iflTr content. Our digital subcommittee will work in the best interest of broadcasters and help them with any sort of kroM.hmaarI iDijaTla ]psaimait p`saarkaoM ko savaa- 61 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 NBF NEWS BARC on June 5, NBF requests them to not pressurize enabaIef nao ]nasao AnauraoQa ikyaa hO ik vao Apnao sadsya samaacaar caOnalaaoM their member news channels that are protesting to pay pr dbaava na Dalao¸ jaao baIeAarsaI kI saaPtaihk roiTMga ]plabQata maoM the fees due to pause in BARC’s weekly rating availability, by sending notices for suspending data zhrava ko karNa Saulk ka Baugatana krnao ka ivaraoQa kr rho hOM¸ [sako collection for the respective news-channel and to pay ilae saMbaMiQat samaacaar caOnala ko ilae DoTa saMga`h kao inalaMibat krnao AaOr up immediately. turMt Baugatana krnao ko ilae naaoiTsa Baojaa gayaa hO. Explaining non-payment of fees from the p`saarkaoM kI Aaor sao Saulk ka Baugatana na krnao kI vyaa#yaa krto broadcasters’ side, the letter said, “BARC unilaterally hue p~ maoM kha gayaa hO ‘baIeAarsaI nao ektrfa $p sao roiTMga p`iËyaa kI decided to suspend publishing of weekly viewership of news channels in October 2020 for 8-12 weeks, for the samaIxaa krnao kI kiqat karNa ko ilae A@TUbar 2020 maoM tqaakiqat purported reason of their having to review the rating TIAarpI GaaoTalao ko ma_onajar samaacaar caOnalaaoM ko saaiPtaihk dSa-kaoM kI process in the wake of the so-called TRP scam. It is now saM#yaa kao 8–12 saPtah ko ilae inalaMibat krnao ka inaNa-ya ilayaa hO.inalaMbana almost 9 months since the suspension that BARC has kao Aba lagaBaga 9 mahInao hao gayao hOM ik baIeAarsaI nao ]na mau_aoM ka not addressed their issues, as the weekly ratings for news samaaQaana nahIM ikyaa hO @yaaoMik samaacaar caOnalaaoM ko ilae saaPtaihk roiTMga channels is not made available”. The letter also points out how news channels are ]plabQa nahIM krayaI gayaI hO. facing stiff pushback from the advertisers and their p~ maoM yah BaI batayaa gayaa hO ik kOsao samaacaar caOnalaaoM kao agencies on grounds that the absence of rating data is iva&apnadataAaoM AaOr ]nakI ejaoMisayaaoM sao [sa AaQaar pr kD,I Qa@ka– limiting their analysis of the prevailing trends on channel mau@kI ka saamanaa krnaa pD, rha hO ik roiTMga DoTa kI Anaupisqait caOnala performance. “This has caused a major disadvantage ko p`dSa-na pr maaOjaUda $JaanaaoM ko ]nako ivaSlaoYaNa kao saIimat kr rhI to the news channels in their commercial negotiations with the Advertising Agencies,” NBF points out in the hO.enabaIef nao p~ maoM kha ik ‘[sasao samaacaar caOnalaaoM kao iva&apna letter. ejaoMisayaaoM ko saaqa vaaiNaijyak baatcaIt maoM kafI baD,a nauksaana huAa hO.’ 62 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 OTT POLICY OTT PLAYERS STOP AaoTITI kMpinayaaoM nao samaacaar STREAMING NEWS CHANNELS caOnalaaoM ka p`saarNa baMd ikyaa OTT Players like Disney+ Hotstar, Zee5, Voot, iDjnaI Plasa ha^TsTar¸ jaI5¸ vaUT¸ saaonaI ilava AaOr Sony Liv and others have removed news AaoTITI PlaoTfamaao-M nao Apnao naoTvak- sao samaacaar caOnalaaoM channels from their platforms. kao hTa idyaa hO. The OTT platforms say the new rules mandate that AaoTITI PlaoTfa^maao-M ka khnaa hO ik nayao inayamaaoM maoM kha gayaa hO all content on their platform should be rated and it is ik ]nako PlaoTfama- pr maaOjaUd saBaI kMToMT kao roiTMga dI jaanaI caaihe AaOr impossible for them to rate news. ]nako ilae nyaUja kao roT krnaa AsaMBava hO. The IT rules, however, say that ‘online curated halaaMik Aa[-TI inayama khto hOM ik ‘Aa^nalaa[na @yaUroT kI gayaI content’ does not include news and current affairs. But the latter part of the rules also states that ‘all content’ should saamaga`I maoM samaacaar va kroMT Afoyasa- Saaimala nahIM hOM.laoikna inayamaaoM ko baad be rated. ko ihssao maoM yah BaI kha gayaa According to hO ik ‘saBaI saamaga`I kao roT level 1 of the self- ikyaa jaanaa caaihe.’ regulating mechanism prescribed in the new nayao inayamaaoM maoM inaQaa-irt sva– rules, “online curated ivainayamana tM~ ko str–1 ko content shall be Anausaar ‘Aa^nalaa[na @yaUroT kI classified by the gayaI saamaga`I kao eosaI saamaga`I publisher of such content into the ko p`kaSak Wara AnausaUcaI maoM categories referred to in inaid-YT EaoiNayaaoM maoM saMdBa-¸ the Schedule, having ivaYaya¸ svar¸ p`Baava ko saMbaMQa regard to the context, maoM vagaI-kRt ikyaa jaayaogaa.]@t theme, tone, impact and target audience of such AnausaUcaI maoM inaid-YT trIko sao content, with the p`asaMigak saamaga`I ivavarNakaoM ko relevant rating for such Aaklana ko AaQaar pr eosaI categories based on an EaoiNayaaoM ko ilae p`asaMigak roiTMga assessment of the relevant content ko saaqa eosaI saamaga`I ko laixat descriptors in the manner specified in the said Schedule.” dSa-kaoM kao.’ The guideline further says, “Every publisher of idSaainado-Sa Aagao batata hO ik ‘Aa^nalaa[na @yaUroT kI gayaI online curated content shall display the rating of any saamaga`I ka p`%yaok p`kaSak iksaI BaI Aa^nalaa[na @yaUroT kI gayaI saamaga`I ‘online curated content’ and an explanation of the relevant kI roiTMga AaOr p`asaMigak saamaga`I vaNa-nakta-AaoM ko spYTIkrNa kao p`mauKta content descriptors, prominently to its users at an appropriate place, as the case may be, in a manner that sao Apnao ]pyaaogakta-AaoM kao ek ]pyau@t sqaana pr¸ jaOsaa BaI maamalaa hao¸ ensures that such users are aware of this information ek trIko sao p`diSa-t krogaa.yah sauinaiScat krta hO ik eosaI saamaga`I before accessing such content.” tk phuMcanao sao phlao eosao ]pyaaogakta- [sa jaanakarI sao Avagat haoM. Now, in both the paras above, it is clear that the Aba ]prao@t daonaaoM pOraAaoM maoM yah spYT hO ik inayama ‘Aa^nalaa[na rules are talking about the ‘online curated content’, which does not include ‘news and current affairs content’. @yaUroToD saamaga`I ko baaro maoM baat kr rho hOM ijasasao samaacaar va samasaamaiyak According to the definition given in part 1, ‘Online maamalaaoM kI saamaga`I Saaimala nahIM hO. 63 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 OTT POLICY curated content’ means any curated catalogue of audio- Baaga 1 maoM dI gayaI pirBaaYaa ko Anausaar ‘Aa^nalaa[na @yaUroT kI visual content, other than news and current affairs gayaI saamaga`I ka Aqa- samaacaar va samasaamaiyak saamaga`I ko Alaavaa Aa^iDyaao– content, which is owned by, licensed to or contracted to ivajauAla saamaga`I ka kao[- BaI @yaUroToD kOTlaa^ga hO ijasaka svaaima%va¸ be transmitted by a publisher of online curated content, and made available on demand, including but not limited laa[saoMsa yaa Aa^nalaa[na @yaUroT ko p`kaSak Wara p`saairt krnao ko ilae through subscription, over the internet or computer AnaubaMiQat hO.saamaga`I AaOr maaMga pr ]plabQa kra[- jaatI hO¸ ijasamaoM networks, and includes films, audio visual programmes, [MTrnaoT yaa kMPyaUTr naoTvak- pr sadsyata ko maaQyama sao saIimat nahIM hO¸ documentaries, television programmes, serials, podcasts AaOr [samaoM iflmaoM¸ Aa^iDyaao ivajauAla kaya-Ëma¸ iva INDIA’S MOST RESPECTED TRADE MAGAZINE FOR THE CABLE TV, BROADBAND, IPTV & SATELLITE INDUSTRY MAGAZINE In-depth & Unbiased Market Information Technology Breakthroughs Reaches More Than 40,000 Personnel Across The Satellite & Cable TV Industry every month ... You Know What You are doing But Nobody Else Does ADVERTISE NOW ! Contact: Mob.: +91-7021850198 Tel.: +91-22-6216 5313 Email: [email protected] 64 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 NEWS BIZ NEWS CHANNELS AaoTITI pr ]plabQa LOOSE OUT TO OTT nahIM haoMgao samaacaar caOnala News channels loosing revenue in the nayaI idSaa–inado-Sa ko calato nyaUja caOnalaaoM kao rajasva aftermath of the new guidelines kI haina hao rhI hO. News channel are feeling the pinch and loss of AaoTITI PlaoTfama- sao nyaUja caOnalaaoM kao hTanao AaOr rajasva ko revenues to the OTT players. They have lost out revenues nauksaana kao mahsaUsa kr rho hOM.]nhoM saalaanaa 10 sao 20 kraoD, Épyao ko to the tune of ` 10 - 20 crore per annum. rajasva ka nauksaana huAa hO. The removal of the news genre from OTT aggregator platforms such as Disney+ Hotstar, Zee5, Voot, AaoTITI ega`IgaoTr PlaoTfama- jaOsao iDjnaI Plasa ha^TsTar¸ jaI 5¸ SonyLiv among others will pinch the news channels hard vaUT¸ saaonaI ilava Aaid sao nyaUja vaga- kao hTanao sao nyaUja caOnalaaoM kao mauiSkla as leading news broadcasters will lose out on the additional haogaI @yaaoMik p`mauK nyaUja revenue and audience ba`a^DkasTsa- Aitir@t rajasva reach they were getting AaOr dSa-kaoM tk phuMca sao through licensing their vaMicat rh jaayaoMgao¸ jaao ]nhoM feed and content on these streaming ApnaI fID kao laa[saoMsa AaOr providers. sTIimaMga/ p`dataAaoM pr saamaga`I Aaj Tak was dokr imala rha qaa.Aajatk getting minimum fee of caOnala kao isaMgala AaoTITI around ` 5 crore from a PlaoTfama- sao nyaUnatma 5 kraoD, single OTT platform. Épyao kI fIsa imala rhI qaI. Other leading channels such ebaIpI¸ jaI AaOr irpiblak as ABP, Zee and jaOsao Anya p`mauK caOnalaaoM kao Republic among others BaI ega`IgaoTsa- Wara p`it are also paid by PlaoTfama- 3 kraoD, Épyao sao aggregators in the range of ` 3 crore to ` 5 crore annually 5 kraoD, Épyao saalaanaa ko ihsaaba sao Baugatana ikyaa jaata hO. per platform. AaoTITI PlaoTfama- nao nyaUja caOnalaaoM kao Apnao PlaoTfama- sao hTanaa OTT platforms had decided to start removing news channels from their platforms. The streaming players said Sau$ krnao ka fOsalaa ikyaa qaa.sTIimaMga/ kMpinayaaoM nao kha ik nayao Aa[-TI that the new IT rules, 2021, mandate that all content should inayama 2021 maoM kha gayaa hO ik saBaI saamaga`I kao roT ikyaa jaanaa caaihe be rated and there's no way they can rate news. AaOr eosaa kao[- trIka nahIM hO ijasasao vao samaacaar caOnalaaoM kao roT kr sakoM. The new rules, however, say that news is not covered halaaMik nayao inayama khto hOM ik samaacaar p`kaSakaoM kI Aa^nalaa[na under the online curated content of the publishers but at the same time rules also say that all content need to be @yaUroT kI gayaI saamaga`I ko AMtga-t nahIM Aato hOM¸ laoikna saaqa hI inayama rated. yah BaI khto hOM ik saBaI saamaga`I kao roT krnao kI AavaSyakta hO. The OTT platforms said that unless clarified, the AaoTITI PlaoTfamaao-M nao kha ik jaba tk spYT nahIM ikyaa jaata rules will be open to interpretation and the government hO¸ inayama vyaa#yaa ko ilae Kulao rhoMgao AaOr sarkar kao spYT $p sao batanaa must explicitly spell out that news need not be rated. haogaa ik samaacaar kao roT krnao kI AavaSyakta nahIM hO. News Broadcasters Association (NBA) President nyaUja ba`a^DkasTsa- esaaoisaeSana ³enabaIe´ ko AQyaxa rjat Samaa- Rajat Sharma had also written a letter to the government, saying that digital broadcast of TV news channels should nao BaI sarkar kao p~ ilaKkr kha qaa ik TIvaI nyaUja caOnalaaoM ko not be covered under the new IT rules as TV news is already iDijaTla p`saarNa kao nayao Aa[-TI inayamaaoM ko tht kvar nahIM ikyaa jaanaa covered under various other rules and regulations, which caaihe @yaaoMik TIvaI nyaUja phlao sao hI k[- Anya inayamaaoM va ivainayamaaoM ko they already follow. tht kvar ikyaa gayaa hO¸ ijasaka vao phlao sao hI palana kr rho hOM. 65 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 OTT REGULATORS OTT PLAYERS PULL Aa[-eemaeAa[- sao baahr hue OUT OF IAMAI OTT Players have got into action mode since the AaoTITI iKlaaD,IiKlaaD,IAaoTITI Govt notified the new Information Technology sarkar Wara nayaI saUcanaa tknaIkI ³maQyavatI- idSaainado-Sa AaOr (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. iDijaTla maIiDyaa Aacaar saMihta´ inayama¸ 2021 kao AiQasaUicat krnao ko baad sao AaoTITI iKlaaD,I e@Sana maaoD maoM Aa gayao hOM. Hotstar, Zee5, SonyLiv, Voot and others pulled out ha^TsTar¸ jaI5¸ saaonaIilava¸ vaUT AaOr Anya nao Aa[-eemaeAa[- sao of the IAMAI and joined IBF to absorb their digital arms to haqa KIMca ilayao hOM AaOr nayao Aa[-TI inayamaaoM ka palana krnao ko ilae comply with the new IT Rules. Apnao iDijaTla ivaBaaga kao AvaSaaoiYat krnao ko ilae Aa[-baIef maoM OTT players were working together under the aegis Saaimala hao gayao hOM.AaoTITI kMpinayaaM nayao Aa[-TI inayamaaoM 2021 ko tht of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) towards a self-regulatory setup to meet the requirements AavaSyaktaAaoM kao pUra krnao ko ilae ek sva–inayaamak saoTAp kI idSaa maoM under the new IT rules, 2021. [MTrnaoT AaOr maaobaa[la esaaoisaeSana Aa^f [MiDyaa ³Aa[-eemaeAa[-´ ko The OTT platforms in India are t%vaavaQaana maoM eksaaqa kama kr rho qao.Baart maoM AaoTITI traditional broadcasters, announced the PlaoTfama- parMpirk p`saark hOM ijanhaoMnao ApnaI iDijaTla renaming and expansion of the industry body sTIimaMga/ saMpi 66 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 will be responsible for the marketing RMC BFM Play draws on of Disney channels in Central content from the RMC and BFM Europe. channels. The platform is available on the web, the App Store and CHANGES AT PPF Google Play; later, it will also be offered to connected TVs and on operator boxes. DISCOVERY NEW CORPORATE SPORTS BRAND WALT DISNEY APPOINTS Discovery has unleashed a JOPEK The PPF subsidiary PPF Telco new corporate brand to represent its and other persons from the PPF portfolio of sports brands, channels Group have increased their stake in and platforms. the Czech incumbent O2 CR from 83.58% to 90.01%. As the group now owns more than 90% in O2 CR, PPF intends to initiate a squeeze-out procedure of the remaining Discovery Sports will shareholders through a mandatory encompass Eurosport, Global tender offer for their shares. Cycling Network (GCN), Global PPF Telco’s stake in the O2 CR Mountain Bike Network (GMBN), share capital was increased using Golf Digest and GOLFTV powered by Walt Disney has roped in reverse accelerated book building for PGA TOUR, as well sport on Malgorzata Jopek as marketing a maximum price of CZK264 per discovery+ and Discovery’s free-to- director CE, Media Networks at the share. It was the first transaction of air networks. Walt Disney Company. this type carried out on the Czech The new group will be headed Jopek was most recently the capital market. by Eurosport’s Andrew Georgiou managing partner at Good Good Only qualified investors were under the new title of President of Group, prior to which she held senior able to participate in the accelerated Sports. He will continue to report to positions share repurchase. Discovery International CEO Jean- at ATM O2 CR shareholders who are Briac Perrette. Grupa, not qualified investors will be able In addition to his work at TVto sell their shares to PPF under a Eurosport, Play Sports Group and Discovery subsequent mandatory tender offer, Discovery’s Global Sports Rights, Polska in accordance with the applicable Georgiou is adding responsibility for (11 years rules. GOLFTV and Golf Digest. and four Eurosport is being included months), VOD PLATFORM FROM on discovery+ as part of the phased Warner ALTICE international rollout of the service. Bros (8 Altice Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be years and Media has available to watch on discovery+ in MALGORZATA JOPEK three launched a Denmark, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, months), new VOD Norway, Sweden, Spain and the UK. HBO and (again) TVN Discovery platform In all other European markets, except Polska. featuring Russia, Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 She began her career at Grupa live TV, will be available on Eurosport digital RMF in 1993. In her new role she replays and exclusive content. services. 67 SATELLITE & CABLE TV JULY 2021 two large OTT players to drive March 31, 2021, and the quarter creative synergies. We will continue ended December 31, 2020, include to see strong subscriber additions income from the company's IPL with over 40 shows greenlit,” Balaji franchise "Sunrisers Hyderabad" for Telefilms managing director Shobha season 2020 of ` 254.60 crores and Kapoor said. ` 209.07 crores respectively (Year Meanwhile, the Board has ended March 31, 2020, for season considered and approved a dividend 2019 (Partial) of ` 244.40 crores) of ten per cent (` 0.20 per share) subject and corresponding costs of ` 161.81 ALTBALAJI INCREASES to shareholder approval. It is going to crores and ` 129.71 crores REVENUES highly focus on maintaining liquidity respectively (Year ended March 31, and balance sheet strength through the 2020, for season 2019 (partial) of year with the current cash and cash ` 139.29 crores). equivalent balance at ` 144 crore. Sun TV Network operates satellite television channels across SUN TV PROFITS SURGE five languages of Tamil, Telugu, Sun TV Kannada, Malayalam, and Bangla, Network airs FM radio stations across India, has had a and owns the SunRisers Hyderabad good run of Cricket Franchise of the Indian profit of ` Premier League and the Digital OTT 487.86 crore Platform Sun NXT. ALTBalaji is driving the in the fortunes of Balaji and has achieved a quarter CHANNELS RECORD MASSIVE 42 per cent growth in subscriptions for ended REVENUE GROWTH FY21. The platform sold a total of 4.7 March 31, FICCI -EY Report 2021 million subscriptions for the year, 2021, estimates that the channels would compared to ` 3.4 million in FY20. compared have generated ` 300 - 400 crore of Despite the speedy growth of to ` 245.23 incremental ad revenues in 2020 and ALTBalaji, overall financial crore for the will likely grow to ` 1000 crore in 2021 performance for the year was quarter ended March 31, 2020. impacted by the pandemic-led The consolidated revenue restrictions on the TV and movie was at ` 3, 176. 79 crores for the business. Balaji Telefilms' year ended 31 March 2021 as consolidated revenue stood at against ` 3,519.85 crores for the ` 293.7 crore for FY21, compared to corresponding year ended 31st ` 573.6 crore. TV business returned March 2020. EBITDA for the year to more normal production in Q4 With ended 31st March 2021 was at ` 223 hours content produced in the 2,071.38 crores as against ` 2,275.92 quarter, the company stated in a crores for the previous year ended statement. 31st March 2020. The Profit after “ALTBalaji continues to drive taxes (after accounting of share from subscription growth and we added joint venture) was at 4.7m subscriptions during the year, ` 1,525.24 crores for the year ended the highest since our launch four March 31, 2021, as against ` 1,385.49 years ago. We have also done crores for the previous year. strategic content-sharing deals with The results for the year ended 68 SATELLITE & CABLE TV JULY 2021 Stating a similar point of view, year, it also witnessed the comeback Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) of the revenue. The report estimates Chief Revenue Officer - Ad Sales and that the channels would have International Business, Rohit Gupta, generated ` 300-400 crore of mentioned that the FTA space is doing incremental advertising revenues in exceptionally well. As a result, all the 2020, which will likely increase to advertisers are keen on spending on ` 1000 crore in 2021. this space. "The revenues are not just Though some channels at par to pre-NTO level, but it has witnessed growth in viewership After winning MPEG-2 slot grown much more than that," said and revenues in the absence of bidding last year on June 3, the four Gupta. the big four, the overall market saw broadcasters' free-to-air (FTA) a considerable channels made a decline. This is comeback on DD because the existing FreeDish over a year channels were after they pulled out in unable to sell the February 2019. inventory as "Despite the effectively as they fragmentation of did. As a result, the channels, every FTA space grew platform has space, much more in 2020 and similarly with after their return electrification across markets, DD According to the FICCI- EY compared to 2019. Freedish has become a significant M&E report 2019, DD Freedish As per the report, as of part of rural audience lifestyle. revenue crashed when the leading January 2021, DD Free Dish hosted Almost all channels were well broadcasters removed their channels 161 channels, including 91 received, including Anmol, and from the platform. It was estimated that Doordarshan channels (comprising viewership only surged," shared approximately ` 1000 crore of 51 educational channels launched Ashish Sehgal, Chief Growth Officer advertising was affected. during the pandemic) and 70 private - Ad Revenue, Zee Entertainment But when the channels channels. In 2019, the platform had Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL). returned to the platform in June last 104 channels. 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Now you can WhatsApp Your Dish Doctor Queries To: +91-91082 32956 DIGITAL HEADEND AND IPTV iDijaTla hoDeMD AaOr Aa[-pITIvaI Q: What is digital headend and IPTV? Please p`Sna: iDijaTla hoDeMD AaOr Aa[-pITIvaI @yaa hOÆ kRpyaa explain. samaJaayaoMÆsamaJaayaoMÆsamaJaayaoMÆ Sudesh Puthran, Bangalore saudoSa puqarana¸ baOMgalaaor Ans.: A headend is a facility that accepts TV signals as ] 70 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 DISH DOCTOR cable network and plays a strategic role in providing kobala naoTvak- pr iDijaTla kobala maa^Doma isaganala [napuT AaOr Aa]TpuT Internet access to subscribers. krta hO AaOr [MTrnaoT e@saosa ga`ahk kao p`dana krnao maoM ek rNanaIitk A traditional service provider, whether it is a telco, BaUimaka inaBaata hO. cable MSO or satellite (DBS) company, is no longer ek parMpirk saovaa p`data caaho vah Tolkao hao¸ kobala emaesaAao bounded by its core segment or original purpose. These yaa saOTolaa[T ³DIbaIesa´ kMpnaI hao¸ Aba Apnao maUla KMD yaa maUla ]_oSya service providers are quickly morphing into comprehensive purveyors of Triple and Quad Play sao baMQaI nahIM hO.yao saovaa p`data TolaIfaonaI ³laOMDlaa[na AaOr saolaular´ services for telephony (landline and cellular), Internet [MTrnaoT e@saosa AaOr vaIiDyaao va iDijaTla TolaIivajana ko ilae iTpla/ access and video and digital television. As Charles Hall AaOr @vaa^D Plao saovaaAaoM ko vyaapk pOraokaraoM maoM tojaI sao $paMtirt hao of Rider Research and publisher of the Online Reporter rha hO.jaOsaaik caalsa- ha^la Aa^f ra[Dr irsaca- AaOr Aa^nalaa[na irpaoT-r ko has suggested recently, the term digital service provider p`kaSak nao hala hI maoM sauJaava idyaa hO ik iDijaTla saovaa p`data Sabd perhaps more accurately reflects this evolutionary process. Saayad [sa ivakasavaadI p`iËyaa kao AiQak saTIk $p sao dSaa-ta For the telco segment of the broadband industry, the hO.ba`a^DbaOMD ]Vaoga ko Tolkao saogamaoMT ko ilae TolaIivajana AaOr vaIiDyaao emerging route to delivery of television and video services is via IPTV (Internet Protocol television). Indeed, most saovaaAaoM ko ivatrNa ka ]Barta maaga- Aa[-pITIvaI ³[MTrnaoT p`aoTaoka^la global telcos are making enormous strides in capturing TolaIivajana´ ko maaQyama sao hO.vaastva maoM AiQakaMSa vaOiSvak dUrsaMcaar market share of the video delivery business that has been kMpinayaaM vaIiDyaao ivatrNa vyavasaaya ko baajaar ihssao pr kbjaa krnao maoM the well-kept province of cable MSOs and DBS providers. kafI p`gait kr rhI hOM jaao kobala emaesaAao AaOr DIbaIesa p`dataAaoM The entrance of telcos into the digital TV and VOD market ko ilae phlao sao psaMdIda xao~ rha hO.iDijaTla TIvaI AaOr vaIAaoDI has caused the industry to question the standard baajaar maoM dUrsaMcaar kMpinayaaoM ko p`vaoSa nao ]Vaoga kao Aa[-pITIvaI Sabd kI definition of the term IPTV. Presently there is no one maanak pirBaaYaa pr savaala KD,a kr idyaa hO.vat-maana maoM [sa ]Vaoga ko accepted industry accepted meaning. Is IPTV now a ilae kao[- svaIkRt Aqa- nahIM hO.@yaa Aa[-pITIvaI Aba ek baajaar ko market as well as a capability? Are IPTV services strictly the domain of the telco or is it of relevance to the cable saaqa–saaqa ek xamata BaI hOÆ@yaa Aa[-pITIvaI saovaayaoM pUrI trh sao Tolkao MSO community as well? ka Daomaona hO yaa yah kobala emaesaAao samaudaya ko ilae BaI p`asaMigak hO. IPTV delivers a low-speed broadband TV Aa[-pITIvaI TolaIfaona taraoM ³ka^pr naoTvak-´ ko maaQyama sao ek connection (2.2 Mb/s) through telephone wires (copper kma gait vaalaa ba`a^DbaOMD TIvaI knao@Sana (2.2 Mb/s) p`dana krta network). Video content may hO.vaIiDyaao saamaga`I k[- sa`aotaoM sao pOda hao originate from multiple sources: saktI hO: saOTolaa[T sao p`IkMp`osD vaIiDyaao precompressed video content from a satellite, MPEG-formatted movie saamaga`I¸ sqaanaIya vaIiDyaao Aa^na iDmaaMD files from a local video on demand ³vaIAaoDI´ sava-r sao emapI[-jaI sva$ipt maUvaI (VoD) server, or a direct feed from fa[laoM¸ yaa p`saarkaoM sao p`%yaxa fID broadcasters, among others. The Aaid.vaIiDyaao sTIma/ sqaanaIya kayaa-laya Wara video streams are received by the p`aPt kI jaatI hO¸ jahaM sqaanaIya saamaga`I local office, where the local content ³jaOsao TIvaI sToSana AaOr iva&apna´ kao imaEaNa (such as TV stations and advertising) is added to the mix. The maoM jaaoD,a jaata hO.sqaanaIya kayaa-laya¸ TIvaI local office is equipped with AaOr ha[- DoifinaSana TIvaI ³ecaDITIvaI´ receiving TV and high definition TV saOTolaa[T isaganalaaoM kao p`aPt krnao ko ilae (HDTV) satellite signals. The local sausaijjat hO.sqaanaIya kayaa-laya ]pBaao@taAaoM office is responsible for sending the kao vaIiDyaao sTIma/ Baojanao ko ilae ijammaodar hO. video streams to the consumer. The number of video sqaanaIya kayaa-laya Wara ]pBaao@ta kao eksaaqa Baojao gayao vaIiDyaao sTIma/ kI streams sent simultaneously by the local office to the consumer varies by the network, but it is hardly more saM#yaa naoTvak- Wara iBanna haotI hO¸ laoikna baOMDivaD\qa saImaa ko karNa yah than four due to bandwidth limitation. The consumer or mauiSkla sao caar sao AiQak hO.]pBaao@ta yaa AMitma ]pyaaogakta-AaoM ko pasa end user has a set-top box that accepts signals and ek saoT Ta^p baa^@sa haota hO jaao ik isaganalaaoM kao svaIkar krta hO AaOr converts them into usable information. ]nhoM p`yaaoga krnao yaaogya jaanakarI maoM pirvait-t krta hO. 71 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021JULY 2021 CHANNEL CHANGES Here are the major changes that have taken place on the various satellites over India in the past month. EXPRESS AM6 at 53.0E DD Arun Prabha and DD Meghalaya Medianet mux has left 3920 V. On 20th & flix, Zee TV India, SET have started on 11670 H, Irdeto. On India, Sony Max India, Sony Ten 1, 3rd Jalsha Movies, Colors Kannada ASIASAT 7 AT 105.5 DEG E ARY Musik, Sony Pal, Hum Sitaray, and Star Maa Movies have started On 12th Avenues Khabar has started & pictures, Zee Cinema Asia, Zee on 10970 V, Irdeto; DD Chhattisgarh, on 3656 H, FTA; Sristy TV, Jagoroni Action, Zee Bollywood, Sony SAB DD Nagaland, DD Mizoram and DD TV and Jobs TV have left 3725 V; TV India, Colors Rishtey Asia, Colors Tripura have left; Pogo, TLC India, Punjab TV has replaced Takbeer TV Cineplex, Animal Planet India, MTV India, Fox Life India, Disney on 3880 H, FTA; Punjab TV has Discovery HD World India and Channel India, Marvel HQ, Star Vijay started on 4065 H, FTA. Khurshid TV have started on 11592 India, Zoom, Gemini TV, EZMall, Zee V; PK Sports has left 11599 V; Zee Tamil, Naxatra News, News 18 SES 7/TELKOM 4 AT 108 DEG E TV India, Sony Max India, Colors Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, On 18th Sony Ten 3, Zee Marathi, MENA, Sony Pal, Zee Action, Zee Bindass, NewsTime Bangla, Kolkata Times Now World, Zee Talkies, Sony Bollywood, Eurosport India, 3 Sport, TV, Nick Jr India, Disney Junior India, SAB TV India, Zee Bangla, Sony Zing Asia, Discovery Kids India and MBC TV, Alankar TV, Arihant TV, BBC Earth, Sony Ten 2, Star Gold B4U Music India have left 11669 V. Satsang TV, Pitaara, Abzy Movies, Select, Zee Keralam, National Star Gold Select, Sony Marathi, Zee Geographic Wild Asia, Star Vijay IS 17 AT 66 DEG E Keralam, Shubh TV, Mazhavil India and Animal Planet India have On 15th Sony Aath and Sony Ten 4 Manorama, PTC Simran, PTC started on 12711 H, encrypted; have started on 3845 H, PowerVu. Punjabi Gold, PTC Music, Sonic Udaya TV, History TV 18, Disney Nickelodeon and Discovery Kids International HD, Aaj Tak, Surya TV, INSAT 3C/4CR/ EDUSAT / GSAT India have started on 11050 V, Sun Bangla, TV 9 Bharatvarsh, Enterr 18AT 74 DEG E Conax; Zee Punjab Haryana 10 Bangla, Aaseervatham TV, Surya On 6th DD Sports has replaced DD Himachal, Colors Odia, DD Kashir, Comedy, Grace TV, PTC Music, Bharati on 3782 H, FTA. SET India, Odisha TV, ABP Majha, Vendhar TV, Darshana TV, Mercy TV, Star Jalsha, Sony Ten 3, Zee Zest, ETV Bal Bharat, News 18 Assam & APSTAR 7 AT 76.5 DEG E Tarang Music, Aljazeera English, Zee North-East, Assam Talks, Madha TV, On 3rd JK News has replaced Star Sarthak, ETV Cinema, Zee Yuva, RT B4U Bhojpuri, Shraddha Mh One, Asia on 3780 V, FTA. News and Zee Uttar Pradesh News 18 Urdu, News 18 Uttar Uttarakhand have left. Pradesh & Uttarakhand, News 18 INSAT 4A/4B/ GSAT-10 /GSAT- 30 Bihar & Jharkhand, News 18 AT 83 DEG E CHINASAT 11 AT 98 DEG E Rajasthan, UTV Action and Jonack On 1st Sony Ten 4 has replaced Tata On 4th HBO Afghanistan is back on have started on 12711 V, encrypted. Sky Bhojpuri Sanima on 11010 V, 11493 V, FTA. On 7th Channel Talash On 20th Major updates in Airtel encrypted. On 8th Kaatyayani TV TV and Sristy TV have left 11493 V. package. On 21st Minor updates in has left 3958 H. On 15th ETV Bal On 8th Dhoom News HD, Channel Airtel package. Bharat has started on 4005 H, Irdeto. Talash TV and Sristy TV have started on 11493 V, FTA. On 11th Falguni THAICOM 4 / BANGABANDHU 1 at INSAT 4B/3A / GSAT 15 / GSAT TV has started on 11493 V, FTA. On 119.5 deg E 17AT 93.5 DEG E 12th Hum TV has started on 3975 On 1st Nagorik TV on 4520 H is now On 1st Sony Ten 4 and Eurosport H, FTA; A Medianet mux has started in FTA. On 13th Gazi TV on 4625 H is India have started on 11010 V, Irdeto; on 3975 V, Tongfang. On 14th Warner now in FTA. On 15th Gazi TV on 4625 Sony Max India has replaced Sony TV Asia has replaced FX India on H is encrypted again. On 18th Gazi Max 2 on 11670 H, Irdeto. ON 2nd 3920 V, Tongfang. On 24th The TV on 4625 H is encrypted again. SATELLITE & CABLE TV 72 JULY 2021 CHANNEL GUIDE UPDATED AS OF 1ST JULY 2021 FTA = Free To Air SCR = Scrambled Radio Channels in Italics FREQ/POL CHANNEL SR FEC FREE / SCRAM NOTES INTELSAT-38/AzerSpace2 at 45.1 deg East: Bom Az 238 El 51, Blr Az 250 El 49, Del 232 El 41, Chennai Az 252 El 46, Bhopal Az 238 El 44 Cal Az 248 El 35 SATEL 11475 V Dialog DTH: Sony Six HD, Discovery World India HD, Star Movies Select HD, Animal Planet HD, AXN East Asia HD, Rugby PassTV HD, Star Sports 1 HD, Sony Ten2 HD, Star Sports select HD1, Star Sports Select HD2 32000 2/3 DVB-S2/8PSK India Beam 11515 V Dialog DTH: CBeebies Asia, Pogo, Cartoon Network HD+, A Plus Kids TV, Nickelodeon South East Asia, Baby TV Asia, Disney Junior India, National Geographic India, Sony BBC Earth, National Geographic Wild Asia, Animal Planet India, L Discovery Channel India, Discovery Science India, Tech Storm, TLC India, History TV 18, Travelxp HD, Travel Channel I Asia, Sony Ten 1, Ten Cricket, Sony Ten 2 23700 5/6 DVB-S India Beam TE & CABLE T 11555 V Dialog DTH:HGTV Asia, Makeful, SET India, Sony Max India, Star Gold India, Colors, Star Plus India, Zee TV India, Colors Tamil, Sun TV, KTV, Star Vijay India, Kalaignar TV, Zee Cinema Asia, UTV Movies, B4U Movies India, Zee Tamil, Sirippoli, Zing Asia, Supreme TV, DTamil, Fashion TV Asia, Hi TV, NHK World Japan,, WakuWaku Japan South East Asia 27690 3/5 DVB-S India Beam 11595 V Dialog DTH: Channel One, Rupavahini, Channel Eye, ITN, Vasantham TV, TV Derana, Swarnavahini, Sirasa TV, Shakthi TV, TV 1, Hiru TV, TNL TV, Art, Ada Derana 24x7, Siyatha TV, Haritha TV, TV Didula, Ridee TV, Citi Hitz, 7th Circuit, Rangiri Sri Lanka TV, Guru TV, UTV Tamil HD, Nenasa TV Sinhala 27690 5/6 DVB-S India Beam 11635 V Dialog DTH: Eurosport Asia, Outdoor Channel International, Star Sports 1, Star Sports 2, Star Sports Select HD1, Sony Six, DSport, Star Movies India, HBO Asia, HBO Signature Asia, HBO Hits, HBO Family Asia, Cinemax Asia, & flix, Hits Movies, V CinemaWorld, Sony Pix, Hits, Zee Café, Star World India, Warner TV Asia, AXN East Asia, Colors Infinity, Blue Ant Entertainment, Celestial Classic Movies, Food Network Asia, Fox Life India, Comedy Central India 27690 5/6 Irdeto 2 India Beam 11675 V Dialog TV: Nenasa TV Tamil, Buddhist TV, Shraddha TV, Damsathara TV, God TV, Aljazeera, Swarga TV, Verbum TV, France 24 English, CNBC Asia-Pacific, ABC Australia TV, BBC, CGTN, CNN, NDTV, RT News, Bloomberg TV, Trace Urban, B4U Music, VH1 India, Channel C, Sun Music, Zoom, Da Vinci Learning India 27690 5/6 DVB-S India Beam AMOS 4 at 65 deg East DishHome DTH Nepal: Avenues Khabar, News 24, ABC News, Janata TV, Nice TV, Colors, Star Plus India, Zee TV India, 10735 V SET India, MTV India, Zoom, Zing Asia, Discovery Channel India, Animal Planet India, National Geographic India, TLC 45000 1/2 Mpeg 4 India, Comedy Central India, Sony Pix, Star Movies India, Star Sports Select HD1, Sony Six, Sony Ten 1 HD Latens, Verimatrix India Beam 73 DishHome DTH Nepal: Star Gold India, Sony Max India, Zee Cinema Asia, Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 10789 V Select HD1, Sony Six, Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten 2, Sony Ten 3, CNN International South Asia, BBC World News South Asia, 45000 1/2 Mpeg 4 Latens, Aljazeera English, CNA, RT News, Zee News, Hungama TV, DishHome Cinema Ghar 888, Star Sports 1, Star Sports 2, Verimatrix India Beam Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports Select HD2 DishHome DTH Nepal: DishHome Showcase, Plus Movie, Kantipur TV, Image Channel, NTV National, Sagarmatha TV, 10860 V Colors, Zee TV India, Star Plus HD India, Zee Cinema Asia, Star Gold HD India, ACORAB, Radio Nepalbani, Nepal FM, 45000 1/2 Mpeg 4, Latens, Thaha Sanchar Network, Ujyaalo 90 Network, Janata Media Radio, BFBS Gurkha Network, Radio Nepal Verimatrix India Beam DishHome DTH Nepal:DishHome Ramailo, D Movies, NTV Plus, NTV News, Mountain TV, Himalaya TV, AP1 TV, TV Today, TV Filmy, Bhakti Darshan TV, Star Bharat India, Sony SAB TV India, Hi Dost!, KBS World 24, Zee Anmol, Gyandarshan, Colors Cineplex, Star Gold 2, & pictures, B4U Movies India, Dhinchaak, Zee Action, Star Utsav Movies, Sony Max 2, 45000 2/3 Mpeg 4 10914 V MTV Beats, Investigation Discovery India, History TV 18, Discovery Science India, Discovery Turbo India, National Latens, Verimatrix India Beam Geographic Wild Asia, Luxe TV, Sony BBC Earth, VoA TV Asia, Star Movies India, TRT World, Times Now, News 18, Zee Business, NDTV India, Aaj Tak, Nickelodeon India, BabyFirst TV, Discovery Kids India, Nick Jr India, Disney Channel India, Marvel HQ, Sonic Nickelodeon, Disney Junior India DishHome DTH Nepal: DishHome Action Sports, Nepa Channel, DishHome Cinema Ghar 108, DishHome Gunjan, DishHome Cine Hits, DishHome Junior, Business Plus, BTV Business, Krishi TV, BM HD, Gorkha TV, & TV, Colors Infinity, Colors 11235 V Rishtey Asia, DD Bharati, Xing Kong International, Aakaash Aath, Anjan TV, Zee Bollywood, Manoranjan TV, Bhojpuri 45000 2/3 Mpeg 4, Latens, Cinema, 9XM, 9X Jalwa, Living Foodz, NHK World Japan, TV 5 Monde Asie, DW English, CGTN, Arirang World, Star Verimatrix India Beam Sports 3, Star Sports Select HD2, Fight Sports, DD Sports, Peace of Mind TV, Discovery HD World India, Star World HD India, Nepal Radio Network JULY 2 JULY DishHome DTH Nepal:Sarokar TV, NTV Kohalpur, NTV Itahari, Prime Times, Star Gold Select, DishHome Cinema Ghar 555, 11289 V Sony Yay!, & TV, & pictures, HBO Signature Asia, HBO Hits, HBO Family Asia, Cinemax Asia, National Geographic India, 45000 2/3 Mpeg 4 Latens, Zee Café, AP1 TV, Kantipur TV Verimatrix India Beam 11360 V DishHome TV NEPAL: Star Bharat HD, SET India HD, Sony Max HD, Star Gold Select HD, Sony Ten 2 HD, Sony Ten 3 HD, 0 2 Animal Planet HD, TLC HD, Comedy Central HD, Disney International HD, VH1 HD, MTV Beats HD, DishHome Ramailo, 45000 2/3 Mpeg 4, Latens, 1 DishHome Action Sports Verimatrix India Beam 12660 V DishHome TV NEPAL: Baby TV Asia, Colors Infinity, Colors Cineplex, Nat Geo Wild Asia, Fox Life India, 9XM, Himalaya 45000 2/3 Mpeg 4 Latens TV, NTV Plus, BM HD, Plus Movie, DishHome Cine Hits, DishHome Gunjan Verimatrix India Beam 12714 V DishHome TV NEPAL: Reality TV, D Movies, Hollywood Hits, K World, Rhymes, Bhojpuri Magic, Yoho TV, Mega TV, B4U 45000 2/3 Mpeg 4 Latens, Kadak, House Full Movies, Mastiii Verimatrix India Beam INTELSAT 17 AT 66 Deg E: 3845 H Sony Entertainment: SET Asia, SET Middle East, Sony Max Asia, Sony SAB TV Asia, Max M.E., Sony Six, Sony Pix, 30000 3/4 Mpeg 4 DVB S2 Sony Aath, Sony Ten 4 PowerVu Landmass beam Tata: Kalainagar TV, Seithigal, Isai Aruvi, Sirippoli TV, Chithiram TV, Kalaignar Murasu TV, Vendhar TV, Sairam TV, News 7 CHANNEL GUIDE UPDATED AS OF 1ST JULY 2021 FTA = Free To Air SCR = Scrambled Radio Channels in Italics FREQ/POL CHANNEL SR FEC FREE / SCRAM NOTES 3845 V Tamil, Ayush TV, MK Tunes, MK Six, Sai TV, Hindu Dharmam, TV 5 Kannada, Malai Murasu TV, Malar TV, Shalini TV, 28800 5/6 Mpeg 2 / Mpeg 4 Update News, Update TV, Update Music, Update Kids Irdeto Landmass beam SATEL 3876 H Indiasign: CVR English, CVR OM Spiritual, Tollywood, RTV (India), Nireekshana TV, Mango, Y TV Telugu, Hornbill TV, Madhimugam TV, News India 24x7, NK TV 24x7, Mangalam TV 14300 3/4 Mpeg4 FTA Landmass beam SUN NW: Sun TV, KTV, Sun News, Sun Music, Gemini TV, Gemini Movies, Gemini Comedy, Udaya TV, Udaya Movies, 3885 V Surya TV, Surya TV HD, Chutti TV, Kochu TV, Gemini Music, Surya Movies, Gemini Music HD, Gemini Movie HD, Udaya L HD, Sun Bangla, Sun Marathi 30000 3/4 Mpeg4 Irdeto 2 Landmass beam I TE & CABLE T 3894 H Indiasign: HMTV, Aradhana TV, T News, MBC TV, Calvary TV, Prarthana Bhawan TV, 7 S Music, ABN, V6 News, CVR News, Mercy TV (India), FM News, CVR Health, Inews, 10TV, AP 24x7. 1 Sports 13840 5/6 DVB S2 Mpeg 4 Landmass beam 3914 H New Delhi TV: NDTV 24x7, NDTV India, NDTV Profit, NDTV Prime, NDTV Good Times 11200 3/4 Mpeg4 Irdeto 2 Landmass beam 3925 V Sun TV NW: Kushi TV, Udaya Music, Chintu TV, Adithya TV, Udaya Comedy, Surya Comedy Surya Music, Sun Life, 30000 3/4 DVB S2, Mpeg 4, Gemini Life, Sun TV HD, KTV HD, Sun Music HD, Gemini TV HD Irdeto 2 Landmass beam 3932 H Indo Teleports: Peppers TV, Maha Punjabi, Total TV Haryana, Chardikla Time TV, Enterr10 Bangla, Enterr 10 18330 2/3 DVB S2 Landmass beam 3965 V TV5 Monde Asia, TV5 HD, TV5 Style HD 12335 3/4 Mpeg 4 PowerVu Landmass beam 3966 H News J, Thanti TV, Janam TV, Patrika Rajasthan TV, Meenakshi TV, Jothi TV, Nambikkai TV, Good News TV 18330 2/3 FTA Landmass beam V 3984 H VoA TV Global HD, VoA TV Indian Ocean HD, VoA TV China HD, VoA TV Africa HD, God TV Asia, Colors Mena HD (scr) 14400 3/4 Mpeg 4/PowerVu Landmass beam 4006 H Planetcast: Shalom TV India, Salvation TV (India), Media One, Kaumudy TV, Powervision TV, Sathiyam TV, Dheeran TV, Ate TV, Safari, Studio One +, Darshana TV Middle East, Dighvijay News 24x7, Tunes 6 Music, Velicham TV, Navtej TV, Reporter 14400 3/4 DVB-S2 Mpeg4 Landmass beam Tata: Angel TV India, Captain TV, Imayam TV, Madha TV, Makkal TV, Kairali Channel, We, Moon TV, Puthiya Thalaimurai, 4015 V Sri Sankara TV, Subhavaartha TV, Tamilan TV, Vasanth TV, Win TV, Polimer, Public TV, Captan News, TV5 News, Polimer 30000 3/4 Mpeg 4 DVB S2 News, MK TV, Puthuyugam TV, Public Music TV, Kairali Arabiya, Public Movies, Mathrubhumi News, Kappa TV FTA / Conax Landmass beam 4024 H PlanetCast: Star Vijay International (scr), Asianet News, Asianet ME, Suvarna News, Amrita TV, Goodness TV, Jaihind TV, 14400 2/3 Mpeg 4 Jeevan TV, Manorama News Intnl., 24 News, Flowers TV (scr), Sakhi TV Videoguard / FTA Landmass beam INTELSAT 20 / 36 at 68.50 deg E: Bom Az 193 El 67, Blr Az 215 El 71, Del 197 El 55, Chennai Az 222 El 69, Bhopal Az 202 El 61 Cal Az 223 El 55 74 3713 V KBS Korea 2800 2/3 Mpeg4 C Beam 3723 V Indiasign: TV 9 Telugu, Mojo TV, TV 9 Kannada, TV 9 Marathi, TV 9 Gujarati, TV 9 Bharatvarsh, Mahaa News, Shubhsandesh TV 9600 3/4 Mpeg 4 DVB S2 C Beam Discovery Networks India: Discovery Channel India, DTamil, Animal Planet India, 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