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INDIA’S MOST RESPECTED TRADE MAGAZINE FOR THE CABLE TV, BROADBAND, IPTV & SATELLITE INDUSTRY #1 for News & Current Affairs JULY 2021 Issue: VOL XXIX / 5 / 2021 25 MEDIA BEAT CATV By Ashok Mansukhani maIiDyaabaIT Contents laoKk: ASaaok manasauKanaI F 7 EDITORIAL / saMpadkIya O ARTICLES... C 23 ZEE – VIACOM18 MERGER IN THE OFFING NTO 2.0 ivalaya haonao vaalaa hO jaI–vaayaka^ma 18 ka U INTERCONNECTION 42 (ADDRESSABLE SYSTEMS) (THIRD S AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2021 NTO 2.0 JUDGEMENT BY TolaIkmyauinakoSana ³p`saarNa AaOr kobala´ saovaayaoM 21 [MTrknao@Sana ³eD/osaobala isasTma´ ³tIsara BOMBAY HIGH COURT saMSaaoQana´ ivainayama¸ 2021 baMba[- ]cca nyaayaalaya Wara VIACOM18 TAKES REGIONAL enaTIAao 2º0 pr fOsalaa 55 CHANNEL GLOBAL xao~Iya caOnalaaoM kao vaOiSvak banaayaa vaayaka^ma 18 nao 57 WARNERMEDIA HIRING NEW 70 iDSa Da^@Tr 8 samaacaar 67 TALENT TO DRIVE GLOBAL BIZ OR NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS vaana-rmaIiDyaa nao vaOiSvak karaobaar baZ,anao ko ilae nayaI DISH DOCT p`itBaaAaoM kI inayaui@t kI 68 NBA REQUESTS EXCLUSION FROM BUSINESS NEWS 59 NEW RULES enabaIe nao nayao inayamaaoM sao inaYaod ka AnauraoQa ikyaa DISH DOCTOR NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS NBF USHERS NEW INITIATIVES iDSa Da^@Tr samaacaar 60 enabaIef nao nayaI phla kI Sau$Aat kI BUSINESS NEWS For Advertisement & Publicity PUBLISHER ADVT. & EVENTS CO-ORDINATOR SUBSCRIPTIONS : Sudeep Malhotra Geeta Lalwani Nishant Masurkar Contact : SATELLITE & CABLE TV [email protected] [email protected] 312/313, A Wing, 3rd Floor, Dynasty Business Park, Andheri Kurla Road, EDITOR Andheri (E), Mumbai – 400059. 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SATELLITE & CABLE TV accepts no responsibility for material contained in the advertisements. It is not the intention of the magazine to encourage in any way actions which are contrary to existing or future regulations, rules or local laws. Registered Office: SCaT MEDIA & CONSULTANCY LLP 106, Stanford Plaza, Plot # B-65, Off New Link Road, Andheri (W), TOTAL PAGES Mumbai - 400 053. Maharashtra. INDIA. 88 Tel.: 022-26733163 / 26733164 Fax: 91-22-26733162 SATELLITE & CABLE TV 5 JULY 2021 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.