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The Conditional Access System and
the supportive Subscriber Management
System should be mandated under
the Cable Television Networks (Regulation)
Act, 1995.
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The Set Top Box shall be required
only for "Pay" Channels
and the "Free To Air"
channels shall be receivable by
the subscribers in the current mode,
without Set Top Box. The encrypted
channel should be defined as "Subscription
based Channel".
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Technical parameters of the Set
Top Box shall conform to the Indian
standards, to be prescribed by the
Bureau of Indian Standards, in accordance
with the provisions of the Bureau
of Indian Standards Act, 1986. While
doing so, the Bureau of Indian Standards
may take into account the internationally
acceptable standards and obtain
recommendations from technologists
and manufacturers of equipment.
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It shall be mandatory for the Equipment
Provider/ Manufacturer to declare,
in a transparent manner, the capability
of the Set Top Box and its interoperability
on other networks.
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order to ensure transparency in
the operations between MSOs, Cable
Operators etc., the Government must
be empowered to obtain detailed
information, on regular basis, from
each level of operation. This may
include information on total subscriber
base, on individual programmers,
viewer ship of independence channels,
subscription rates, charges fixed
by the Broadcasters, Content Creators
for each channel etc. Each subscriber
shall be keeping informed in a transparent
manner of the subscription rates
for each individual 'Pay' channel.
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Unauthorized viewing/ distribution/redistribution
of the broadcast signal should be
made a cognizable offence.
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The Government should regulate the
price of 'Basic Tier' of the 'Free-to-Air'
channels. The Government should
also be enabled to revise the cost
of the 'Basic Tier', from time to
time. The Government will also make
a special provision for the channels
of the Public Services Broadcaster.
No government intervention was considered
necessary with regard to the cost
of the Set Top Box or the rates
of the individual 'Pay' channel.
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should be no requirement for change
of the receiving set, irrespective
of whether the consumer chooses
to watch 'Free-to-Air' channels
and/or 'Pay' channels.
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There was an immediate need to educate
the consumer on the operation of
cable television, on the cost of
content creation and its distribution
upto the households. The Broadcasters,
Content Creators and MSOs should
not enhance the charges of the 'Pay'
channels arbitrarily; it should
be done in a transparent manner.
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The packaging of services includes
Value Added Services, as well as
the pricing of the paid bouquets
would be left to market forces.
However, consumer interest needed
to be protected by providing efficient
and responsive service and through
a transparent and accurate billing
and collection system. This will
also ensure that the revenue accruable
to the Government is determined
in a fair manner.
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