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India, did actually implement a regulation to let users pay for exactly what they want to see to give the users an option other than the bundles provided by car
by risfriend 6y ago
India, did actually implement a regulation to let users pay for exactly what they want to see to give the users an option other than the bundles provided by carriers/aggregators. This was implemented from Feb, 2019 https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/watching-tv-to-be-cheaper-after-february-1-trai-dth-rules-allow-users-to-create-pay-per-channel-plan-1427140-2019-01-09 https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/watching-tv-...
Also, from March of this year the price per channel was capped and even the carriage fee has been capped to what the government agency deemed suitable - https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/telecom-policy/trai-lowers-cap-on-mrp-of-individual-channels/articleshow/73063399.cms?from=mdr https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/teleco...
Though this can end up making the business for some cable TV companies unsustainable, especially on the lower end of the spectrum - some of which were already in losses.