Watching TV is going to be expensive due to the implementation of the new tariff order of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
From 1st December i.e. New Year, you will have to pay more money to maintain your hobby of watching TV. Yes, actually the prices of some selected channels are going to increase from 1st December. Viewers will have to pay 50 percent more for these selected channels from December 1.
Let us inform that the country's major broadcasting networks ZEE, STAR, SONY, VIACOM 18 have excluded some of their channels from the proposed bouquet list of the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI). In such a situation, if you have to give 50 percent more power to watch these channels.
How much Extra to be Paid:
For channels like STAR PLUS, COLORS, SONY, ZEE, viewers will have to pay 35 to 50 percent of the price. At present, the average price of these channels is Rs 49 per month, which can be increased to Rs 69 per month.
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Similarly, instead of Rs 39 for Sony, Rs 71 will have to be spent per month. Whereas ZEE will cost Rs 49 per month instead of Rs 39 and Rs 39 per month instead of Rs 25 per month for Viacom18 channels.
Reason Behind Expensiveness:
Watching TV is going to be expensive due to the implementation of the new tariff order of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). TRAI had issued New Tariff Order (NTO) in March 2017 regarding the prices of TV channels.
TRAI believed that with NTO 2.0, viewers will be able to pay by selecting only those channels which they want to watch. However, the problem is that the channels whose monthly value was kept between Rs 15-25 by the broadcasting network, were fixed at a minimum of Rs 12 due to the new tariff order of TRAI.
Due to which the broadcaster channel was suffering. Due to this, the prices of some popular channels are increasing.