Trai — channel tariff

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Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641025

Dear sir

Now i am paying rs250/ pm for having hd setup box 10 hd channels and 300 sd channels whether i am watching or not which is immaterial on less cost.

In this new tariff for 200 channels (100 free channel+100 pay channels) will hv to pay rs500/ approximately. where is the consumer benefits? Why should we pay for channels (Pay channels) when they are getting revenue thru advertisements.

For example in lower middle clas and villages, people are watching mainly serials, movies, certain extend kids, small portion devotional. These major usages by our people in india. Sports, english movies, english news are watching by upper middle class and higher.

We look at first category in south. Major role played are sun group, vijay group, jaya tv and small portion zee, mega etc. These are pay channels as categorised by trai. Which means these players are getting more revenue than other free channels.

When lower revenue players are providing their channels are free why can't these players providing free instead of pay channels. Is it fair on trai part?

Trai supposed to regulate these problem where customers are paying very high.

If any person choose the only above (Sun, vijay, jayys, zee, raj, mega, etc), we hv to pay around rs110 to 125 +gst. Which will come approximately rs 278/- (153+125) + gst of 125 + every 25 channels rs20/ additional chareges which willl worked out around rs300/ per month whereas we are paying only rs200/ including other languages pay channels. (Hindi, telugu, malayalam, kannada,, etc).

Same problem in north, they will hv to choose sony, zee, star groups.

What way it is helping consumers? It will help broadcausters only for making money. They are utilizing the consumer weakness, trai also helping them either directly or indirectly.

Request trai, first remove pay channel concept like other partners

Instead trai can fix the charges based on choosing no of channels like 100, 150, 200, so on. Which is meaningful. Now 100 channesl 154 includive of all like that 175 for 150 channels, 200 for 200 channels like based on customer choice.

Present tariff system will not help for middle class people. They will hv shell out more money for channels as mentioned above.

Will trai consider this? Kindly rework the tariff for the benefit of consumer if trai really interested on customer welfare.