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TRAI Invites Suggestions for Consultation Paper on Empanelment of Auditors for Digital Addressable Systems

Start Date :

Dec 22, 2017

Last Date :

Jan 23, 2018

00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released consultation paper on the empanelment of auditors for digital addressable systems for broadcasting and cable sector. ...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released consultation paper on the empanelment of auditors for digital addressable systems for broadcasting and cable sector.
TRAI brought a regulatory framework for digital addressable systems and notified the interconnection regulations namely the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Interconnection (Addressable Systems) Regulations, 2017 dated 3rd March 2017. These regulations have provisions relating to technical audit and subscription audit wherein it has been provided that the Authority may empanel auditors for this purpose. Presently, these regulations are sub-judice in the Hon’ble High Court of Madras and Hon’ble High Court of Delhi. However, this consultation paper is a preparatory work before calling proposals for empanelment of auditors, and has no bearing on the said regulations or ongoing litigations. This consultation process will enable TRAI to prepare a comprehensive document to seek proposals from auditors in line with the industry requirement and formulate guidelines to auditors.

All the distributors such as Multi-System Operator, Direct to Home operator, Headend In The Sky operator or IPTV operator are required to install digital headends including Subscriber Management System and Conditional Access System for distributing signals of TV channels through digital addressable systems. To have a level playing field amongst all the distributors, the Authority has prescribed minimum technical specifications for addressable systems. These technical specifications primarily ensure the addressability & transparency and help in preventing piracy.

Technical audit of a digital addressable system of a distributor is important before provisioning of signals of TV channels by the broadcasters. This audit is commissioned by broadcaster to satisfy itself that the distributor, to whom it is likely to provide television signal, meets the addressable system requirements specified in the regulations. Similarly, in order to reduce the disputes related to invoices between broadcasters & distributors, subscription audit is important. This audit focuses on ascertaining the subscriber numbers being reported by distributor to broadcaster.

The consultation paper seeks views of stakeholders on various audit-empanelment related issues such as scope of audit, eligibility criteria and experience, length of empanelment, audit fee and payment terms, time period for completion of audit work, de-empanelment, reporting requirements of auditors.

The consultation paper can be viewed here.

Written comments on the issues raised in the consultation are invited from the stakeholders by 22nd January, 2018.

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Tanmoy Kumar Bharati 7 years 8 months ago

Bhason in Sansod is good,but Life of Kulbhuson are in danger.Keep yourself in place of Him.He was not captured during onduty.So, why he is feeling pain. Are you thinking to abduct any onduty Pakistani army officer & to bargain with kulbhuson.Is their any other method?

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Vinod Vaishnav 7 years 8 months ago

Bharat main Aaj bhi Log Sabse Jyada Cable-Tv Dekhate Hain. Aur Yah Condition Village+ Area me Jyada hain. I Think: TRAI Ko En sab Ko digital Set of Box ke liye Deadline de deni chaiye, Jisase Log{People's) Digital Technology ko Jaan sake, High Defination (HD) Channal Ka Mazza le sake. Eske Alava Channal Ki Feec, Charges per sab per ek Same Rules & Regulations Ko Apply Karna Honga.

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SILADITYA BALIAL 7 years 8 months ago

#MyGov, #TRAI Audit must be done in a proper way. Payment and others subjects must be reasonable.

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Tanmoy Kumar Bharati 7 years 8 months ago

Pakistan was doubting about hidden transmitter in cloths, shoes,ornaments to locate the position by indian army to run rescue operation for kulbuson.Wife & mother can give small transmitter to Kulbhuson. For that reason there was a glass between them.Pakistan kept the cloths, shoes,ornaments to check the transmitter or pakistan itself can implant transmitter on those cloths & can blame india , that india did it. so be careful.

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Tanmoy Kumar Bharati 7 years 8 months ago

Attacking by crossing LOC will not solve the problem of terrorism from Pakistan. Indian special force should abduct any on duty Pakistani army officer near LOC & bergain with Kulbhuson yadav.After abduction of Pakistani army officer , India will give death centence for his guilty of spying in India.

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HRISHIKESH BISWAS 7 years 8 months ago

Jay hind !!!देश का सबसे बड़ा दुसमन ए आदमि.दुसमन को पखड़ने बाला आदमि !इसलिए स्याटेलाइट क्यामेरा/डिजिटाल क्यामेरा टि भि का नेटओर्क ज्यासा!ऐसा चिँज इस्तेमाल करना होगा!ए हमारी शायद है !कौशिष किजिएगा PMगुरुजी !!ए काम सीर्फ आपकेलिए, दुसरा कोइ आदमि नेहि कर सक्ता है!ए बाँत थोड़ा ध्यान दिजिएगा!plese plese plese...

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Tanmoy Kumar Bharati 7 years 8 months ago

West bengal government are celebrating X-mas day using people's money. Was that necessary?
No indutry in west bengal. No good job here.People living in poverty. Inflation is very high. The promoter of real estate business are earning high with the help of political leaders. Once WB people made mistake by keeping CPM in power. Same mistake has happened in case of TMC by keeping TMC in power for long. In WB,living in poverty & unemployment is a disease.
Political parties take advantage of this

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Tanmoy Kumar Bharati 7 years 8 months ago

Mananiyo was saying today a lie about Make in India. But driverless metro & bullet train and all things are imported. Indian engineers are becoming useless day by day.At least I made a radio controlled toy electric riskshow. Its actually make in india. Mananiyo was saying that Jesus is god. I think he is a good man only. He is not god's son. Because god didn't protect him from his brutal death & he had no special power.Demigod will always have a power like me.I am a simple man as jesus.

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Tan Sen 7 years 8 months ago

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Tanmoy Kumar Bharati 7 years 8 months ago

BJP thinks that doing simple job like notebandhi & GSt, it can stay in power for long. Its foolishness.

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