LCOs protest against Trai’s tariff order

NEW DELHI: Delhi-based local cable operators today showed black flags to Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni to mark their silent protest against the tariff order of Trai.

Soni, who had come to attend the FOCUS 2012 meet organised by ASSOCHAM on Digitisation, was told by LCOs that it was not possible to sustain their business of cable television with a revenue share of just Rs 45 out of Rs 100 that the subscriber will pay for the basic service tier of 100 free-to-air TV channels.

Soni promised the operators present that the ministry will look into these concerns.

Cable Operators Federation of India President Roop Sharma told the Minister that cable operators had set up this industry with their hard work and without any help from the government over the last 22 years and, therefore, the government should not hurt their business.