(1) The Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Interconnection (Digital Addressable Cable Television Systems) Regulations, 2012 are hereby repealed.
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(2) The Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Interconnection Regulation, 2004, to the extent they are applicable to addressable systems, are hereby repealed.
(3) Notwithstanding the repeal of regulations mentioned, under sub-regulation (1) and sub-regulation (2) of this regulation, anything done or any action taken or proposed to have been done under the said regulations shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provision of these regulations.
(Sudhir Gupta) Secretary TRAI Note.—The Explanatory Memorandum explains the objects and reasons of the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Interconnection (Addressable Systems) Regulations, 2017.
Page 30 of 110 Schedule I (Refer sub-regulation (2) of the regulation 8) Calculation of the carriage fee amount The carriage fee amount, for each month or part thereof, during the term of the interconnection agreement shall be calculated as given below:- Sl. Calculation of the carriage fee amount 1 If monthly subscription for a channel in the target market is less than five percent of the average active subscriber base of the distributor in that month in the target market, then the carriage fee amount shall be equal to the rate of carriage fee per channel per subscriber per month, as agreed under the interconnection agreement, multiplied by the average active subscriber base of the distributor in that month in the target market.
2 If monthly subscription for a channel in the target market is greater than or equal to five percent but less than ten percent of the average active subscriber base of the distributor in that month in the target market, then the carriage fee amount shall be equal to the rate of carriage fee per channel per subscriber per month, as agreed under the interconnection agreement, multiplied by 0.75 times of the average active subscriber base of the distributor in that month in the target market.
3 If monthly subscription for a channel in the target market is greater than or equal to ten percent but less than fifteen percent of the average active subscriber base of the distributor in that month in the target market, then the carriage fee amount shall be equal to the rate of carriage fee per channel per subscriber per month, as agreed under the interconnection agreement, multiplied by 0.5 times of the average active subscriber base of the distributor in that month in the target market.
4 If monthly subscription for a channel in the target market is greater than or equal to fifteen percent but less than twenty percent of the average active subscriber base of the distributor in that month in the target market, then the carriage fee amount shall be equal to the rate of carriage fee per channel per subscriber per month, as agreed under the interconnection agreement, multiplied by 0.25 times of the average active subscriber base of the distributor in that month in the target market.
5 If monthly subscription for a channel in the target market is greater than or equal to twenty percent of the average active subscriber base of the distributor in that month in the target market, then the carriage fee amount shall be equal to 'Nil'.
Note:- (1) For the purpose of calculation of carriage fee amount for a high definition channel, the average active subscriber base of the distributor in that month in the target market shall be of subscribers capable of receiving high definition television channels.
(2) The average active subscriber base of the distributor in a month shall be calculated in the manner as prescribed in the Schedule VII.
(3) The monthly subscription for a channel shall be calculated in the manner as prescribed in the Schedule VII.
(4) The Illustration-I (for standard definition channel) and Illustration-II (for high definition channels) given below explains the calculation of carriage fee amount:- Page 31 of 110 ILLUSTRATION-I Suppose a distributor of television channels has an agreement with a broadcaster for carriage of a standard definition channel called ‘X’ at the rate of Rs. 0.20 per subscriber per month. The carriage fee amount payable by the broadcaster to the distributor would be calculated as follows:- ILLUSTRATION-II Suppose a distributor of television channels has an agreement with a broadcaster for carriage of a high definition channel called ‘Y’ at a rate of Rs. 0.40 per subscriber per month then the carriage fee amount payable by the broadcaster to the distributor would be calculated as follows:- Month Average Active Subscriber Base over the month Monthly subscription percentage of the standard definition Channel ‘X’ Rate of Carriage Fee (in Paisa) Multiplier Carriage Fee Amount in (Rs.)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F)=(B)x(D)x(E) January 1000 4% 20 1 200.00 February 800 8% 20 0.75 120.00 March 1500 12% 20 0.50 150.00 April 2000 19% 20 0.25 100.00 May 3000 20% 20 0 0.00 June 4000 22% 20 0 0.00 July 10000 17% 20 0.25 500.00 August 20000 25% 20 0 0.00 Month Average Active Subscriber Base, of high definition STBs, over the month Monthly subscription percentage of the high definition Channel ‘Y’ Rate of Carriage Fee (in paisa) Multiplier Carriage Fee Amount in (Rs.)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F)=(B)x(D)x(E) January 100 2% 40 1 40.00 February 80 5% 40 0.75 24.00 March 150 11% 40 0.50 30.00 April 160 16% 40 0.25 16.00 May 180 20% 40 0 0.00 June 200 22% 40 0 0.00 July 190 17% 40 0.25 19.00 August 170 25% 40 0 0.00 Page 32 of 110 Schedule II (Refer sub-regulation (4) of the regulation 10) Application form for request of signals of television channels
1. Name of the distributor of television channels:
2. The names of Owners/Directors/Partners of the distributor:
3. Registered Office address:
4. Address for communication:
5. Name of the contact person/ Authorized Representative:
6. Telephone:
7. Email address:
8. Copy of certificate of registration/ permission/ license (Attach a Copy):
9. Details of Head-end, Conditional Access Systems (CAS) and Subscriber Management Systems (SMS) deployed by the distributor:
10. Details of the areas, corresponding States/ UTs and details of the Head-end from which the signals of television channels shall be distributed in such areas:
11. Area wise present subscriber base of the distributor:
12. List of channels and bouquets for which signals of television channels are requested:
13. Service Tax registration number:
14. Entertainment Tax Number:
15. PAN No. (Attach a copy):
16. Are the CAS/ SMS in compliance with the regulations: YES / NO
17. Copy of the report of the Auditor in compliance of the Schedule III of the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Interconnection (Addressable System) Regulations 2017, if available:
__________ (Signature) Date and Place DECLARATION I _____________s/o, d/o______________, _____________ (Owner/Proprietor/Partner /Director/ Authorized Signatory), of _____________ (Name of Distributor of television channels), do hereby declare that the details provided above are true and correct. I state that the addressable systems installed for distribution of television channels meet the technical and other requirements specified in the Schedule III of the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Interconnection (Addressable System) Regulations 2017. The configuration and the version of the addressable system have not been changed after issuance of the report by the Auditor.
__________ (Signature) Date and Place Page 33 of 110 Schedule III (Refer sub-regulation (6) of the regulation 10) Addressable Systems Requirements A) Conditional Access System (CAS) and Subscriber Management System (SMS):
1. The distributor of television channels shall ensure that the current version of the CAS, in use, do not have any history of hacking.
Explanation: A written declaration available with the distributor from the CAS vendor, in this regard, shall be construed as compliance of this requirement.
2. The SMS shall be independently capable of generating, recording, and maintaining logs, for the period of at least immediate preceding two consecutive years, corresponding to each command executed in the SMS including but not limited to activation and deactivation commands.
3. It shall not be possible to alter the data and logs recorded in the CAS and the SMS.
4. The distributor of television channels shall validate that the CAS, in use, do not have facility to activate and deactivate a Set Top Box (STB) directly from the CAS terminal. All activation and deactivation of STBs shall be done with the commands of the SMS.
5. The SMS and the CAS should be integrated in such a manner that activation and deactivation of STB happen simultaneously in both the systems.
Explanation: Necessary and sufficient methods shall be put in place so that each activation and deactivation of STBs is reflected in the reports generated from the SMS and the CAS terminals.
6. The distributor of television channels shall validate that the CAS has the capability of upgrading STBs over-the-air (OTA), so that the connected STBs can be upgraded.
7. The fingerprinting should not get invalidated by use of any device or software.
8. The CAS and the SMS should be able to activate or deactivate services or STBs of at least 10% of the subscriber base of the distributor within 24 hours.
9. The STB and Viewing Card (VC) shall be paired from the SMS to ensure security of the channel.
10. The CAS and SMS should be capable of individually addressing subscribers, for the purpose of generating the reports, on channel by channel and STB by STB basis.
11. The SMS should be computerized and capable of recording the vital information and data concerning the subscribers such as:
a. Unique customer identification (ID) b. Subscription contract number c. Name of the subscriber d. Billing address e. Installation address f. Landline telephone number g. Mobile telephone number h. E-mail address Page 34 of 110 i. Channels, bouquets and services subscribed j. Unique STB number k. Unique VC number.
12. The SMS should be capable of:
a. Viewing and printing of historical data in terms of the activations and the deactivations of STBs.
b. Locating each and every STB and VC installed.
c. Generating historical data of changes in the subscriptions for each subscriber and the corresponding source of requests made by the subscriber.
13. The SMS should be capable of generating reports, at any desired time about:
i. The total number of registered subscribers.
ii. The total number of active subscribers.
iii. The total number of temporary suspended subscribers.
iv. The total number of deactivated subscribers.
v. List of blacklisted STBs in the system.
vi. Channel and bouquet wise monthly subscription report in the prescribed format.
vii. The names of the channels forming part of each bouquet.
viii. The total number of active subscribers subscribing to a particular channel or bouquet at a given time.
ix. The name of a-la carte channel and bouquet subscribed by a subscriber.
x. The ageing report for subscription of a particular channel or bouquet.
14. The CAS shall be independently capable of generating, recording, and maintaining logs, for the period of at least immediate preceding two consecutive years, corresponding to each command executed in the CAS including but not limited to activation and deactivation commands issued by the SMS.
15. The CAS shall be able to tag and blacklist VC numbers and STB numbers that have been involved in piracy in the past to ensure that such VC or the STB cannot be re-deployed.
16. It shall be possible to generate the following reports from the logs of the CAS:
a. STB-VC Pairing / De-Pairing b. STB Activation / De-activation c. Channels Assignment to STB d. Report of the activations or the deactivations of a particular channel for a given period.
17. The SMS shall be capable of generating bills for each subscriber with itemized details such as the number of channels subscribed, the network capacity fee for the channels subscribed, the rental amount for the customer premises equipment, charges for pay channel and bouquet of pay channels along with the list and retail price of corresponding pay channels and bouquet of pay channels, taxes etc.
18. The distributor shall ensure that the CAS and SMS vendors have the technical capability in India to maintain the systems on 24x7 basis throughout the year.
19. The distributor of television channels shall declare the details of the CAS and the SMS deployed for distribution of channels. In case of deployment of any additional CAS/ SMS, the same should be notified to the broadcasters by the distributor.
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20. Upon deactivation of any subscriber from the SMS, all programme/ services shall be denied to that subscriber.
21. The distributor of television channels shall preserve unedited data of the CAS and the SMS for at least two years.
(B) Fingerprinting:
1. The distributor of television channels shall ensure that it has systems, processes and controls in place to run finger printing at regular intervals.
2. The STB should support both visible and covert types of finger printing.
3. The finger printing should not be removable by pressing any key on the remote of STB.
4. The finger printing should be on the top most layer of the video.
5. The finger printing should be such that it can identify the unique STB number or the unique VC number.
6. The finger printing should appear on the screens in all scenarios, such as menu, Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), Settings, blank screen, and games etc.
7. The location, font colour and background colour of fingerprint should be changeable from head end and should be random on the viewing device.
8. The finger printing should be able to give the numbers of characters as to identify the unique STB and/or the VC.
9. The finger printing should be possible on global as well as on the individual STB basis.
10. The overt finger printing should be displayed by the distributor of television channels without any alteration with regard to the time, location, duration and frequency.
11. Scroll messaging should be only available in the lower part of the screen.
12. The STB should have a provision that finger printing is never disabled.
13. The watermarking network logo for all pay channels shall be inserted at encoder end only.
(C) Set Top Box (STB):
1. All STBs should have a Conditional Access System.
2. The STB should be capable of decrypting the Conditional Access messages inserted by the Head-end.
3. The STB should be capable of doing finger printing. The STB should support both Entitlement Control Message (ECM) and Entitlement Management Message (EMM) based fingerprinting.
4. The STB should be individually addressable from the Head-end.
5. The STB should be able to receive messages from the Head-end.
6. The messaging character length should be minimal 120 characters.
7. There should be provision for global messaging, group messaging and the individual STB messaging.
8. The STB should have forced messaging capability including forced finger printing display.
9. The STB must be compliant to the applicable Bureau of Indian Standards.
10. The STBs should be addressable over the air to facilitate OTA software upgrade.
11. The STBs with facilities for recording the programs shall have a copy protection system.
Page 36 of 110 Schedule IV (Refer sub-regulation (16) of the regulation 10) Application form for access to the network for distribution of a television channel
1. Name of the broadcaster:
2. The names of CEO/MD of the broadcaster:
3. Registered Office address:
4. Address for communication:
5. Name of the contact person/ Authorized Representative:
6. Telephone:
7. Email address:
8. Name of channel for which request for distribution has been made:
9. Copy of permission letter issued by the ministry of information and broadcasting for downlinking of the channels mentioned above in India:
10. Nature of channel (pay or free- to- air)
11. Genre of channel:
12. Language(s) of channel:
13. Downlinking parameters of the channel:
a. Name of satellite:
b. Orbital location:
c. Polarisation:
d. Downlinking frequency:
14. Modulation/coding and compression standard of channel:
15. Encryption of channel: encrypted/unencrypted ___________ (Signature) Date and Place:
DECLARATION I _____________s/o, d/o______________, _____________ (Authorized Signatory), of _____________ (Name of the broadcaster), do hereby declare that the details provided above are true and correct.
___________ (Signature) Date and Place:
Page 37 of 110 Schedule V (Refer sub-regulation (3) of the regulation 12) MODEL INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN MULTI SYSTEM OPERATOR AND LOCAL CABLE OPERATOR FOR PROVISIONING OF CABLE TV SERVICES THROUGH DIGITAL ADDRESSABLE SYSTEMS (DAS).
[1. Each page of this Agreement shall be signed by the authorised signatory of Multi System Operator and Local Cable Operator;
2. The numbers allotted to the clauses in this format shall not be altered and additions (if any) may either be carried out at the end of relevant clause or after the last clause of this format].
This Technical and Commercial Interconnection Agreement along with its Schedules and Annexures is executed on this _____ day of ______ 201_ by and between:
_______________________________________________, having its office at _________________________________________________________________________________, through its Authorised Signatory, hereinafter referred to as the “MSO” which expression shall unless repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, be deemed to include its successors, assignees, legal heirs and executors of the ONE PART.
MSO’s Status: Individual/Firm/Company/Association of Persons/Body of Individuals (strike out whichever is not applicable or modify suitably in case of Association of Persons or Body of Individuals) AND _____________________________________________, having its office at __________________________________________________________________________________________ _________, through its Authorised Signatory, hereinafter referred to as the “LCO” which expression shall unless repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, be deemed to include its successors, assignees, legal heirs and executors, of the OTHER PART LCO’s Status: Individual/Firm/Company/Association of Persons/Body of Individuals (strike out whichever is not applicable or modify suitably in case of Association of Persons or Body of Individuals) The MSO and the LCO are hereinafter individually referred to as ‘Party’ and collectively referred to as “Parties”.
WHEREAS, A. The MSO is a cable operator, who has been granted registration No. ____________ dated _______________ under the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994, by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, for providing cable TV services through digital addressable systems in the areas of Page 38 of 110 ____________________________________notified by the Central Government under Section 4A of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995.
B. The LCO is a cable operator, who has been granted registration under the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994, having postal registration No. _____________________ dated __________, in the head post office ____________________, [Name of the head post office] for providing Cable TV Services in ___________________________ [Mention the area].
C. The LCO has requested the MSO vide its letter No.______________ dated________________for making available signals of TV channels and the MSO has agreed vide its letter No.______________ dated____________to provide signals of TV channels to such LCO.
D. TERRITORY: Territory, in the context of this Agreement is __________________ [mention the name of area(s)/ city(ies)/ district(s)/ state(s) for which this agreement is being signed.]
E. The Parties have mutually agreed to execute this Agreement - on principal to principal and non-exclusive basis - between them to govern the roles, responsibilities, rights, obligations, technical and commercial arrangement in regard to the distribution of TV channels in the Territory.
F. The Parties also mutually agree that each and every transaction including transaction of any properties/ assets between the Parties shall be carried out in writing or in any other verifiable means.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants contained herein, the Parties agree as follows: -
1. DEFINITIONS The words and expressions used in this Agreement shall have meanings as assigned to them in the Schedule to this Agreement. All other words and expressions used in this Agreement, but not defined, and defined in the Act and rules and regulations made there under or the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 (7 of 1995) shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts or the rules or regulations, as the case may be.
2. TERM OF THE AGREEMENT
2.1 The Agreement shall commence on_________[dd/mm/yyyy] and remain in force till__________ [dd/mm/yyyy] or the date of expiry of registration of the MSO or the LCO, as the case may be, whichever is earlier, unless terminated by either Party as per the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
2.2 The duration of the Agreement may be extended on terms and conditions to be mutually agreed between the Parties and recorded in writing provided that the extended term does not go beyond the last date of validity of registration of the MSO or the LCO, whichever is earlier.
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3. TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT
3.1 Either Party has a right to terminate the Agreement by serving an advance notice of 21 days in writing to the other Party in the event of:-
(i) material breach of the Agreement by the other Party which has not been cured within 15 days of being required in writing to do so; or
(ii) the bankruptcy, insolvency or appointment of receiver over the assets of other Party; or
(iii) the other Party indulging in, or allowing or inducing any person to indulge in piracy or carrying programming service provided on the channel which is in violation of the Programme and Advertising Codes prescribed in the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994, as amended from time to time.
3.2 The LCO has a right to terminate the Agreement in the event of the MSO discontinuing the business of distribution of TV channels in the Territory.
3.3 The MSO has a right to terminate the agreement in the event of the LCO discontinuing its cable TV business in the Territory.
3.4 If the MSO decides to discontinue the business of distribution of TV channels in the Territory for any reason, it shall give a notice in writing, specifying the reasons for such decision, to the LCO at least 90 days prior to such discontinuation.
3.5 If the LCO decides to discontinue its business of providing signals of TV channels to the subscriber in the territory, it shall give a notice in writing, specifying the reasons for such decision, to the MSO at least 90 days prior to such discontinuation.
4. EFFECT OF TERMINATION AND EXPIRY
4.1 In the event of termination or expiry of the term of the Agreement, as the case may be, at the instance of either Party, each Party shall pay all amounts due and payable up to the date of termination or expiry to the other Party.
4.2 The LCO shall, within 15 days of the termination or expiry of the term of this Agreement, as the case may be, in terms of the provisions mentioned herein, hand over to the MSO all properties and assets belonging to the MSO, which are in the custody of the LCO. The LCO shall also be liable to make good all the losses or damages, if any, caused to such properties and assets belonging to the MSO, in custody of the LCO, within 30 days from the receipt of notice to this effect from the MSO and in the event of inability of LCO to repair such properties/assets, the LCO shall pay to the MSO the depreciated value of such properties/ assets.
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4.3 The MSO shall, within 15 days of the termination or expiry of the term of this Agreement, as the case may be, in terms of the provisions mentioned herein, hand over to the LCO all properties and assets belonging to the LCO, which are in the custody of the MSO. The MSO shall also be liable to make good all the losses or damages, if any, caused to such properties and assets belonging to the LCO, in custody of the MSO, within 30 days from the receipt of notice to this effect from the LCO and in the event of inability of MSO to repair such properties/assets, the MSO shall pay to the LCO the depreciated value of such properties/ assets.
Explanation:- The clause 4.2 and 4.3 above shall not have any application in respect of Hardware or any other equipment belonging to the MSO or the LCO, as the case may be, which are installed at the premises of the subscribers.
4.4 If the LCO or the MSO, as the case may be, fails to hand over the assets or make good losses or damages caused to such properties and assets within the above stipulated period, the defaulting Party shall be liable to make payment for the depreciated value of the same together with simple interest calculated at the rate 2% over and above the base rate of interest of the State Bank of India.
5. PROVISIONING OF SERVICES
5.1 The MSO shall make available signals of TV channels to the LCO, on non-exclusive basis, in order to distribute the same to the subscribers in the Territory, in terms of this agreement and as per prevailing norms, policies, the applicable laws and rules, regulations, directions and orders of the concerned authorities.
5.2 The LCO shall carry signals of TV channels received from the MSO, on non-exclusive basis, for distribution to the subscribers in the Territory.
5.3 The Parties shall compulsorily transmit, re-transmit or otherwise carry any channel or programme only in encrypted mode through a digital addressable system strictly in terms of and in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.
5.4 The roles and responsibilities of the Parties to the Agreement for provisioning of services are contained in clause 10 of this Agreement.
5.5 In consideration of the roles and responsibilities mentioned in clause 10 of the Agreement, the revenue settlement between the LCO and the MSO have been mentioned in the clause 12 of the Agreement.
6. RIGHTS OF THE MSO
6.1 The MSO shall continue to have a right of ownership of its network used to deliver the cable TV services under this agreement and it may expand/ upgrade/ change/ replace/ re-design any part or entire network subject to the condition that any such activity does not interrupt or degrade the Quality of Service provided to the subscribers.
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6.2 The MSO shall sign the interconnection agreement with broadcasters for distribution of TV Channels as per prevailing norms, policies, the applicable laws and rules, regulations, directions and orders of the concerned authorities.
6.3 The MSO shall have the right to finalise the maximum retail price of each channel, as payable by the subscriber in compliance with the provisions of applicable laws and rules, regulations and tariff orders.
6.4 The MSO shall have the right to package the channels/ services offered on the network, as per its business plan and as per prevailing norms, policies, the applicable laws and rules, regulations and tariff orders.
6.5 The MSO shall have the right to finalise the rate of Basic Service Tier (BST) in compliance with the provisions of the applicable tariff orders and regulations notified by the Authority from time to time.
6.6 The MSO shall have the right to finalise the rates of bouquets of channels, if offered by the MSO, in compliance with the provisions of the applicable tariff orders and regulations notified by the Authority.
6.7 The MSO shall have the right to get all requisite information from the LCO for the purpose of fulfilling its responsibilities under the Agreement, and the applicable orders and regulations.
7. RIGHTS OF THE LCO
7.1 The LCO shall continue to have its right of ownership of its network used to deliver the cable TV services under this agreement and it can expand/ upgrade/ change/ replace/ re-design any part or entire network subject to the condition that any such activity does not interrupt or degrade the Quality of Service offered to the subscriber on its network.
7.2 The LCO shall have right to get all the requisite information from the MSO for the purpose of fulfilling its responsibilities under the Agreement, and the applicable orders and regulations.
8. OBLIGATIONS OF THE MSO
8.1 MSO shall set up and operationalise the Head-end, Conditional Access System (CAS) and Subscriber Management System (SMS) for ensuring efficient and error-free services to the subscribers by recording and providing individualized preferences for channels, billing cycles or refunds.
8.2 The MSO shall make available to the LCO, the necessary and sufficient information relating to the details of channels, bouquets of channels, and services offered to the subscribers including their prices.
8.3 The MSO shall provide web based grievance redressal mechanism for addressing the complaints of LCOs in relation to the provision of services, roles and responsibilities, revenue settlements, quality of services etc.
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8.4 The MSO shall not issue pre-activated STBs and the STBs shall be activated only after the details of the Customer Application Form (CAF) have been entered into the SMS.
8.5 The MSO shall generate bills for subscribers on regular basis, for charges due and payable for each month or as per the billing cycle applicable for that subscriber, within 3 days from the end of the billing cycle.
8.6 The MSO shall provide access to the relevant part of the SMS under its control to the LCO for the purpose of fulfilling responsibilities by the Parties under the Agreement, and the applicable orders and regulations.
8.7 The MSO shall not indulge in any piracy or other activities, which has the effect of, or which shall result into, infringement and violation of trade mark and copyrights of the LCO or person associated with such transmission.
8.8 The MSO shall comply with all the applicable statutes or laws for the time being in force, or any rules, codes, regulations, notifications, circulars, guidelines, orders, directions etc. issued, published or circulated under any law for the time being in force.
8.9 The MSO shall not do any act or thing as a result of which, any right or interest of the LCO in respect of cable TV signals under this Agreement or any property of the LCO may be infringed or prejudiced.
8.10 The MSO shall be