TRAI to regulate Hotstar, Amazon Prime, Netflix and other OTT platforms in India

Why would they learn their lesson? I don’t understand. They increased the DTH tariff in the name of decreasing it and consumers simply have to pay the higher price for less channels, and consumers have only two options, either pay the increased price or disconnect DTH altogether. Well the latter isn’t really feasible especially if you have old people in house.

So their plan has worked out perfectly. So why would they bother to take lesson from it!

I remember AT&T.. Remember this company? Very very good service… They are old but still provided immediate and polite service. They were pretty mellow because they had to watch what they do or say.. I mean it was a hobby to call them and make the girls cry.. And they could not hang up on you.. If you could not make a connection they stayed with you until you could. I remember how I could not call home but they spent like an hour routing to different countries and operators and in the end actually even talking to my parents and then connecting me..

But someone decided this company was too big and too successful.. Some rich arabs wanted to invest in another company called MCI and they were not getting anywhere after spending so much money and lobbying etc etc etc.. So they split AT&T into like 6 different companies..

Try getting anything done now.. Charges for anything are through the roof.. When I wanted more phone lines installed they wanted mm to dig a trench from the road side under the side walk into the house.. They would not do it even if I paid.. And they charged for everything else and they decide what deposits you pay, and if they dont like you, they block your accounts for reasons only they know. CC People were rude and obnoxious. It took days to get something fixed while before it took a few hours. Imagine not having a working phone. Which means no contacts and no customers and you use a phone for everything. From talking to others, all the separate companies behaved this way because even though they are split up, they are still bigger than anyone else and there still are no options.

All this because Sprint and MCI bribed politicians and judges into helping them get market share. Which did not work because no one likes losing their jobs or money.. The smaller companies now came back hard and found they can not only step over other companies but also the customers.. And now these smaller companies decide they can make even more money by regulating internet and data.. When they say something like Net Neutrality, it dont mean you have equal access.. It means you have access only if you pay for it.

Yeh sab supreme leader ne apne jigri dost ko faida pahuchane ke liye hi to kiya hai.

Trans: Supreme leader did this to benefit his best friend.

I doubt if TRAI has the authority, they might make suggestions but it’s the MIB (Rathore) that takes the decision
There’s no CBFC for films streamed online, 1952 cinematography act doesn’t apply. So they have to pass a new act if they plan on censoring TV shows n Films online

US has something like TV parental guidelines (Based on 1996 Telecommunications Act) that the Show rating and a warning (adult content/violence) needs to be shown before the start of the show. All Streaming services like Netflix, PrimeVideo follow this. I think ratings system with a warning is more than enough than passing a regulatory that online TV shows n movies should be in content with what’s being shown on Cable TV /DTH