Update: MSOs expect content costs to ease and carriage to climb
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04-03-2014, 03:56 PM
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MSOs expect content costs to ease and carriage to climb
MUMBAI: With the Telecom regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) diluting the role of the content aggregators, multi-system operators (MSOs) expect their content costs to ease and their carriage revenues to climb. In negotiating commercial terms, MSOs will no longer have to deal with multiple broadcasters cross-bundling their television channels. The weight of the bouquets will reduce and the market power broadcasters exercise by combining their channels with those of others will cease. Hathway Cable & Datacom MD and CEO Jagdish Kumar feels that this will be in favour of the independent MSOs who are not vertically aligned with broadcasters. “As pure MSOs without any equity links with broadcasting companies, we will be able to get better content deals than before. DEN Networks and Siti Cable used to get discounted deals because of their relationship with broadcasting firms. By not allowing content aggregators from forming bouquets which have channels from more than one broadcaster, the balance of power has become more equitable,” said Kumar. Though not stating the possible reduction in content costs, Kumar said that more favourable deals will be expected from smaller broadcasters. Even the bigger broadcasters like Star India and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) will not be able to play the school bully. Read more at: http://www.televisionpost.com/cable/msos...-to-climb/ | TelevisionPost.com |
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04-03-2014, 04:30 PM
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RE: MSOs expect content costs to ease and carriage to climb
Nice Update bro..
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