PayTV DPOs Accuse Telcos of Undermining Business, Flag Revenue Hit to TRAI

• PayTV distributors (DPOs) are now blaming telecom and broadband firms, not just OTT platforms, for subscriber erosion.
• DPOs claim bundled "free" content from telcos distorts competition and impacts the sustainability of the linear TV business.
• Industry leaders like Harit Nagpal (Tata Play) highlight the disparity in content pricing, where DPOs pay higher rates while telcos offer it free.
• DPOs operate under TRAI's NTO, which regulates pricing, but telcos face no equivalent framework for content bundling.
• Sukhpreet Singh (Dish TV) emphasizes the need for regulatory parity and uniform pricing rules across all platforms distributing content.