Consumers get time till Jan 31 to pick TV channels after new service rules

TV subscribers have time till January 31 next year to select channels under a new framework for broadcasting and cable services, said India’s telecom regulator on Friday.

Service providers have to prepare for migrating to the new framework by December 28 this year, said the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in a notification issued on July 3.

"All existing packs/plans/bouquets to the subscribers will continue uninterrupted till January 31, 2019. No service provider to disconnect any signal or feed to any MSO/LCO (local cable operator)/subscriber till January 2019," TRAI said in a statement.

Distribution platform operators (DPOs) will devise their own mechanism to