The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
("TRAI") has released
comprehensiverecommendations on February 21, 2025, for service
authorizations inbroadcasting services. The recommendations have
been issued by TRAI on thebasis of a request by the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting vide its letterdated July 25, 2024,
for aligning certain provisions of pertaining to
broadcastingservices in line with the new Telecommunications Act,
2023 ("New Act") (whichhas repealed the
Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 ("ITA")). The
recommendations,which has been discussed and issued pursuant to a
public consultation processand an open house discussion which
concluded in December 2024, aim tosimplify and harmonize the
regulatory framework for various broadcastingservices, including
television channel broadcasting, DTH, HITS, radio services,and
community radio stations. Key recommendations, inter alia, include:
(i)issuance of broadcasting services authorisation under New Act in
place of
