{"id":1002602,"date":"2026-04-13T07:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1002602"},"modified":"2026-04-13T07:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:19:09","slug":"broadcast-ecosystem-may-be-headed-for-regulatory-reset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/04\/13\/broadcast-ecosystem-may-be-headed-for-regulatory-reset\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadcast ecosystem may be headed for regulatory reset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: India&#8217;s broadcast sector could be headed for a sweeping regulatory reset, with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) preparing a fresh consultation to overhaul pricing, distribution and platform-level rules, according to people familiar with the discussions. <\/p>\n<p>After initiating a consultation on bringing application-based linear TV distribution, including free ad-supported television (FAST), under the regulatory framework, the regulator is now gearing up for a broader review of the entire broadcasting ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: India&#8217;s broadcast sector could be headed for a sweeping regulatory reset, with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) preparing a fresh consultation to overhaul pricing, distribution and platform-level rules, according to people familiar with the discussions. After initiating a consultation on bringing application-based linear TV distribution, including free ad-supported television (FAST), under the regulatory framework, the regulator is now gearing up for a broader review of the entire broadcasting ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasting-the-economic-times","category-newspapers","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1002602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1002602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1002602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1002602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}