{"id":1006088,"date":"2026-05-01T07:55:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1006088"},"modified":"2026-05-01T08:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:30:24","slug":"app-based-linear-streaming-tv-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/05\/01\/app-based-linear-streaming-tv-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"App-based Linear\/Streaming TV Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trai has released a consultation paper proposing a regulatory framework for Application-based Linear Television Distribution (ALTD) services, covering Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) platforms \u2014 marking the first structured regulatory push into the rapidly expanding world of internet-delivered linear TV. <\/p>\n<p>The paper invites stakeholder inputs on the terms and conditions for granting authorisation to application providers offering such services. It also examines the obligations of broadcasters, content providers, and aggregators in placing linear television channels on these platforms. Trai has stated that the inputs received will help shape a forward-looking regulatory framework that promotes innovation, ensures consumer protection and maintains a level playing field within the broader broadcasting ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trai has released a consultation paper proposing a regulatory framework for Application-based Linear Television Distribution (ALTD) services, covering Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) platforms \u2014 marking the first structured regulatory push into the rapidly expanding world of internet-delivered linear TV. The paper invites stakeholder inputs on the terms and conditions for granting authorisation to application providers offering such services. It also examines the obligations of broadcasters, content providers, and aggregators in placing linear television channels on these platforms. Trai has stated that the inputs received will help shape a forward-looking regulatory framework that promotes innovation, ensures consumer protection and maintains [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1006099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1006088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazinenews"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006088","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1006088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006100,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006088\/revisions\/1006100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1006099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1006088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1006088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1006088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}