TRP guidelines to establish transparency, says Tewari

‘This initiative , an attempt to make the process transparent, credible and accountable. At the same time, the endeavor was to address aberrations in the existing rating system. This was based on the past recommendations of the Standing Committee, TRAI, and Dr. Amit Mitra Committee. The Government had also been approached in the past by the industry stakeholders to rectify the existing flaws. The long term objective was an attempt to usher a system with defined rules within an existing framework’ he said while speaking at 5th CEO’s Round Table organised by CII.

On the issue of monopolies in the Cable TV sector, Tewari said that regulator had already made its recommendation and the issues involved were being examined by the Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC).