SC rejects challenge to Trai’s power to cap cost of TV channels

India's Telecom regulator had mandated the following:

1. Each TV channel in a bouquet of channels will have a fixed & uniform, maximum, retail price. 2. Any channel that was priced above the fixed price could not be included in a bouquet and could only be offered on an individual/a la carte/standalone basis. 3. Pay channels and free to air channels, as also HD and standard channels, could not be in the same bouquet.

The satellite TV/cable broadcasters went all the way up to the Supreme Court but have lost the war!