New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today issued an Order under section 12 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, directing Distribution Platform Operators (DPOs), i.e, DTH operators, Multi System Operators (MSOs), Headend-in-the-Sky ( HITS) operators, and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) operators to furnish Performance Monitoring Reports (PMRs) on a monthly and quarterly basis for broadcasting services.

An official statement said "The Authority had earlier, vide its Order dated 24th July 2008, mandated Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators to submit quarterly performance monitoring reports (Q-PMRs). Subsequently, in June 2019, TRAI revised the formats and extended the reporting requirement...