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TRAI should re-look into the revenue share distribution: CTMA
    Kolkata, Jan 9 (PTI) Cable TV Equipments Traders and
Manufacturers Association (CTMA) Wednesday stressed that TRAI
should re-look the revenue share distribution between
broadcasters and local cable operators to incentivise them to
upgrade and improve the delivery mechanism.
    "TRAI should re-look the revenue share distribution
between broadcasters and local cable operators," CTMA
secretary, K K Binani said.
    He also informed that Android set-top box (STB) that
will convert ordinary TV sets to SMART TV is the latest
attraction.
    "West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is very
serious about the Cable TV sector and has formed a
high-powered committee to look into the problems of 25,000
cable operators and over one lakh others engaged in earning
their livelihood from this sector," Kolkata Mayor and West
Bengal Urban Development minister Firhad Hakim was quoted as
saying in a CTMA statement.
    A three-day Cable TV show is being held here from
January 9 and 11. PTI BSM
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