Laws for IPTV rollout soon

TRAI has proposed the government to amend the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, and the telecom licencing agreement to allow the IPTV to rollout in India.
IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) allows digital video streaming through high-speed broadband and thus enabling your computer to work as TV also. It also allows point-to-point distribution enabling stream control (such as pause and rewind) and a free selection of programming.
IPTV had been launched long ago in abroad, but it has not still got to india courtesy slow speed dial-up and non-existence of broadband. But now as no. of broadband are exiding it is being expected that IPTV will soon get wide acceptence in India.
The absence of IPTV was also contributed by absence of any regulator mechanism under the existing Cable TV Act. Even though the unified licensing regime allows telecom operators to offer video services in their bouquet.
The TRAI has proposed to keep IPTV out of the ambit of Cable TV Network (regulation) Act. TRAI has also proposed to amend the unifided access service licence agreement to specifically include transmission of television contents within the definition of video services.