The government’s guidelines for IPTV services in the country allowed not only telecom service providers but also ISPs and cable operators to offer such services.

"Telecom Access Service Providers having licence to provide triple play services and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) with net worth of more than Rs 100 crore and having permission from the licensor to provide IPTV or any other telecom service provider duly authorised by the department of telecom (DoT) will be able to provide IPTV service under their licences without requiring any further registration," said the government.

"Cable TV operators registered under Cable Television Network (Regulation) Act, 1995 can also provide IPTV services without any further permission,” added the government.

Telecom service providers and cable operators will have to submit a self declaration about the details of licence under which they intend to offer IPTV services.