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[MediaNama: Digital Media in India] Typically, Kumar says, 15-20% of revenues are given to the content partner. So it appears that MTNL and BSNL, two telecom operators trying desperately to stem the decline in wireline connections, have given a bulk of the share to the IPTV service providers. Though he hasn’t specified it, we would be surprised if IPTV service providers get anything share of the access charges (broadband) that a subscriber pays. IPTV is a wireline Value Added Service (VAS) - at least, that’s what an operator will say.

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