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  • Digicable part pays dues to MediaPro

    Digicable part pays dues to MediaPro

    NEW DELHI: Digicable Network India Pvt. Ltd has handed over three post-dated cheques for Rs 25 lakh each as part of the total payment of Rs 9.52 crore to MediaPro Enterprise India Pvt. Ltd.

    The cheques were accepted by MediaPro counsel Tejveer Singh Bhatia “without prejudice to his rights and contentions” in the presence of member B B Srivastava of the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on 9 August 2016.

    But Bhatia said in the event of any of the cheques not being honoured for payment, the Tribunal may seriously consider attachment of the judgment debtor’s headend.

    The cheques dated 16 August 2016, 31 August 2016 and 30 September 2016 were handed over by Digicable Network counsel Diggaj Pathak.

    The matter was listed for 14 September 2016 by which time additional cheques as well as the revised schedule, if any, for expeditious liquidation of the decretal amount would also be given, the Tribunal said.

  • Digicable part pays dues to MediaPro

    Digicable part pays dues to MediaPro

    NEW DELHI: Digicable Network India Pvt. Ltd has handed over three post-dated cheques for Rs 25 lakh each as part of the total payment of Rs 9.52 crore to MediaPro Enterprise India Pvt. Ltd.

    The cheques were accepted by MediaPro counsel Tejveer Singh Bhatia “without prejudice to his rights and contentions” in the presence of member B B Srivastava of the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on 9 August 2016.

    But Bhatia said in the event of any of the cheques not being honoured for payment, the Tribunal may seriously consider attachment of the judgment debtor’s headend.

    The cheques dated 16 August 2016, 31 August 2016 and 30 September 2016 were handed over by Digicable Network counsel Diggaj Pathak.

    The matter was listed for 14 September 2016 by which time additional cheques as well as the revised schedule, if any, for expeditious liquidation of the decretal amount would also be given, the Tribunal said.

  • TDSAT warns Digicable for pirating GTPL Hathway signals in Ahmedabad

    TDSAT warns Digicable for pirating GTPL Hathway signals in Ahmedabad

    NEW DELHI: Digicable Network (India) Ltd of Mumbai was today warned by the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) against piracy in Ahmedabad of the signals of GTPL Hathway Pvt Ltd of Gujarat.

     

    Disposing the petition with an order, TDSAT chairman Justice Aftab Alam and members Kuldip Singh and BB Srivastava also warned Digicable to be ready to face legal consequences if it persisted in such piracy.

     

    Digicable counsel Diggy Pathak sought to say that Digicable was attempting to expand in Ahmedabad and had carried the signals on a trial basis, something the Tribunal took strong exception to.

     

    GTPL counsel Jayant Mehta said that his client had informed all the concerned broadcasters and also referred to losses because of this piracy.

     

    The Tribunal also took note of submissions by Star India counsel Arjun Natarajan, counsel Kunal Tandon for both IndiaCast UTV Media Distribution and Multi Screen Media, Mumbai and Upender Thakur for Taj TV said they had begun internal inquiry after being informed of this piracy.

     

    At one stage during arguments, Justice Alam expressed annoyance about increasing piracy and wondered if the TDSAT should now set up an investigation wing as well.

  • Digicable Network among MSOs denied permanent licence, three new MSOs get licence this month

    Digicable Network among MSOs denied permanent licence, three new MSOs get licence this month

    NEW DELHI: While 115 multisystem operators (MSOs) have been granted permanent licence as on 3 September, Digicable Network and Kal Cables are among the prominent MSOs whose licences have been cancelled following refusal of security clearance by the Home Ministry.

     

    However, the Madras High Court has quashed the cancellation of provisional licence of Kal Cables on the ground that the Information and Broadcasting Ministry had not issued any show-cause notice, before cancelling the permit. The court also said that the MSO should be given another chance to respond. The Kalanidhi Maran owned Kal Cables had opposed the 20 August order, saying that it is just a MSO and not a channel. And if the I&B Ministry had issued a notice, it would have cleared the doubts.

     

    The MSO was given a permanent licence to operate in Chennai in June 2012, while a provisional licence was given to operate in DAS notified areas in phase II cities in March 2013.  

     

    The licence of Digicable Network India was cancelled on 3 September because of denial of security clearance by the Home Ministry. The MSO had applied on 11 May 2012 for DAS notified area of NCT of Delhi, Municipal Council of Greater Mumbai and Kolkata in phase-I and on 28 January and 6 March last year for 38 cities of phase II.

     

    Siddhi Digital Services of Sholapur was also not given a licence and its ‘case closed as Company is no longer interested in registration.’  

     

    The application of Silverline Entertainment of Allahabad for operation in DAS notified areas of Agra, Allahabad, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut and Varanasi was also cancelled early this month following denial of security clearance by the Home Ministry.

     

    Earlier, MSOs Godfather Communication of Punjab and Intermedia Cable Communication had also got stay orders issued by the Punjab High Court and Delhi High Court respectively on cancellation of their licences.

     

    The MSOs which got permanent licences early this month were Koduri Satyanarayana, Sri Sai Star TV Services for the Khammam district of Telengana; Abhilash Communications of Adilabad for notified areas of phase – II and phase – III cities pan India and JPR channel of Mumbai for Mumbai (phase – I) and phase – II areas in the state of Maharashtra and Gujarat. 

  • Over 100 additional MSOs get 10 year licences, 16 fail to get clearance

    Over 100 additional MSOs get 10 year licences, 16 fail to get clearance

    NEW DELHI: A total of 104 multi-system operators (MSOs) all over the country have been granted permanent registration for 10 years to operate the digital addressable system while the licences of 16 MSOs have been cancelled.

     

    The MSOs in both the approved and the cancelled list had been given provisional permission earlier.

     

    Those who have got permission include IndusInd Media and Communications, Hathway Cable & Datacom, Manthan Broadband, Den Network, Home Cable, Digicable Network, Delhi Distribution Company and Asianet Satellite Communications.

     

    Kolkata based MSO Digicable Communications has been denied permission after the break-up of the joint venture with Mumbai based Digicable Networks, which has received permission for Greater Mumbai, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Greater Kolkata.

     

    Digicable Network India managing director & CEO Jagjit Singh Kohli said that they would ask for a stay on MIB’s decision to cancel the licence in the court. 

     

    Other cancelled permissions include Skynet Digital Services, Jai Maa Vaishno Entertainment, Intermedia Cable Communications, Supersonic Networks and Godfather Communications.

       

    Industry sources said that the approved list was in addition to the 140 whose names had been approved in March last year.

     

    The Ministry website mib.nic.in has added information about the approved MSOs, listing the areas for which they have been given permission.

     

    The website also contains the reasons in brief for the denial of permission to those which have failed to get the licences. In most cases, it is due to failure to get clearance from the Home Ministry.

     

    The new list is the outcome of Open Houses held by the Ministry with various MSOs, while some have come as a result of court cases.