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  • Hathway announces ‘Best Buy’ scheme for South Delhi after CAS rollout

    Hathway announces ‘Best Buy’ scheme for South Delhi after CAS rollout

    NEW DELHI: MSO Hathway Cable and Datacom Pvt. Ltd., announced its ‘Best Buy’ value package scheme for the recently launched conditional access system (CAS) in South Delhi on 23 December.

    Hathway’s Best Buy will be priced at Rs 199 comprising all pay channels and will come with a discount of 60 per cent to the subscribers. This 33-pay channels package will cover all genres for a wholesome family entertainment at an extremely affordable price.

    According to an official release, apart from the best buy package, Hathway will also offer all pay channel bouquets and individual pay channels on a la carte rates where the subscribers will have the option to choose from the bouquets or individual pay channels.

    Hathway is also currently offering 60 free-to-air channels, which includes news, general entertainment, sports, music and regional channels at the basic cable TV rate.

  • Government to disallow pay channel bundling post-CAS

    NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: In a move that puts paid to the pay channels’ plans to offer bundled bouquets in a post-CAS regime, the government is set to shoot it down.
    The I&B ministry will be issuing a notification tomorrow stating that broadcasters have to declare individual pricing for each pay channel and disallowing the bundling of pay channels.
    According to a senior I&B official, the notification will mean that whether it is offered as part of a bundled package or a la carte, the channel’s price will remain the same. There is a second point in the notification that says after announcing a price, a channel cannot raise the subscription rate for the next six months without informing the government.
    A second notification expected to be issued tomorrow pertains to the basic tier. It will cost Rs 72 and will compulsorily have a minimum of 30 FTA channels.

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