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  • Taj Television issues switch off notice against Hathway

    Taj Television issues switch off notice against Hathway

    MUMBAI: Two days after Star India issued a notice against Hathway Cable and Datacom, it’s now the turn of the newly formed Taj Television Network to do the same. In a notice issued in the leading dailies, the distribution arm of Zee and distribution agent for Turner channels has stated that Zee and Turner channels are likely to be switched off for subscribers of Hathway Cable and Datacom and its franchisees.

    The cities where the switch off is likely to happen are the DAS areas of Greater Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivali, Jaipur, Pune, Nashik, Delhi, Bengaluru, Aurangabad, Lucknow, Allahabad and Kolkata Metropolitan Area.

    The reason for deactivation has been stated as ‘non signing of subscription agreement/interconnection agreement’, ‘non submission of subscribers reports’ and ‘non-payment of subscription fees’.

    The channels included in the list are Zee TV, Zee Cinema, Zee Marathi, Zee News, Zee Café, Zee Studio, Zee Punjab Haryana Himachal, Zee Bangla, Zee Business, Zee Salaam, ETC, Zing, Zee Jagran, Zee Talkies, Zee 24 Taas, Zee Smile, Zee Kannada, Zee Telugu, Zee Kalinga, Zee Classic, Zee Action, Zee Premier, 9X, Zee Madhya Pradesh Chattisgarh, Zee Bangla Cinema, Zee Marudhara, Zee Tamil, & Pictures, Zee Anmol, Zee Q, Zee Khana Khazana, Zee Sangam, 24 Ghante, Zindagi, Zee TV HD, Zee Cinema HD and Zee Studio HD from the Zee stable as well as CNN International, Cartoon Network, HBO, POGO and WB of Turner International India.

     

  • Star India to switch off channels on Hathway

    Star India to switch off channels on Hathway

    MUMBAI: Issuing of public notices by companies, be it broadcasters or distribution platform (DTH operator or MSO), is getting common. In a fresh spat, a public notice has been issued by Star India which informs its viewers that they will not be able to watch the network’s channels on Hathway Cable and Datacom.

    In the notice published in leading newspapers of Delhi NCR, the broadcaster has said that the consumers in the DAS notified areas of Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Agra will not get the signals of the Star India channels.“The signals are likely to be disconnected after three weeks from today by Star India to Hathway New Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh,” states the notice.

    The reasons for deactivation as cited in the notice are: non-signing of subscription agreement; non-submission of subscriber report and non-payment of outstanding subscription fees.

    With this, all the DAS areas serviced by Hathway and its franchisees will get affected.

    The channels that will be switched off include: Star Plus, Life OK, Star Gold, Star Movies, Star Movies Action, Star World, Channel V, Movies OK, Star Pravah, Star Jalsa, Star Jalsa Movies, Star Utsav, Star Vijay, National Geographic, Fox Life, FX, Fox Crime, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo People, Nat Geo Music, Baby TV, Asianet, Asianet Plus, Asianet Movies, Suvarna, Suvarna Plus, Star Plus HD, Life OK HD, Star Gold HD, Star Movies HD, Star World HD, Star World Premier HD, National Geographic Channel HD.

     

  • Times Television Network, TheOneAlliance terminate distribution alliance

    Times Television Network, TheOneAlliance terminate distribution alliance

    MUMBAI: When the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) came out with its regulation on the fate of the content aggregators, the industry did predict that many networks could now move out of the current distribution ventures. And clearly they weren’t wrong.

     

    The first to move out of the joint venture was Star India and Zee TV as they announced the disbanding of MediaPro and setting up of their independent cable TV affiliate distribution teams. If this wasn’t enough, MediaPro also decided to not renew its distribution deal with New Delhi Television (NDTV) with effect from 1 April and Media Content & Communications Services (MCCS) and MGM programming Service India (MGM) with effect from 16 April. As a result of this, NDTV (NDTV India, NDTV 24×7, NDTV Good Times and NDTV Profit), MGM (MGM) and MCCS (ABP News, ABP Majha and ABP Ananda) decided to distribute their respective channels through their own independent affiliate teams.

     

    While this was just the beginning, now through a public notice published in the leading newspapers, Times Television Network has informed the stakeholders, that starting 1 April, the network will no longer be distributed by the content aggregator TheOneAlliance. “MSM Discovery has ceased to distribute the Times channels effective 1 April,” reads the public notice.

     

    “This is to inform all concerned that with effect from 1 April 2014, Times Global Broadcasting Company Limited (TGBCL) is the sole and exclusive distributor for the television channels namely, Romedy Now, Romedy Now+, Zeem, ET Now (of Bennett, Coleman & Co.), Movies Now (of Zoom Entertainment Network) and Times Now (of Times Global Broadcasting Co.) all forming part of the Times Television Network,” adds the notice.

     

    With this, the channels will now be distributed solely and exclusively by TGBCL that will undertake all activities that are necessary, ancillary and incidental for effectively distributing the channels throughout the country.

     

    TGBCL will also be responsible for collection of subscription revenue for the channels, through the distribution platforms comprising analogue cable, digital cable, DTH, IPTV, HITS, OTT, 4G and new emerging digital technology platforms, hotels and commercial establishments and marketing and channel penetration activities.

  • MediaPro issues notice against DEN Networks

    MediaPro issues notice against DEN Networks

    MUMBAI: Public notices seem to have become a norm in the present time. Facing the ire this time is the multi system-operator – DEN Networks, which has got a public notice from the content aggregator – MediaPro. MediaPro, in its notice published in newspapers, has informed the consumers that the 74 channels in the bouquet of the aggregator will go off air in three weeks from today.

    The reasons cited for deactivation of channels is: non-payment of subscription fee and/or outstanding arrears and non-submission of subscriber reports. “All the areas serviced by the cable operator(s) and its franchisees in the DAS areas will be affected,” states the notice.

    The channels that can go off air in case the requirements are not met include: Zee 24 Gantalu, 24 Ghanta, Zee 24 Taas, Cartoon Network, CNN, ETC, Zee ETC Punjabi, HBO, Pogo, Warner Brothers, Zee Action, Zee Bangla, Zee Business, Zee Café, Zee Cinema, Zee Classic, Zee Jagran, Zee Kannada, Zee Marathi, Zing, Zee News, Zee UP UK, Zee Premier, Zee Punjabi Haryana Himachal Pradesh, Zee Salaam, Zee Smile, Zee Studio, Zee Talkies, Zee Tamil, Zee Telugu, Zee Trendz, Zee TV, Star Movies, Star Plus, Star World, Star World, Star Gold, National Geographic Channel, Fox Traveller, Life OK, Star Vijay, Channel V, MGM, ABP Ananda, Star Jalsa, FX, Fox Crime, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Adventure, Nat Geo Music, Baby TV, NDTV 24X7, NDTV Profit, NDTV Good Times, NDTV India, Suvarna, Star Utsav, ABP News, Zee Khana Khazana, Movies OK, Star Pravah, ABP Majha, Asianet, Asianet Plus, Star Movies Action, Zee Bangla Cinema, ZeeQ, Star Jalsa Movies, 9X, Asianet Movies, Zee Madhya Pradesh Chhatisgarh, Suvarna Plus, Zee Marudhara, & Pictures and Zee Anmol.

    However, the two parties will be meeting for resolving the issues. “I am still to collect the details for the public notice. These things keep happening between the broadcaster and the distributor. We will resolve the issue. We have invested heavily in digitisation. Once we collect the money from the ground, we will clear the payments,” says a DEN Networks official.

    MediaPro is a joint venture between Zee Turner and Star DEN.

     

  • Arasu cable threatens Star Sports to switch off

    Arasu cable threatens Star Sports to switch off

    MUMBAI: Tamil Nadu’s giant multi system operator (MSO) Arasu cable is flexing its muscles again. Last week, it issued a public notice against aggregator MediaPro for breach of letter of acceptance and non conclusion of price negotiation. Now it has gone ahead and issued a notice against Star Sports citing the same reason.

     

    The notice dated 28 December warns subscribers that after 21 days they won’t be able to view Star Sports channels on their Arasu cable connections but instead will be shown substitute channels.

     

    Issued under section 4.2 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) Telecommunications (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Interconnection Regulations 2004, the notice says that Star Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4 might be disconnected.

     

    A few days ago, the Madras High Court warned the TRAI not to take any coercive action against the MSO that has about six million subscribers in the state. The rumours doing the rounds are that Arasu has been arm twisting pay channels to pay high carriage fees in order to fill in the gap between revenue and payouts to pay channels of about 40 per cent.