Madras HC rules in favour of Arasu Corporation in dispute with TRAI

[NinadG]

In Arasu's case do you want to say there is no middlemen?

I can understand your feeling Bro, Cable guys have done many things, built cable backbone in this country & providing great value for money to the poor.
AFAIK Arasu is a govt entity therefore they should work for public & people have full right to demand whatever is good for them.

 

[Viki]

I can understand your feeling Bro, Cable guys have done many things, built cable backbone in this country & providing great value for money to the poor.
AFAIK Arasu is a govt entity therefore they should work for public & people have full right to demand whatever is good for them.

Sorry boss , if you are thinking that Arasu is working for people's welfare and people have rights to demand , you are wrong. Arasu already proved it is not for people...It is for ruling party..It is working for ADMK , in future it will work for DMK...Let us wait and see how many channels will be blocked in Arasu during coming election...

 

[HOUSE-MD]

So , problem is they still stick with SCV?!

Yes. But not just sticking, but sticking for too too long.

1. In analog signal loss is very common, agreed they not worried to correct that. But in DAS it will not occur , but see who is stopping DAS in Chennai?! It is Arasu.

My LCO forced DAS in our area and none were ready to move, so its only only Arasu stopping DAS but also the people. People don't want to go DAS under the current MSO.

2. LCO's cannot change MSO's just like that because of their investments and advance payments.

Yes, they just care about their own business and subscribers are just some id*ots who has no other option other than them.

When a single street can have multiple shops, multiple DTH, Multiple mobile network and every single business in multiple why cant the LCO's be multiple?

When Arasu tries to form its own LCO's why LCO's call them non operators and try to stop them? Why they prevent any new operators from forming? Isn't it illegal to prevent someone from entering into business?

3. But is it LCO's who is not ready to move to DAS?! Or is it Arasu ?!

Doesn't look like, people seem to be reluctant to move to DAS under current huge prices. Where in India does an MSO have just 3 DAS packages of Rs 133, Rs 215 (Cheapest Eng language Channels package) and Rs 290? Where is the basic Rs 100 package and where are the other packages as ordered by TRAI?

TCCL which is a brand new MCO has Rs 100, Rs 15.70, Rs 133.50 (Cheapest Eng language Channels package) , Rs 185 and Rs 275 packages why shouldn't i try it? TCCL offer a good english language package at Rs 133.50 and SCV the same at Rs 215, why should we pay Rs 81.5 higher for some channels i don't understand?

4. How are you saying it will not occur in Arasu? recently Arasu moved Vijay TV to non prime band? How LCO's can be responsible for that?

Arasu has given a proper explanation for this change and hopefully it will get sorted soon.

LCO has to raise voice for any channel loss be it Arasu or SCV, LCO's has to raise voice and make them understand.

5. If you are not aware that doesn't mean that you are right there is many LCO's providing signals from TCCL , ACV & JAK...Check the facts...LCO's in Chennai ignoring arasu because they don't know the future of Arasu Cable? If you are a LCO will you be ready to pay 500 per customer for STB to a MSO which don't have DAS license ?

MANY? HOW MANY? TCCL would be not more than 5% and JAK not more than 3% so on a total other MSO's in Chennai have around 10% of the market and SCV has around 90%.

Future? Arasu will be there for at-least another 2.5 years, madras HC supports Arasu so Arasu wont be gone. Why DAS, we are happy with Arasu Analogue for the time being and if it goes well then we can move to DAS under Arasu even if it doesn't have a license. We don't care if someone doesn't give DAS license or not. Afterall all these TRAI and courts are for the peoples benefit and not otherwise.

 

[HOUSE-MD]

Sorry boss , if you are thinking that Arasu is working for people's welfare and people have rights to demand , you are wrong. Arasu already proved it is not for people...It is for ruling party..It is working for ADMK , in future it will work for DMK...Let us wait and see how many channels will be blocked in Arasu during coming election...

Bad business practices of LCO's and MSO what gave rise to Arasu. Let it work for anyone until it can give what people want. Let's first have Arasu and then can see what channels it blocks during election, how can we say an MSO is bad even without having it?

Does any other city has this issues as much as Chennai in cable TV business? Just mention one single city in India that has the basic package with English starting at Rs 215. Aren't LCO's equally a reason for the current status?

Let's have both SCV, TCCL, JAK and Arasu and let the people choose their best.

 

[HOUSE-MD]

But , nice to see people supporting Arasu's Monopoly...earlier people said SCV as Monopoly and it should be wiped out

We are not against SCV, SCV is a business and they have every right to run it. But no service has to be forced on a customer.

In landlines we have atleast 3, mobile network atleast 5, DTH atleast 5, supermarkets too many and same for all other business, but why around 90% of Chennai has only one MSO and isn't the LCO the prime reason for it?

LCO's bred monopoly and LCO's were enjoying to their fullest, now another monopoly tries to take control and LCO's are crying.

This is what i said - "As you sow, so shall you reap".

 

[Viki]

1. Everybody is in business to earn money not for not as a service. The LCO will select which ever is best for him in ways to attract more customers and get profit.

2. People is not ready to move to DAS as they don't have clarity on DAS.

3.

TCCL offer a good english language package at Rs 133.50 and SCV the same at Rs 215, why should we pay Rs 81.5 higher for some channels i don't understand?

Can you prove this?

4. What is the explanation given by Arasu?! In past also SCV & SUN Direct has given such explanation , did we believe that , if not why in Arasu's case alone?

5. S 10% may be small , but just think just in a year they got 10% share if they get support from Govt they can get more market share.

And mind Arasu didn't invest for cabling and all , it is using LCO's infrastructure.

Future! no future for Arasu if MIB decides not to give DAS license to Arasu , which is what most likely to come. All the cities in DAS list implemented DAS , except TN. The reason is Govt and Arsau cable , you are not ready to blame them for that , but blaming other MSOs and LCOs for that.

 

[Viki]

Let's have both SCV, TCCL, JAK and Arasu and let the people choose their best.

It is practically impossible for a LCO to have all MSO signals and let the customer choose. But multiple LCO's in a single area is possible , but who ever in power will be the biggest LCO in that area.

 

[Viki]

We are not against SCV, SCV is a business and they have every right to run it. But no service has to be forced on a customer.

But you will support when Arasu forcing it's service to the customer

 

[HOUSE-MD]

But you will support when Arasu forcing it's service to the customer

Support?? Who asks for our support? don't they just take it or force us to support??

And are you sure that Arasu will come to Chennai?? Only god knows if this is yet another drama or if they are really going to come....

This is what we called as Fate, LCO's bred monopolism and we were the victim of it and now when another monopoly promised over 30 - 50% cheaper than the current why not try it while we have no choice to select an MSO?

So for some we can call Arasu a necessary evil.

 

[Viki]

Support?? Who asks for our support? don't they just take it or force us to support??

And are you sure that Arasu will come to Chennai?? Only god knows if this is yet another drama or if they are really going to come....

This is what we called as Fate, LCO's bred monopolism and we were the victim of it and now when another monopoly promised over 30 - 50% cheaper than the current why not try it while we have no choice to select an MSO?

So for some we can call Arasu a necessary evil.

All your posts here showed you are supporting Arasu cable...so I asked that question if you are against LCOs as they are forcing service to a customer , why are you supporting Arasu cable when they do the same?! Why this double standard ?!

Now , you are saying you are not supporting Arasu , that is good to know that but I still wondering why your posts were supporting in all the issues