Mumbai cable TV companies seek digital delay

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Mumbai cable TV companies seek digital delay

Cable operators in Mumbai are seeking court intervention in hope of an extension to the impending deadline for the migration to digital TV for all cable networks in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai.

The Bombay High Court has called on the Ministry for Information and Broadcasting and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to reply to the petition by 5 June.

The petitioners include operators Kulbhaushan Puri and Paresh Thakkar, serving Mumbai's eastern suburbs such as Chembur, Ghatkopar and Govandi, according to local media.

Both these cable operators are reportedly keen to set up their own digital headends.

"The broadcasters will file their RIOs (reference interconnect offer). The operators need at least 60 days to work out their deals with the broadcasters. They will also have to obtain licence for running their own operations," an unnamed source is quoted as saying in Indiantelevision.com.

The mandatory deadline for cable digitisation in the four metros is 30 June 2012, ahead of the digitisation of India's entire cable network infrastructure by the end of 2014.
 
I support them.
TRAI just keeps making the transition difficult, day by day !
 
Cable ops move Bombay HC, seek extension of digitisation deadline

Cable ops move Bombay HC, seek extension of digitisation deadline

MUMBAI: A clutch of cable operators in Mumbai have approached the Bombay High Court seeking extension of the deadline for digitisation in the four metros of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai.

The court has issued notices to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to reply by 5 June.

Among the petitioners are Kulbhushan Puri and Paresh Thakkar, both associated with Hathway Cable & Datacom. Puri. The operators are from the eastern suburbs of Mumbai like Chembur, Ghatkopar and Govandi.


Interestingly, Puri holds 5.32 per cent stake in Hathway Bhawani Cabletel & Datacom, according to shareholding data on BSE till November 2011.

"Puri and Thakar have filed in their individual capacities. They want to set up their digital head-ends. The Hathway Bhawani JV will run on its own," said a source familiar with the development.

The court will hear the matter only after 11 June when it resumes after the holiday break. The government has set 30 June as the digitisation deadline for the four metros.


The operators are seeking time as they want to set up their own head-ends. "The broadcasters will file their RIOs (reference interconnect offer). The operators need at least 60 days to work out their deals with the broadcasters. They will also have to obtain licence for running their own operations," the source added.

The petitioners want time so that new entrants would be given a fair opportunity to set up their independent ventures.
 
RE: Cable ops move Bombay HC, seek extension of digitisation deadline

Already Posted by you just now.
http://dreamdth.com/Thread-News-Mumbai-cable-TV-companies-seek-digital-delay
 
RE: Cable ops move Bombay HC, seek extension of digitisation deadline

Marge both plz.
 
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