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MUMBAI: Subscribers of MSO IndusInd Media
& Communications Limited (IMCL) will soon
not be able to view NDTV channels.
A scroll running on the home page of the MSO
warns subscribers that ‘Public notice: NDTV
channels namely NDTV 24X7, NDTV Profit,
NDTV Goodtimes and NDTV Hindi are liable to
be switched off due to non payment.’ If
customers want to continue viewing the
channels then they can either call up IMCL’s
toll free number or send an email.
An executive from NDTV’s distribution team
said that the network’s deal with IMCL was up
for renewal but the MSO was asking for an
exorbitant amount of carriage fees. The
broadcaster on the other hand is not willing to
give in to the demands.
“IMCL has lost huge ground in Mumbai and
some other areas because of digitisation and
despite that they are asking for such high
carriage fees. They don’t want to negotiate a
lower price and neither do we have the intent
to pay more. So, most probably we won’t be
renewing the deal,” says an executive from the
network.
IMCL has approximately 10 lakh set top boxes
in Mumbai and the surrounding areas that
come under digital addressable system (DAS) I.
Another executive from the network said,
“They don’t have value for money. If they want
to disconnect, then it’s up to them. If the
subscribers want the channel, they will ask for
it, if they don’t then also it won’t bother us
much.”
IMCL executives were unavailable for
comment on the issue. http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/news-broadcasting/ndtv-channels-to-soon-go-off-air-on-imcl-140802
& Communications Limited (IMCL) will soon
not be able to view NDTV channels.
A scroll running on the home page of the MSO
warns subscribers that ‘Public notice: NDTV
channels namely NDTV 24X7, NDTV Profit,
NDTV Goodtimes and NDTV Hindi are liable to
be switched off due to non payment.’ If
customers want to continue viewing the
channels then they can either call up IMCL’s
toll free number or send an email.
An executive from NDTV’s distribution team
said that the network’s deal with IMCL was up
for renewal but the MSO was asking for an
exorbitant amount of carriage fees. The
broadcaster on the other hand is not willing to
give in to the demands.
“IMCL has lost huge ground in Mumbai and
some other areas because of digitisation and
despite that they are asking for such high
carriage fees. They don’t want to negotiate a
lower price and neither do we have the intent
to pay more. So, most probably we won’t be
renewing the deal,” says an executive from the
network.
IMCL has approximately 10 lakh set top boxes
in Mumbai and the surrounding areas that
come under digital addressable system (DAS) I.
Another executive from the network said,
“They don’t have value for money. If they want
to disconnect, then it’s up to them. If the
subscribers want the channel, they will ask for
it, if they don’t then also it won’t bother us
much.”
IMCL executives were unavailable for
comment on the issue. http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/news-broadcasting/ndtv-channels-to-soon-go-off-air-on-imcl-140802
