official conformation of star cricket and espe removal in adtv

[arvindp]

plus tata sky, videocon d2h and reliance digital tv have not passed on any burden to customers so how come they r able to do it and these 3 ops mentioned can't?

it is clear from that newspaper report.. the price has been hiked just before the IND-PAK series.. d2h just renewed the contract recently (before this supposed price hike) and so there is no issue.. unfortunately, airtel's contract ended just before the start and they will have been forced to pay more if they sign the contract.. when the other dth's sign the new contacts then we'll know.. it will never be removed from TS, so there will be no issue with TS

but i think they will fall back and reduce the prices, since no dth will be willing to shell out such price and the actual loser will turn out to be ESS in the longer run.. so it'll eventually come down

 

[dkj]

more detail
Indiantelevision.com's > Digital Edge> Airtel digital TV to drop ESPN and Star Cricket HD from 23 Dec

 

[Bapun]

Airtel digital TV to drop ESPN and Star Cricket HD from 23 Dec

MUMBAI: Airtel digital TV has said that it will stop carrying ESPN HD and Star Cricket HD just ahead of the India-Pakistan series.

The DTH operator cited high subscription fee as the reason for the removal of these two channels. It will stop carrying both the channels from 23 December.


ESPN HD is priced at Rs 141.8 while Star Cricket HD is priced at Rs 119.9. The two channels are available at Rs 183.2 in a bouquet.
"We will stop carrying ESPN HD and Star Cricket HD because the price is very high from a consumer point of view," Airtel digital TV CEO Shashi Arora said.


Airtel will replace the two channels with Sony Six HD and Zee Studio HD.

Other DTH operators like Dish TV and Sun Direct have not been carrying the two channels for quite some time. However, Tata Sky, Reliance Big TV and Videocon d2h are carrying them.

Indiantelevision.com's > Digital Edge> Airtel digital TV to drop ESPN and Star Cricket HD from 23 Dec

 

[praveen1308]

Channels (Star Cricket HD & ESPN HD) Removed

 

[Biswajit.HD]

Since channels are removed

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