Tata Sky to reply to MIB’s showcause notice

[Rushil]

MUMBAI: A month after the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) came out with its mandate that 24 Doordarshan channels have to be carried on all DTH platforms; the ministry has cracked the whip on three DTH players in the country for not obeying the notification. Showcause notices have reportedly been sent to Reliance Digital TV, Sun Direct and Tata Sky as to why action shouldn’t be taken against them for not complying with this requirement.

Now, one of the big players is all set to give a fitting reply to the ministry - Tata Sky, which has unsuccessfully been chasing the MIB for transponders on ISRO’s GSAT-10 satellite. “Our licence with Doordarshan was to carry eight channels but we were carrying 15 since our customers wanted them. We have been running pillar to post to get capacity but no one has been helping us,” says and agitated Tata Sky CEO Harit Nagpal.

The DTH operator has signed long term contracts with all its channels and has no more capacity left for any more channels. “I am ready to carry the 24 channels that the government says I should but I need time to figure out how to do it. Capacity creation takes time. There are only two ways to create capacity- either get more transponders or remove channels. If I remove channels, customers may not be too happy with it,” adds Nagpal. “And also my contracts with other broadcasters for carriage of their channels have to be kept in mind.”

The notice was sent to Tata Sky yesterday and it has a deadline of 15 days to submit its reply. However, going by the looks of it, it won’t be too long before the ministry gets Nagpal’s reply. “We had written even when the notification was passed requesting them to reconsider since we could not do it since it had failed to help us get capacity. We got no response from the MIB for that letter,” he reveals.

According to the rule, all DTH operators have to provide 24 DD channels irrespective of whether they provide them a-la-carte or in packages to their subscribers.

The channels which cable operators must show are DD National, DD News, DD Bharati, DD Urdu, DD Sports, DD India, DD Kashir, DD Punjabi, DD Girnar, DD Sahyadri, DD Saptagiri, DD Malayalam, DD Podhigai, DD Chandana, DD Bangla, DD North East, DD Bihar, DD Uttar Pradesh, DD Rajasthan, DD Madhya Pradesh, DD Oriya, Gyan Darshan, Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV.

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[IndiaN]

Good Updete & Good Reply by Tata Sky

 

[jdrocks]

This has implications guys. When TS is replying to MIB stating it cannot add DD channels because of capacity constraints in spite of having capacity and ongoing migration to mpeg4, it also means TS can't be seen adding other channels. This is probably why migration activity has slowed down and more importantly, new channels are not being added as per our expectations.

This also confirms TS has not yet got GSAT10 transponders.

 

[Rushil]

Good Decision Taking Tata Sky Invest 1000 Crore For Mpeg4 Migration So Why They Waste Their TP Space For Rubbish 5 DD Channes Even For Indian Government Which Never Help Them

I Think Tata Sky Now Move To Any Foreign Satellite After Insat-4a Life End Tata Sky Has No Problem Of Money Because It Is A Premium DTH.

 

[me_saket]

does nagpal
want to blackmail MIB

what is exact status of gsat10


TP's handed over or not?

 

[Sarkar]

Smart reply from TS

 

[Rushil]

This has implications guys. When TS is replying to MIB stating it cannot add DD channels because of capacity constraints in spite of having capacity and ongoing migration to mpeg4, it also means TS can't be seen adding other channels. This is probably why migration activity has slowed down and more importantly, new channels are not being added as per our expectations.

This also confirms TS has not yet got GSAT10 transponders.

Bro Tata Sky Definetely Add New Channels See Mpeg 4 Migration Is Started Form LAst Year 2013 in June And In Six Months They Add 30 Sd And 5 HD Channels We Aspect In This Year 60SD And 10 HD Channels

Migration Speed Depends On Changing Of Boxes Now Migration Speed is Increase In These Days

 

[Deep.S]

Good Move by TataSky.
They are covering Space for Other popular Channels.Because DD Channels is waste of Space.They will add which channels when it is important for TataSky Subscribers.

 

[Sarkar]

Good move by TS. Until Isro doesn't provide TP don't ad those dd channels

 

[Sarkar]

Re: RE: Tata Sky to reply to MIB’s showcause notice

does nagpal
want to blackmail MIB

what is exact status of gsat10


TP's handed over or not?

Absolutely he is blackmailing IB ministry. Tp not yet handed over to TS. Only AAI is currently using GSAT 10