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Large cable operators Hathway and Gujarat Telelink have stopped airing a bouquet of channels,which include Colors and MTV, in 10-12 cities across Gujarat, Maharasthra, Rajasthan, Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, affecting nearly 75 lakh TV viewers.
The 35 channels are owned by IndiaCast, a global distribution company for Viacom18, which is not willing to pay a higher share of carriage fee to the multi-system operators. Not willing to yield either, the cable operators have stopped airing the channels from April 1. Hathway, which boasts of a 15-lakh subscriber base, has also stopped telecasting Comedy Central, Sonic and History in Mumbai.
While all three parties confirmed that it is an issue of carriage fee, no one is willing to bend first.The carriage fee,which channel owners pay to cable operators to be on their networks, are negotiated between the aggregator and broadcaster, and can range between 2% and 10% of the broadcasters' cost. It is a major source of revenue for the MSOs. "All we are asking for is our fair share and a report of the number of subscribers. We have written to Trai, which has written to Gujarat Tele link to heed to our letter,"said Anuj Gandhi, chief executive officer of India Cast.
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The 35 channels are owned by IndiaCast, a global distribution company for Viacom18, which is not willing to pay a higher share of carriage fee to the multi-system operators. Not willing to yield either, the cable operators have stopped airing the channels from April 1. Hathway, which boasts of a 15-lakh subscriber base, has also stopped telecasting Comedy Central, Sonic and History in Mumbai.
While all three parties confirmed that it is an issue of carriage fee, no one is willing to bend first.The carriage fee,which channel owners pay to cable operators to be on their networks, are negotiated between the aggregator and broadcaster, and can range between 2% and 10% of the broadcasters' cost. It is a major source of revenue for the MSOs. "All we are asking for is our fair share and a report of the number of subscribers. We have written to Trai, which has written to Gujarat Tele link to heed to our letter,"said Anuj Gandhi, chief executive officer of India Cast.
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