Zee & Star channels off Hathway

[IndianMascot]

Enjoy till the next decision in TDSAT bro

 

[DashMajor]

But here STAR SPORTS is not available rest everything is fine.

 

[IndianMascot]

With the Taj Television publishing newspaper war against Hathway, the rift between them is expected to turn ugly.

 

[SUNIEL]

Hathway is real culprit here because zee not increase any price [from this ad]. Hathway removed channels because they want more from user but i think they forgot if user goes againest them, then no one can save their business, very cheap tactic by hathway to earn more. Now we can except this ad on zee channels

 

[IndianMascot]

Yeah Hathway always forget that they use such cheap tactics against Broadcaster who have many options to convey their messages to end users.

 

[DashMajor]

TAJ Television's first and last choices are from their own group

 

[DashMajor]

I can understand the fight between Hathway and STAR but not with ZEE, hence its proves Hathway's days are over.

 

[SUNIEL]

This all start from hathway side as like
>Hathway not paid fee to ZEE
>ZEE stop signal of some channels on hathway
> hathway moved to TDSAT over the matter
>TDSAT direct to zee, not stop signal till next hearing also ask to hathway to do payment as per CPS basis
>thats why hathway removed zee channels from base pack.
Hathway was in fixed agreement with zee but they stop payment to zee and now doing payment on CPS basis as zee ignored CMS or SMS[customer OR Subscriber management system] data of hathway so zee is in loss now thats why this is campaign by zee and its very right

 

[ChaiBiskutBhai]

http://www.tdsat.nic.in/Order'sFol/01.08.2014/PNo.335 (c) of 2014.htm

A gist of the fight.

 

[IndianMascot]

The negotiations between the two sides for renewal/execution of fresh agreements failed to yield any result and on 26.6.2014 Taj Television wrote to Hathway stating that the negotiations had failed and forwarded to it the RIO based agreement executed from its side. There was delay on the part of Hathway in executing the RIO based agreement and in the meanwhile Taj Television issued the disconnection notice under regulation 6.1 on 8.7.2014 and the public notice under regulation 6.5 on 11.7.2014.

On 28.07.2014, Hathway counter-signed the RIO based agreement and sent it back to Taj Television. On the same day, Hathway also sent a cheque dated 31.07.2014 for Rs.16.8 crores. According to it, this amount was in full payment of the arrears of the monthly subscription fees for the period 01.04.2014 to 31.07.2014, calculated at the rate specified under the fixed fee agreements with Media Pro that had expired on 30.03.2014 and 30.04.2014, as noted above.

Taj Television did not accept the cheque and returned it back and acting upon the disconnection notices, last evening deactivated the signals of its channels to Hathway’s network.

This petition has been filed assailing the action of Taj Television in deactivating its channels in the petitioner’s network.
Since Hathway has now signed the RIO based agreement, the parties relationship with effect from 1.8.2014 will indeed be governed in terms of that agreement and Hathway shall make payment of the monthly subscription fee at the RIO rates, in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations.

It may, however, be stated that even while executing the RIO based agreement, Hathway has objected to several terms and conditions in the RIO of Taj Television. It is made clear that it will be open to Hathway to make a representation to TRAI questioning the fairness, reasonableness and validity of the clauses to which it has objections in the RIO. But unless and until any of those clauses are struck down by TRAI or by any other competent court or authority, those will be fully binding upon Hathway.

Now that the path forward for the two sides is cleared by the RIO based agreement and their relationship with effect from 01.08.2014 is to be governed by that agreement, the only dispute that remains alive is with respect to the payment which the petitioner is liable to make for the period immediately following the expiry of its earlier agreements till 31.07.2014, that is to say, the date immediately preceding the coming into force of the RIO based agreement.

According to Taj Television, the RIO based agreement must take effect from the date immediately following the expiry of the earlier agreements, that is to say, 01.04.2014 (in case of Kolkata and DAS-II areas) and 01.05.2014 (in case of Delhi and Mumbai) and the petitioner must make payment of the monthly subscription fees for that period at the RIO rates.

Brilliant. One bad step and now Hathway is screwed from everywhere