TDSAT orders Hathway Cable to pay Rs 9 crore to Star Sports

Telecom Dispute Settlement Authority and Tribunal (TDSAT) on 14th March in its interim order directed nation leading multi-system operator (MSO) Hathway Cable and Datacom to pay Rs 9 crore to Star Sports. 

Hathway Cable and Datacom and Rupert Murdoch-owned sports broadcaster Star Sports are engaged in two legal battles in the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).

In the first case, the TDSAT has directed the two parties to settle their dispute over the outstanding dues in the tribunal's mediation centre. In its order the TDSAT had directed Hathway Cable to pay Rs 8.57 crore to Star Sports within one week in settlement of some of the dues.

Hathway Cable has already made the Rs 8.57 crore payments. The MSO and the sports broadcaster will meet at the mediation centre on 27 March to discuss and settle issues over other payments that are due to Star Sports.

In another case filed by Star Sports against the MSO, the sports broadcaster has claimed that in the DAS phase I cities of Mumbai and Delhi, Hathway Cable has been violating the regulatory process by removing Star Sports out of its channel packs and placing them as a la carte without reducing the pack price or substituting the channels. It claims that the MSO is charging additional money for adding the channels above the pack.

This case will come up for hearing on 19 March. TDSAT has already asked Hathway Cable to file an affidavit showing that it is complying with the regulations, the number of subscribers who have requested Star Sports and the number of subscribers for whom Star Sports has been activated.

Source: http://cablequest.org/news/legal-news/item/4441-tdsat-orders-hathway-cable-to-pay-rs-9-crore-to-star-sports.html
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