Thursday 14 August 2014

CQ-TDSAT directs BECIL to conduct audit of DEN’s system

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on 13th August has directed the Broadcasting Engineering Consultants India Ltd (BECIL) to conduct an audit of system of DEN Networks’ following a dispute with Sun Distribution Services.
The Tribunal in its order states that earlier KPMG engaged by Sun TV had audited the Den’s head-end in Delhi following an earlier order of the Tribunal, but the report of the auditing agency cast some doubts with regard to the working of Den’s system.
The Tribunal therefore said: ‘Without going into the details of that report, we think it would be fit and proper to have an audit of the petitioner’s system made by BECIL as provided under the provison to clause 3.4 of the Telecommunication (Broadcasting & Cable Services) Interconnection (Digital Addressable Cable Television Systems) Regulations 2012. ‘
Clause 3.4
Every multi system operator while seeking interconnection with the broadcaster, shall ensure that its digital addressable system installed for the distribution of TV channels meets the digital addressable system requirements specified in Schedule I to these regulations and in case the broadcaster finds that the digital addressable system being used by the multi system operator for distribution of TV channel does not meet the requirements specified in the Schedule I, it shall inform such multi system operator who shall get its digital addressable system audited by M/s. Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd., or any other agency as may be specified by the Authority by direction issued from time to time and obtain a certificate from such agency that its system meets the requirements specified in Schedule I to these regulations
The tribunal has asked DEN to accord full cooperation to BECIL in conduct of the audit and also bear the entire cost of the audit. The matter has been put up under the same heading on 29 August. 
The tribunal has asked BECIL to give its report on the following main points: 
(i) Whether or not the CAS and the SMS systems at the petitioner’s headend are properly integrated and whether or not, it is possible to verify the SMS figures with reference to the data generated from the CAS system. 
(ii) Whether it is technologically possible to find out the true subscriber base for the different channels of the respondent for the period November 2012 to July 2013, by retrieving the relevant data from the petitioner’s CAS system or by any other means. 
(iii) In case it is not possible to find out the true subscriber base for the different channels of the respondent for the period November 2012 to July 2013 with reference to the data retrievable from CAS, what process BECIL might suggest for arriving at a reasonable estimate of the subscriber base for the respondent’s different channels for the period November 2012 to July 2013? 
(vi) Whether or not it is possible to verify the correctness of the subscribers’ figures supplied by the petitioner to the respondent for the period August 2013 to June 2014 with reference to the data retrievable from the petitioner’s CAS system or by any other means. 
(v) In case those figures are not verifiable with reference to the data retrievable from the petitioner’s CAS system, what should be the approach for verifying their correctness?
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/legal-news/item/5714-cq-tdsat-directs-becil-to-conduct-audit-of-den%E2%80%99s-system.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/legal-news/item/5714-cq-tdsat-directs-becil-to-conduct-audit-of-den%E2%80%99s-system.html

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