Chennai:
The bonhomie between Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation and cable
operators seems to have nearly ended as cable operators alleged
monopoly by the state-owned corporation is eating away their
livelihood and demanded immediate intervention of the Chief Minister
to resolve the issue.
After Madurai bench of Madras High Court set aside the notice by
Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation on June 6, 2014 to 15,000
operators demanding subscription money and threatening legal
proceedings as “defective”, cable TV operators have now sought the
intervention of the Chief Minister to resolve the stand-off between
the operators and the state-owned cable TV corporation.
DGVP Shankar, chief coordinator of Federation of Cable TV Association
of Tamil Nadu that has about 35,000 cable operators, threatened that
all operators would quit Arasu TV cable Corporation if the state
corporation doesn’t enter an agreement as per the Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India norms.
Shankar says the relationship between the last-mile cable operators
and the Arasau Cable TV corporation strengthened after they faced the
threat of monopoly by private cable TV owners.
A meeting was held and a resolution was passed charting out the
membership fee of three months from the cable operator who wants to
join the corporation. “All 35,000 cable TV operators paid the money,”
says Shankar. But the issue was Rs 70 tariff scheme for subscribers,
which was way below the one prescribed by the Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India, alleged Shankar.
Shankar says of the Rs 70 tariff, a cable operators gets Rs 40, rs 20
is paid to arasu Cable Tv and Rs 10 to a middleman. “We are also made
to pay Rs 5,500 as a cess to panchayat or corporation for 1 km of
cable. This adds another rs 30 to our kitty. In the end, we are left
with Rs 10 per subscription,” he says.
The operators allege that the state-owned cable TV corporation has
till now hardly invested any money. “Whatver, they have is our money,”
says T V Ramesh.
The issue could be resolved if the Chief Minister intervenes and a
agreement is entered between cable operators and Arasu Cable TV
Association, says Shankar.
The bonhomie between Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation and cable
operators seems to have nearly ended as cable operators alleged
monopoly by the state-owned corporation is eating away their
livelihood and demanded immediate intervention of the Chief Minister
to resolve the issue.
After Madurai bench of Madras High Court set aside the notice by
Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation on June 6, 2014 to 15,000
operators demanding subscription money and threatening legal
proceedings as “defective”, cable TV operators have now sought the
intervention of the Chief Minister to resolve the stand-off between
the operators and the state-owned cable TV corporation.
DGVP Shankar, chief coordinator of Federation of Cable TV Association
of Tamil Nadu that has about 35,000 cable operators, threatened that
all operators would quit Arasu TV cable Corporation if the state
corporation doesn’t enter an agreement as per the Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India norms.
Shankar says the relationship between the last-mile cable operators
and the Arasau Cable TV corporation strengthened after they faced the
threat of monopoly by private cable TV owners.
A meeting was held and a resolution was passed charting out the
membership fee of three months from the cable operator who wants to
join the corporation. “All 35,000 cable TV operators paid the money,”
says Shankar. But the issue was Rs 70 tariff scheme for subscribers,
which was way below the one prescribed by the Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India, alleged Shankar.
Shankar says of the Rs 70 tariff, a cable operators gets Rs 40, rs 20
is paid to arasu Cable Tv and Rs 10 to a middleman. “We are also made
to pay Rs 5,500 as a cess to panchayat or corporation for 1 km of
cable. This adds another rs 30 to our kitty. In the end, we are left
with Rs 10 per subscription,” he says.
The operators allege that the state-owned cable TV corporation has
till now hardly invested any money. “Whatver, they have is our money,”
says T V Ramesh.
The issue could be resolved if the Chief Minister intervenes and a
agreement is entered between cable operators and Arasu Cable TV
Association, says Shankar.
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