The president of Maharashtra Cable Operators Federation (MCOF) and one of the most influential players in the cable TV landscape in Mumbai, India, Arvind Prabhoo has come out and declared that there seems to be a crisis between the relationships of MSOs and the last mile owners (LMOs).
Prabhoo said, ”There is a crisis in DAS I and II areas regarding LMO-MSO relationship. There needs to be more interaction between LMO, MSO, broadcaster and TRAI if we need a proactive solution to address all our concerns. It is important to address these problems immediately.” According to Prabhoo MSOs in India suffer from a sense of thinking that subscribers actually belong to them while that’s not the case were it not for the LMOs who collect the money from the subscribers and in turn give it to the MSOs.
India is currently in the midst of an aggressive campaign by the government to digitise the country by end of 2014. Currently while the digitisation has been split into four phases and being implemented by the deadlines, many of the cities are struggling to complete digitisation themselves. Hyderabad, Kolkata and Howrah are some of the cities which are still struggling with the problems.
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