Days after India’s Information and Broadcasting ministry slapped a notice on top DTH player Tata Sky for not carrying all the mandatory DD channels in its bouquet, the player has shot back saying it’s working its hardest to get all channels on air. However it does not have enough transponders as the the ministry itself has not been able to approve them on time.
Tata Sky CEO Harit Nagpal said, “Our licence with Doordarshan was to carry eight channels but we were carrying 15 since our customers wanted them. We have been running pillar to post to get capacity but no one has been helping us.” He also noted that the company has been struggling to get extra transponders from MIB.
Nagpal also noted, “I am ready to carry the 24 channels that the government says I should but I need time to figure out how to do it. Capacity creation takes time. There are only two ways to create capacity- either get more transponders or remove channels. If I remove channels, customers may not be too happy with it.” Tata Sky was not the only player that was issued notices. Reliance and Sun Direct have also been given notices by the government.
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