Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2003
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Wednesday, Dec 24, 2003 |
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Industry & Economy
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Radio/TV Delhi Govt to set up consumer court on CAS Our Bureau
The Delhi Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dixit, with the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad, in the Capital on Tuesday. - - Ramesh Sharma
New Delhi , Dec. 23 CRICKET buffs in Delhi's South Zone will not be able to catch the action of the third test match between India and Australia. Unlike the last time, cable service providers have decided that this time the match, to be aired on ESPN-Star Sports, will not be available without the set-top box (STB). Also, from the New Year, none of the pay channels would be available without an addressable system. The Government, on its part, claims that efforts are on to make the conditional access system (CAS) consumer-friendly and that the possibility of a rollback looks remote. However, a decision by the Delhi High Court vacation Bench is expected. The Government has been asked to file a reply to a PIL filed by the consumer groups by December 26. The Delhi Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit, on Tuesday met the Information and Broadcasting Minister, Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad, to review the CAS. The Delhi Government has decided to set up a dedicated consumer court to settle cable-related disputes and appoint sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs) as nodal regulators for CAS implementation. After the meeting, Mr Prasad admitted that some implementation hiccups have occurred and the implementation of CAS in the rest of Delhi would depend upon its success in South Delhi. "We would expect all stakeholders to settle any corporate rivalry....Failure to address these issues adequately would certainly jeopardise the implementation of CAS in other areas," he added. Ms Dikshit said her Government would issue another advertisement explaining all issues related to CAS while asking cable operators to take the lead in explaining CAS to consumers. Meanwhile, the I&B Ministry has issued a notification making it mandatory for cable operators to offer consumers an option of taking set top boxes on rent. "Every consumer must be given a choice of either purchasing the set top box outright or acquiring it through rental scheme which will entitle him to a refund should he not wish to use the STB for any reason," the notification said. Later, the multi-system operators (MSOs) met the officials of the I&B Ministry to review the implementation of CAS. So far, about 20,000 STBs have been seeded in South Delhi.
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