When 15 sun channels is not everthing then why TS wanted it? Why a big fight for that? Jaya was allowed to start the channels and Test card was there for a very long time. But Jaya
tv took long time to start a channel because of wanted resources like employees.
SUN channels are no. 1 not only in India but also abroad. (I have seen in Middle-East people purchasing SUN subscription for C-band). Any operator would like to have SUN channels, but SUN seemed reluctant to provide channels as they were planning their own DTH, if their channels were available on then available DTH (DISH &
Tata Sky) market in TN would have swept by these operators and it would have been difficult for SUN DTH. But in end TDSAT ruled in favour of TATASKY and SUN had to provide channels to TATASKY (and eventually to DISH also)
Some are telling Sun don't allow other channels on their platform because of bad ethics. In that case TS should have added all the channels in India. Did they do it? They didn't even add Zee channels, because Zee give tough competation to Star Plus. As TS is run by
Tata and Star group it easily understood why they don't allow Zee channels. Atleast Sun has added almost all the important Tamil channels including their no.1 enemy Jaya tv, unlike TS which refuses Zee
I dont agree about bad ethics. TATASKY didn't removed ZEE's all channels, infact ZEE's all popular channels like ZEE TV, CINEMA, NEWS,
BUSINESS, MARATHI, etc are available which are no. 1 (e.g. ZEE MARATHI) and provide tough competition are still added by TATASKY. Reason 13 channels were removed was that ZEE demanded more amount for comparitively unpopular channels which TATASKY then removed (though 2 are now added after ZEE provided individual channels again after words from TDSAT).
* All information based on news available on various media sites