I think it applies to HD channels as well. They have to be competitive in the respective areas first. If say In Cablenet of Mumbai is offering Star Cricket HD & ESPN HD, then Hathway will have to provide that to its Mumbai subscribers. Else In Cablenet will have that edge over them. And now lets say the other operators in Bengaluru/Delhi do not provide these channels, then they can choose to hold back those channels there & first look out to provide the locally famous channels.