Tata Sky Vs Sun TV case Latest News

[gregory house]

Currently, Tata-Sky is unable to provide even AIR Tamil. I have doubts about their broadcasting any Sun FM channels. Anyway, I think the DTH deal is for the 20-channels only.

 

[jjvj]

Here are some details In brief about the agreement... how much they spent on court hearings and also the cost of sun channels.. which is 50 - 55 rs per subscriber. (even though they say they wont charge anything from its subscribers). They had spent upto 2 crores for 25 court hearing and also Samosas:hysterical: I also mentioned about the sales on Tata Sky is low in South and here it says that only 200 subscribers were added per day, whereas overall it is 2600per day. Now in Return STAR had agreed to give all its channels to Sun DTH. for full news read here.... After 12 months of litigation and spending nearly Rs 2 crore on 25 court hearings across Delhi and Chennai, Direct-To-Home (DTH) company Tata Sky and southern broadcaster Sun TV network reached an out-of-court settlement today on channel-sharing and -pricing. This is likely to make Tata Sky’s subscription more expensive but the second-largest DTH company is unlikely to pass the additional cost to its subscribers for at least another year. The case was being heard before the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). Tata Sky had taken Sun TV network to TDSAT for not providing access to its popular regional channels, though these were being provided to rival DTH company Dish TV. According to the DTH guidelines, broadcasters have to make their channels available to all DTH service providers without any discrimination. Sources said the settlement comes as a relief to Tata Sky, which was struggling to find subscribers in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh due to the absence of popular Sun channels. While Tata Sky acquires about 2,600 subscribers a day, the four southern states accounted for only 200, due to the absence of access to Sun channels. Under the terms of the settlement, Tata Sky will offer all 20 channels from the Sun TV network to all its subscribers, including those in the southern states for which each subscriber will pay about Rs 50-55 a month. This is, 20 per cent lower than what was directed by TDSAT in its March 19 interim order. In return, Star TV India, the 20 per cent controlling partner in Tata Sky, will provide all its popular Hindi channels at about the same price to the soon-to-be launched Sun Direct, the DTH venture from Sun network. The Zee Group-backed Dish TV had managed to get the Star TV bouquet of 14-channels at Rs 27 under a TDSAT order in August, 2006. Both Tata Sky and Sun Network refused to reveal details of the settlement. Anil Kumar, general counsel for the Sun group, said, "While I cannot give out the details of our settlement, we are happy with the outcome

 

[ravigop]

i got to know from one of my colleagues that Udaya news and Udaya Varthegalu are one and the same. Can somebody confirm this? Also do they have two news channels in Telugu ?

 

[vgpal]

I think Teja News and Gemini News are one and the same.

 

[ronaldo81]

No sooner Tata starts the transmission of Sun TV channels they will increase the subscription rate, if not soon but after one year and if the subscription rate goes beyond Rs.300/- that will be unbearable for a normal customer but then you don't have any option (you bought a Car manufacturered by Tata's and have run out of Petrol but then the Car will only move if you fill the Petrol of Tata's, you are stuck). Why not we have an STB in the market where we can insert the card of any DTH provider and watch the channels. I mean like changing the SIM Card inside a Nokia Set. May be in the coming time this will be possible. What's your opinion?

 

[gregory house]

Read this Hindu article.

And read this (pdf file: 1.1 MB) DTH Set Top Box Specification. It has only six pages. But they are all scanned images. Its seems the crazies from MI&B don't have access to a good OCR software.

Sorry. Take back my words. It is part text and part images. Pages are scanned so haphazardly that I assumed they were upto their usual standards.

 

[vgpal]

If that is available, we can go for better STBs.When STBs reach mass market and LG/Samsung/Videocon etc start manufacturing, they will become much cheaper with advanced features.I have seen on the net, some STBs have 5 fav groups whereas in Tata Sky or DishTV only one fav group is there.

 

[mnreddy]

I am not sure about the rest, but the List of Telugu Sun Channels that are aired by Sun is as follows:

GeminiTV
TejaTV
Gemini News(Teja News is renamed to Gemini News)
Gemini Music(AdithyaTV is renamed to Gemini Music)
Gemini Cable Vision ( I haven't seen a single cable operator airing this channel in A.P. I don't think this exists at all).

So, As far as I know there are only 4 Telugu Channesl from Sun Network.

I guess Udaya News and Udaya Varthegalu are one and the same.

So, as per my knowledge list of Sun Channels is:

Tamil (5)
SunTV
KTV
Sun Music
Sun News
Chutti TV

Malayalam (2)
SuryaTV
KiranTV

Telugu (4)
GeminiTV
TejaTV
Gemini News
Gemini Music


Kannada (5)
UdayaTV
UsheTV
Udaya2
Udaya Movies
Udaya Varthegalu

But, Sun Network's web-site shows the list that is posted by gregory house. their website needs updation.
When I contacted Tata Sky customer care about availability of Sun channels, they said they will be airing 15 Sun channels and further info about pricing and date of availability will be anounced very soon.

 

[jjvj]

No sooner Tata starts the transmission of Sun TV channels they will increase the subscription rate, if not soon but after one year and if the subscription rate goes beyond Rs.300/- that will be unbearable for a normal customer but then you don't have any option (you bought a Car manufacturered by Tata's and have run out of Petrol but then the Car will only move if you fill the Petrol of Tata's, you are stuck). Why not we have an STB in the market where we can insert the card of any DTH provider and watch the channels. I mean like changing the SIM Card inside a Nokia Set. May be in the coming time this will be possible. What's your opinion?


no.. they can also bring lots of regional packages and also 1 seperate one for Sports. so that people who want 1 region langauge can take it and also watch sports.

 

[vgpal]

Only Taja, Gemini, Gemini News, Gemini Music from SUN are available in Hathway, Siti, In cables.