SET to reconsider distribution agreement with CNBC if
TRP-for-sale hype does not end soon
(Posted on 7 September 2001, 3:45 pm)
SET
India CEO Kunal Dasgupta is in an angry mood. The reason: the
overkill of the TRP for sale coverage on CNBC India. Dasgupta told
indiantelevision.com that his company's name was unnecessarily being
sucked into the picture. "No way do we have any say in all this. And
we are not behind the discrediting the TRP campaign."
"There
should be some editorial control on CNBC. It appears to be lacking,"
he says. "If it does not stop SET India will reconsider its
distribution agreement with the channel. It's extremely irritating,"
he says.
SET India had earlier gone back on its agreement to
invest in CNBC India. At one point it was scheduled to take a 20 per
cent equity stake, but later decided against it.
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