Says a happy though tired executive vice
president Hinduja TMT and director IndusInd Media Communications Ashok
Mansukhani: "InCablenet and One Alliance have mutually resolved
their pending issues...InCablenet is very happy to have One Alliance
back on its network."
SET-Discovery India president Shantonu Aditya had highlighted the
issues that had forced it to switch off InCablenet on 29 April. He
had said: "There are two reasons - non-settlement of the outstanding
dues of Rs 20 million for the month of March and non-renewal of the
agreement contract which expired on 31 March 2003. Actually, we have
been giving them signals in good faith for an entire month in the
absence of a proper contract."
If as understood from Mansukhani's statement, then it's apparent
that InCablenet has made good the Rs 20 million dues and agreed
to the renewal of the expired contract. Aditya was not available
for comment at the time of writing.
InCablenet had reportedly yet to resolve its issues with the other
pay channels such as ESPN Star Sports, Star Plus and Zee TV. And
the network continued to be without the official encrypted feed
of these channels. While some InCablenet subscriber homes were reportedly
carrying unidentified feeds for these channels, others were carrying
a feed with WinCable writ large over the video.
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