DTH viewers subscribing to the Tata Sky platform may not be able to watch the channels from the Zee TV bouquet after July 28. The reason is that Tata Sky has an outstanding bill of Rs 9 crore (Rs 90 million).
The amount has to be paid to Zee-Turner, the distribution arm of broadcaster Zee Telefilms. Tata Sky has to pay this amount for carrying the entire bouquet of 32 Zee-Turner channels on its platform from September 2006, till April 24 of this year.
Currently, it is carrying only 19 of the 32 Zee bouquet channels after winning a case before the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal in March. TDSAT had upheld Tata Sky's plea in which it had argued that due to shortage in transponder capacity, it would be able to carry only 19 channels out of bouquet of the 32 Zee channels.
Therefore, Tata Sky wanted to pay for only 19 Zee channels. TDSAT has directed Tata Sky to pay Zee-Turner its outstanding dues for all the 32 Zee channels it carried from September 2006 to April 2007.
"TDSAT has directed Tata Sky to pay our due amount of Rs 9 crore within two weeks failing which we can disconnect our channels as per the interconnect agreement," Arvind Mohan, Essel group vice-president told Business Standard.
When contacted, Tata Sky executives
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