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ESPN clarifies black out on
cable TV
With cable
operators in Mumbai taking a decision to pull the plug on
ESPN-Star Sports for three days, the ESPN Software India
management has issued a press release expressing its regretting
"the decision of a few cable operators, to deprive the cricket
loving people of Mumbai of the two on-going triangular series
in Australia and South Africa."
The company has also clarified its position on the rate
hike: it says that the per subscriber fee for Star Sports
was raised by RS 1.51 effectively making the price RS 6.50
per sub effective 1 January 2000. The channel’s management
claims that "most of the cable networks in Mumbai, including
Hinduja-owned In Cablenet, Siticable, Raheja-owned UCN,
Spacevision and Liberty, Seven Star, Channel 3 among others
have agreed to or have already paid for the Star Sports
service at the new price."
It adds that it is "is unfortunate that with this decision
of a few cable operators, viewers in Mumbai are missing
out on the India-Australia-Pakistan triangular series from
Australia being featured on ESPN and Star Sports, as well
as the South Africa-England-Zimbabwe triangular series being
featured on Star Sports." Cable operators had last week
met up in Mumbai in the presence of a prominent politician
and taken a decision to switch off the two channels.
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