According to ESS director affiliate sales Rajesh Kaul, the feed to Hathway was reactivated after the Rajan Raheja-promoted MSO (in which Star India officially has a 26 per cent stake) "paid up a chunk of dues owed to it." The remaining chunk is to be paid within the next two days, Kaul said, while refusing to discuss the terms under which agreement had been reached. Kaul pointed out that while the signal was back on in most areas, "Nasik was still a problem."

Hathway, meanwhile, issued a statement earlier in the day which read, "ESPN Star Sports have switched on the signals in parts of Hathway's network where it was switched off earlier, on 1st July 2004 before the Euro 2004 Semi Final match. The matter has been resolved between the two parties."

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