[icernet] Get set for another round of hikes in cable TV rates

[Arul Selvan]

After a temporary lull, the first salvo may have been fired towards 
another bout of hikes in cable TV subscription rates across the country. 
ESPN Software India that airs two sports channels ESPN and STAR Sports, 
on Friday announced an upward revision in the rates to Rs 32 from Rs 24 
per subscriber home per month, just ahead of the forthcoming Indian 
cricket team's tour of New Zealand that gets going from December 12. The 
new rates are effective from December 1.

Interestingly, the move comes at a time when the upper house of 
Parliament is slated to take up for discussion the amendment to Cable TV 
Regulation Act, 1995, that would usher in the conditional access regime 
in the country, making it mandatory for subscribers to access pay 
channels only through a set top box. The Lok Sabha has already given a 
go-ahead to the amendments.

Source:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=29075958