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Article: No pay channel to go free-to-air: broadcasters.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- June 10, 2003
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New Delhi, Jun 10 (PTI) Going gentle on broadcasters, Indian Government agreed on Tuesday to be a "little flexible" on the June 15 deadline for declaration of rates of their pay channels even as they ruled out turning any pay channel free-to-air in the Conditional Access System regime.
At a two-hour meeting with leading broadcasters, including representatives from Star, Zee and Sony, Government was assured of cooperation in making it a "viable service".
The broadcasters hope to come out with the rates by June 16 or 17 after working together with Multi-System Operators (MSOs) to discuss the rates and margins.
"They need some time to talk to the ...