Dish TV Customers May Lose Star India Channels if the Operator Fails to Pay Dues Before July 27

Prominent Direct-to-the-Home (DTH) service provider Dish TV has been directed by the Telecom Disputes Settlements and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) to pay up Star India for its Rs 55 crore pending dues, lest it should face disconnection. TDSAT has set the deadline for payment to Star India as July 27 for Dish TV. Earlier, on July 3, Star India had issued a disconnection notice to Dish TV. The broadcaster had also submitted a recovery petition in TDSAT which briefly went over the financial arrangements between the two companies which had led to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which was signed on December 12, 2018.

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TDSAT Issues Order to Dish TV for Paying Up Dues

In response to the petition filed by Star India in TDSAT, Dish TV also filed another petition against it. Following this, TDSAT gave the order to Star India to not go through with the disconnection in case Dish TV pays up Rs 55 crore by the July 27 deadline and also presents the proof of it by the next date of hearing, which has been scheduled on July 29, 2019.

The tribunal said, “Having heard learned counsel for the parties, we are of the view that if the petitioner pays Rs. 55 crore to the respondent by July 27, 2019, and produces proof of such payment by the next date, without prejudice to the claims of the parties, impugned notice shall not be given effect to until the next date. As it is, we have been given to understand that the notice shall take effect on 29.7.2019.”