City cable distributors keen to break free from service operators
UCC, an association of at least 24 cable operators in south Kolkata, currently under the MSO, Siti Cable, is contemplating going digital all by themselves. “It has been a lot of hard work of the cable operators who have worked at the ground level to build up the infrastructure and subscriber base. Now, as digitisation comes to the picture, MSOs claim a huge chunk of the revenue share. I speak for myself and at least 24 other operators who have come under the umbrella of UCC have decided to pool in investment and go digital ourselves,” said A Raj, chairman, UCC.
He said the MSOs were taking away 60 per cent of the revenue and they were left only with a mere 40 per cent. “With that we have to maintain infrastructure, both in and out of office, pay staff members, attend customer complaints and meet all the other peripheral expenses,” he said.
Another leading cable operator, under Manthan MSO, is of the same opinion. “The MSOs have been practically bullying us with the revenue sharing ratio. It is time we thought different,” he said.
MSO authorities have, however, reacted differently to it. While Amit Nag, CEO, DG Cablecomm said the cable operators were free to do so. “It is a free market and each one was
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