Users cry foul over blackout, cable operators face heat

Kolkata | Friday | 15th February, 2019

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That is not possible because the base FTA pack price has increased, leaving less in the kitty for pay channels,” another MSO official reasoned. “Offices of LCOs in Rajabazar and Beltala in the city and elsewhere in the districts, including Bankura and Burdwan have been attacked by irate consumers after MSOs switched off pay channels. Instead, they pointed to a technical glitch in migrating consumers from the existing pack to a best-fit plan as per Trai suggestion. It has asked us to offer a best-fit pack, which is a package of free-to-air and pay channels closest to the one that consumers had in terms of price. “It is clear that MSOs weren’t prepared for the migration but did not reveal so lest their license is cancelled by Trai..