QUOTE(Amish @ Nov 15 2006, 12:12 PM) [snapback]68743[/snapback]
CAS is nothing but same cable system but with STB, so cable ops can no more pay less tax.
CAS also gives consumers the ability to pay only for channels they watch.[/b]
It's a lot more than that. With options like DTH and iptv at our disposal we are not at the mercy of these people anymore. The biggest plus point is that CAS will force the local cable operators to turn digital if they have to survive in the market. They will no longer will be able to get away with providing poor service. For poor transmission they will lose considerable revenue for respective channels.
And Star, Zee,
Sony etc. know exact number of viewers. Currently most cable ops pay them for 1000 subscribers whereas there may be say 3000 subscribers really. So as a whole pocket huge amount of money.
So basically you still stay with same cable op and still face their dadagiris and misbehaviours. Though hopefully it would less now because of competition but once you pay for STB, whatever you do, you are still under their control. If star, zee, sony dont give them good commission they can still blackout channels at their will.[/b]
That won't be the case in the post CAS scenario. This so called rental STB scheme is a masterstroke from the government. Cable ops will have to invest huge sums of money in upgrading their equipments and service and for buying STBs. So if people are not satisfied with the service they can turn to dth or iptv leaving the poor operator with the stbs and a lot of debt. Losing customers can really push these operators towards bankruptcy and selling their businesses to the biggies like zee , sony ,hathway , siticable etc.They simply have to deliver coz they have no other choice.
Also
Tata Sky / mtnl being big companies would keep upgrading STBs for more services.
With cable ops you depend completely on them to upgrade it. If cable op is technically
sound you might get better technologies but otherwise most of cable ops being small
can not keep investing on technology.
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Like i said earlier , all the small operators are a part of the big organizations like hathway,zee , siticable etc. If they struggle to provide quality services then they will be forced to sell their businesses to the big players due to a large amont of debt. And these players have a lot of money so u don't have to worry about not getting the latest services.
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