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Tamil Nadu to 'nationalise' cable TV
Friday June 03, 2011 03:17:02 PM,
Sanu George, IANS
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Chennai: Chief
Minister J. Jayalalithaa's government Friday announced that
private cable television will be 'nationalised' in Tamil Nadu, a
move that is expected to hit the Maran family-run company that has
near monopoly in the state's cable business.
The AIADMK government has also decided to revive the nearly
defunct state-run Arasu Cable Corp (ACC).
Governor Surjit Singh Barnala, in his customary address to the
assembly, said the government had decided to 'nationalise' private
cable TV services without affecting the business of last mile
operators in the state.
The move is expected to hit Sumangali Cable Vision (SCV), which is
a near monopoly in the state's cable business.
The multi-system operator (MSO) is the cash cow of the Sun TV
group, owned by the Maran family which owes allegiance to the
AIADMK's archrival DMK.
This is AIADMK's second attempt to nationalise the cable TV
business after 2006. At that time too, the idea was to take over
the business of MSOs, who feed satellite television signals to
neighbourhood cable TV operators.
The target, then too, was seen to be SCV.
The government's attempts did not succeed as Governor Barnala
returned the bill as the subject fell under the purview of the
union government.
However, the DMK government in 2008 launched the ACC after the
Maran brothers - Kalanithi Maran and Dayanidhi Maran, who is a DMK
MP and union minister - fell foul of party president M.
Karunanidhi's family.
Kalanithi Maran, the grand nephew of Karunanidhi, is the promoter
of Sun TV Network.
A subsequent family patch-up resulted in the ACC becoming near
defunct.
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