Under siege from CBI and ED, SUNNETWORK is facing a new pressure from Arasu Cable of Tamil Nadu Government and is resorting to rowdyism to gain ground.
Arasu Cable was revived by Karunanidhi himself( started by Jayalaithaa when she was in power last time and karunanidhi, who did not have time to meet the Governor on Tamil Genocide, went to Raj Bhavan to complain that Arasu cable was hurting his family Business!) to settle scores with Dayanidhi Maran in the wake of the news published by Dinakaran,a Tamil Daly belonging to SUN group to the effect that M.K.Stalin of DMK(son of Karunanidhi) is preferred over M.K.Azhagiri, another son of Karunanidhi and Union Minister of Fertilizers as future Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.-Dinakaran office was burned and people lost lives,aides of Azhagiri were arrested , freed for want of evidence;they are now in prison in another case..more intriguing than Ludlum’s Novels)
Later the Family united and Karunanidhi shelved the Arasu Cable TV started by the Government with an investment of 100 crores.
The IAS officer,Umashankar was suspended for trying to promote the Arasu Cable.
Now Jayalalithaa has revived the Arasu Cable and it has become operational in Tamil Nadu,other than Chennai.
There are 50,000 Cable operators in Tamil Nadu with 1,45,00000 connections.
34,400 Operators have joined Arasu Cable.
This has hit SUN Cable Vision.
SUN has started ,in fact it has been the case since the inception of the Cable arm of SUN, blackmailing the operators into joining their Net work and leave Arasu Cable.
Arasu Cable is offering 90 free channels @Rs.70/month against Rs 150-200 for SUN.
It has popular packs excluding SUN NETWORK.
Fun is that Kalignar TV,a Company run by M.K.Kanimozhi, daughter of Karunanidhi who is in jail for 2 G scam is included in the Arasu Cable pack!
By force, because their party was in power,SUN TV has confiscated the connections of cable operators inChennai,Madurai,Tiruchi,Coimbatore,Tiuppur,Thanjavur and Erode.
In 2009,30 Cable Operators‘ families who have resisted SUN TV have been forced to flee from Thanjavur.
SUN is earning about Rs. 12 Crores /month from these forcibly obtained connections.
The MSO’s are being threatened to be with SUN.
Now that the Government has changed, SUN is resorting to cutting the Cables of the Operators who are with the Arasu Cables.
By attaching a Gadget priced at Rs 100, to the Cables of those who do not have SUN package, SUN ensures that the picture quality becomes very hazy.
They have also infiltrated the Operators who have joined Arasu Cable and are taking out processions and demonstrations purportedly from Public that Popular Channels(read SUN Network are not available in Arasu Cable).
Because of these tactics, TV viewers are switching to DTH, where again SUN is offering their packs at throw away prices.( please read my blog on ‘Choosing your Cable/DTH’)
SUN also causes leakage in Arasu Cables and makes SUN available in the Arasu package, which is illegal.
SUN is fighting this issue in the Court stating that they have no hand in this.
As the Arasu Cable is becoming popular, it is reported that those that have paid SUN TV to include their packs , are demanding their money back
(Zee TV– Six crores/a; Polimer 3 Crores/a)
Source:Kumudam Reporter-11/9/2011.
Related:
http://ramanisblog.in/2011/09/08/karunanidhi-familiys-immovable-assets-details/
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