New Delhi, June 21: Cable operators today asked the government to control broadcasters by fixing a price limit for pay channels and making any violation of this provision a cognizable offence. "Cable operators are now urging the government to control pay channel broadcasters by fixing price limits for them too, making any violation of this policy a cognizable offence, as has been done in case of cable operators," said a statement from leading cable operators Roop Sharma, Vikky Choudhary and Rakesh Dutta.

They have also asked the government to strictly implement the programming and advertising codes in respect of all broadcasters who have "shown no regard for government policies".
The statement said despite only 24 days being left for implementation of CAS, major broadcasters have not yet declared their individual channel rates. "Cable operators feel this is being done to harass the public so that it pressurises the government to delay CAS.”
Bureau Report