Tata Sky Limited Versus Espn Software India Pvt. Ltd. and Another

Decided On : May-10-2010

Court : Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal TDSAT

LAW: the Indian Companies Act, the Affiliate Agreement, The Affiliate Agreement, the Interconnect Agreement, the TRAI Regulations, Section 14 of the Act, the Interconnect Agreement

ORG: S.B. Sinha, Delhi High Court, ESPN-Star, ESPN, Star Sports, TATA, DTH, STAR Cricket, Indian Rupees, the Reserve Bank of India, Star Cricket, STAR Cricket, Affiliate Agreement, STAR Cricket, ESPN, STAR Sports, MoU, The Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services, inter alia, the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Interconnection, the Reference Interconnect Offer, RIO, RIO, RIO, DTH, ESPN, Tata Sky Limited, DTH, Tata, under:- “Bouquet Rate: M/s, ESPN Software, India Pvt, ESPN Software, India Pvt, ESPN, Star Sports 33.13, ESPN, STAR Sport and STAR Cricket, Corrigendum, RIO, RIO, TRAI’s, RIO, ESPN, ESPN, ESPN Software, India Pvt, ESPN Software, India Pvt, ESPN, Star Sports 33.13, ESPN-Star, ESPN, RIO, The Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services, ESPN, STAR Sports, STAR Cricket, RIO, ESPN-STAR, Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services, Respondent/ESPN-STAR, Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services, Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services, Press Note No.39, RIO, the Reference Interconnect Offer, RIO, ESPN, ESPN, ESPN, ESPN, ESPN, Order, RIO, RIO, RIO, DTH, RIO, Tribunal, RIO, DTH, Appeal, Tribunal, Order, inter alia, under:- &, packages&rsquo, RIO, packages&rsquo, the ’add on packages&rsquo, Authority, DTH, the Supreme Court of India, Order, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Tribunal, the High Court, CCP No, Court, RIO, RIO, ‘A&rsquo, inter alia, Court, the High Court, Order:- “Issue, the Telecom Disputes Settlement, Appellate Tribunal, Tribunal, Tribunal, ESPN, Star Sports, Tata Sky Limited, ESPN-STAR, Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services, Respondent/ESPN-STAR, Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services, Telecommunication(Broadcasting and Cable Services, ESPN, Channels, ESPN, Star Sports, the Delhi High Court, Court, ESPN, TDSAT, Court, Petitioners, Court, Order, under:- “Mr, RIO, ESPN, ESPN, RIO, TRAI’s, RIO, RIO, Tata Sky Mr., CCP No, TDSAT, TDSAT, CM, this Tribunal on 24.7.2008, terms:- “I, the High Court, ESPN, Authority, Tribunal, Tribunal, the High Court, RIO, Regulations, RIO, Tribunal, the High Court, the High Court, Order, ESPN, Regulations, DTH, Quality of Service, Redressal of Grievances, months.-, Affidavit, Tata Sky Limited in Petition No, Tribunal, Respondent’s, Indisputably, the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Interconnection Regulation, under:- &, RIO, TRAI’s, under:- &, ESPN, STAR Sports, STAR Cricket, RIO, RIO, the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Interconnection, ESPN, STAR Sports, STAR Cricket, RIO, under:- “You, the High Court, the Delhi High Court, inter alia, Regulations, the High Court, Tribunal, Tribunal, RIO, RIO, ESPN, STAR Sports, STAR Cricket, the High Court, ESPN, Star Sports, Star Cricket, the Writ Petition, the High Court, Tribunal, the High Court, Tribunal, Tribunal, under:- “It, ASC Enterprises v., Star India Private Ltd (Petition No, DTH, DTH, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, DTH, the Regulations for ‘must carry&rsquo, DTH, DTH, DTH, DTH, DTH, DTH, CAS, License, DTH, broadcasters&rdquo, provide&rsquo, DTH, Cable TV, TDSAT, ASC, DTH, DTH, DTH, DTH, Cable TV, DTH, DTH, DTH, Tribunal, under:- “18.We, DTH, DTH, DTH, RIO, DTH, Tribunal, the Basic Service Tier, DTH, DTH, DTH, DTH, Sun Direct TV Pvt, MSM Discovery Pvt. Ltd, DTH, RIO, Court, ASC Vs, the ASC Enterprises, Tata, packages&rsquo, RIO, packages&rsquo, the ‘add on, packages&rsquo, Authority, DTH, the Supreme Court of India, Tribunal, the High Court, the High Court

CARDINAL: 6.6.2008, two, 2.It, 3.ESIPL, 13.2A.7, 1, 2, 1, 1, 13.2A.11, 28.02.2008, 13.2.A.5, two, 18.04.2008, 39, two, 33.13, 28.00&rdquo, about 28.02.2008, 3, 3, three, 2.We, 3, 12, 33.13, 28.00, 16.05.2008, 3, 25.4.2008, 15.4.2008, 39, 18.04.2008, about 9.6.2008, 17.6.2008, 15, 28, three, 29.6.2008, about 24.6.2008, about 08/09, 24.6.21008, 8.7.2008, 6.7.2009, 6.6.2008, 347/2008, 23.6.2008, about 21.5.2008, 25, 1, 1, three, 1, 25, 2, 2, 32, three, 20.5.2008.&rdquo, 25.4.2008, 15.4.2008, 39, 39, three, 6.6.2008, three, 20.5.2008, 23.6.2008, 19.6.2008, 6.6.2008, 347/2008, 2, 1.Without, three, 2.The, 6.6.2008, three, 20.5.2008, 1, 1, 1, two, two, 23.9.2008.&rdquo, one, 6.6.2008, 4.1, 4.3, 6.6.2008, 23.6.2008, 45, 300, six, 1)No, 2)The, 1, 1, 11, 25.4.2008, two, one, 20.5.2008, 2008.&rdquo, three, 1., 3, 3, 39/-, three, 2, 39/-, 3, 3, 35, 40, 12, three, 9.5.2009, 28.2.2008, 39, 3, three, 24.10.2008, 2008.&rdquo, 21.5.2008, 21.10.2008, three, three, 6.6.2008, millions, 21.3.2008, 21.5.2008, 2, 32, three, three, 20.5.2008, 6.6.2008, three, 3.9.2007, 7.6, 7.6, 7.6, 7.6, 7.6, 7.6, 7.6, 7.6, 7.6, 7.6, 1, 2, 19, two, 13.3, 13.3, two, two, 6.6.2008, 23.6.2008, 20.5.2008, 20.5.2008, 6.6.2008

DATE: 1956, 19.07.2007, 18.07.2007, July 31, 2006, July 31, 2006, a period of, 19 months, February 28, 2008, July 19, 2007, eight months, the business day, Monthly, Month, later than 30 days, 2004, 2004, 2007, 9 of 2007, ninety days, ninety days, forty-five days, 13.2A.5, 2007, 15.03.2008, July 31, 2006, July 18, 2007, December 2007, March 15, 2008, 6 weeks, April 30, 2008, 6 weeks, 31st March, 2007, 2006, under 13.2A.11, initial 12 months, 30.04.2008, April 30th, May 5th ’08, 15.05.2008, April 25, 2008, May 20, 2008, 2007, 2008, June 1, 2008, May 15, 2008, 2007, 2007, 2008, 2007, 18.04.2008.&rdquo, 18.04.2008, 2008, 2008, 13.5.2009, the next 4 months.&rdquo, May, 2009, a period of, two months, the months of June, July, August and, September, 2008, the aforementioned months, 21.5.2008, 21.5.2008, 21.5.2008, 2007, 2007, 2008, 18.4.2008, 2007, 18.4.2008.&rdquo, later than 12 days, today, 15.5.2008, 10 days, 22.7.2008, the months of June and July 2008, the months of June and July 2008, the months of October, the month of February, 2008, 30.4.2008, the months of June, July,, August, September, 2008, May, 2008, 2007, six months, the period of six months, the period of six months, 2008, a period of, six months, February, 2008, 2004, 2006, a period of, three months, 21 days, 30.4.2008, April 30, 2008, April 30, 2008, 15.5.2008, April 25, 2008, May 20, 2008, 25.4.2006, April 30, 2008, April 30th, 2006, under 13.2A.10, initial 12 months, the end of the month of April, 16.5.2008, May 15, 2008, 2007, 2008, June 1, 2008, May 15, 2008, the month of June, 2008, the months of June to September, 2008, months, the months of June, July, August and, September, Para 32, April, 2008, 30.4.2008, Para 32, 30.4.2008, 90 days, May, 2008, 136(C, 2006, every month, 2006, 31.08.2007, Licensor, December, 2004, 13.05.2009, 13.2A.11, 13.2A.11, 2008, the next 4, 30.5.2008, 24th July, 2008, October, 2008, the four months, the months of June, July,, August, September, 2008

PRODUCT: Respondent, 1 ESPN+STAR SPORTS Rs.44.17, 1 ESPN+STAR SPORTS, No.1, Agreement, Regulation 8.1, Appellant, Regulation 13.2A.13, Appellant

GPE: England, US, US, Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, India, India, Delhi

WORK_OF_ART: a Memorandum of Understanding, Orders of the High Court, Interconnect Regulations

PERSON: Tata Sky, TATA Sky, Sky, Addendum, Contracts, Tata Sky, Bouquet, Bouquet Rate, Bouquet, Tata Sky, Tata Sky, Press Note, TRAI’s Press Note, Tata Sky, Tata Sky, C-1, Order, C-1, Vikas Mehta, Mansoor Ali, Ramji Srinivasan, Ganpathy, Tata Sky, Press Note, Tata Sky, Order, Ramji Srinivasan, Tata Sky, Ramji Srinivasan, Chandhiok, Ganpathy, Tata Sky, Ganpathy, Chandhiok, Tata Sky, Tata Sky, Tata Sky, Ramji Srinivasan, Regulations, Ganpathy, Respondent’s, Tata Sky, Rs, Prejudice, Ramji Srinivasan, Srinivasan, Srinivasan, Press Note, Zee Turner, Licensee, Licensee, Licensee, Licensee, Licensee, Licensee, Licensee, Licence, Star, Zee, Star(Supra, Order, Ganpathy

MONEY: US$ 3.25 Million, 150,000, US$ 350,000 Sep’07, 380,000, 400,000, 450,000, 470,000, 500,000, 550,000, 3250,000

NORP: Indian, Indian

EVENT: the 2007 Regulations, Regulation 3.2

FAC: Tata Sky (Petitioner, Tata Sky, the Delhi High Court, the Delhi High Court, Tata Sky, Tata Sky, Tata Sky, the Tata Sky and ASC Enterprises

PERCENT: 50%, 50%, 50%, 50%, 50%

ORDINAL: third, third, first, Secondly

LOC: Respondent, Respondent, Respondent