ready entertainment in
the form of signal on the cable line the cable operator cannot be said to be
providing the entertainment within the meaning ... operator chooses those
programmes that he will put on his cable network. Cable Operator decides
the bunch of programmes that viewers, the householder, connected
Cable Network, the various programmes available to it.
4. The appellant, for exhibition of its programmes, enters into agreement with several cable operators who provide ... appellant charges fees for permission to pass the signals to the cable operators and they, in their turn, charge monthly subscription from their subscribers
Nagpur Cable Operators' ... vs Commissioner Of Police, Nagpur And ... on 9 August, 1995
Equivalent citations: AIR1996BOM180, 1995(2)MHLJ753, AIR 1996 BOMBAY ... interference in carrying out their regular business as lawful cable operators by receiving signals from satellite and in turn render services to its various members
Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995
(hereinafter referred to as the “Cable TV Act”) only after the
signal reaches the Cable TV operator. According ... also relied strongly upon the Cable TV Act and in
particular on the definitions of “broadcaster” and “cable
operator” therein, as well as Section
cable
television network;
(b) "cable service" means the transmission by
cables of programmes including re-transmission by
cable of any broadcast television signals ... cable
television network;
(d) 'cable service' means the transmission by
cables of programmes including re-transmission by
cables of any broadcast television signals
Cable Television Networks
(Regulation) Act, 1995 (hereinafter referred to
as “the Cable Act, 1995”) which provision has
been perceived to require Cable Operators to
mandatorily ... Cable Act, a consequence that must surely be
avoided.
29. Section 8 of the Cable Act imposes an
obligation on the Cable Operators
magnetic waves through space
or through cables, direct to home signals or by any
other means to cable operator, including multisystem
operator or any other ... magnetic waves through
space or through cables, direct to home signals or by
any other means to cable operator including
multisystem operator or any other
from any person
who provides cable service directly to consumers or
transmits to a sub-cable operator through a cable television
network and otherwise controls ... management and operation of a cable television network
and such person has been defined as "cable operator" being
a taxable person exclusively
signal of cable television
network or a direct-to-home service at a place
indicated by him to the cable operator or the Direct ... subscriber is ensured through co-
axial cables or optic fibre cables whereas in the case of DTH
operators, the subscribers receive programmes through an antenna
permit the laying of cable lines
through electric posts after considering the safety aspect behind
the same. The said cable operator had given a cable ... that too from the cable connection by the private cable operator
by name Karikode Cable Vision. The complainant had also
proceeded against the said cable
