Cable operators seek govt intervention

Speakers said MGH Infocom Ltd became the new Indian distributor of STAR Group in July 2004 and since then disputes started among the distributors of the country.

MGH stopped the signals of all STAR TV channels after UCS, a local distributor, allegedly stopped paying to the Indian distributor and still some areas of the city cannot see those channels, they said.

"The cable business has been continuing since 1991 without any cooperation of the government. But the present condition demands government's urgent intervention," said Nizam Uddin Masud, general secretary of COAB.

Competition among the distributors led the business into destruction. If the government fails to solve the problem, COAB will take firm steps of its own, he added.

S M Anwar Parvez, president, Md Din Islam, additional general secretary, Md Selim Sarwar, finance secretary of the association were also present at the briefing.