In an order dated October 23, the ministry said that an appeal against this order can be made to MIB Secretary Apurva Chandra, provided that such an appeal is made within 30 days of the issue of this order.
The 477 MSOs were already marked non-compliant since they had failed to furnish the information sought by the MIB.
The MIB had sent multiple reminders to the 477 MSOs to furnish information like the details of their subscriber base and set-top box (STB) seeding data. Despite repeated reminders, these MSOs had failed to furnish information to the ministry.
Despite being classified as non-compliant, the erring MSOs did not make any references to the MIB for the alteration of their status to compliant. Subsequently, the ministry issued Show Cause Notices (SCNs) to these MSOs, seeking an explanation for the contraventions.
“However, it has been observed that, despite the lapse of the given period, the scheduled MSOs have failed to provide the requisite information or make any reference to this ministry regarding their compliance status,” the ministry said in its order.
In March, the MIB advised broadcasters not to enter into interconnection agreements with non-compliant MSOs and to notify the non-compliant MSOs with whom they already had interconnection agreements.
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