BWI: Police Raids Hotel Country Inn in Delhi for Illegally Broadcasting ESPN, STAR Sports and STAR Cricket Channels

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: ESPN STAR Sports
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 03:06 PM IST (09:36 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Business services, Electronic appliances & components, Hospitality, Sports, Telecommunications
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Police Raids Hotel Country Inn in Delhi for Illegally Broadcasting ESPN, STAR Sports and STAR Cricket Channels


New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, October 10, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- -- Technical staff of Hotel arrested. FIR filed at the behest of ESPN Software India Pvt. Ltd

-- Set top box, 20 satellite cards and a LCD Television seized by Police

ESPN Software India Pvt. Ltd, sole & exclusive licensee for distributing ESPN, STAR Sports and STAR Cricket channels in India, stepped up its tirade against piracy in the hotel industry. Taking swift action on a report filed by M/s Prime Protection Pvt. Ltd.; the local police raided Hotel Country Inn based at District Center, Saket for illegally showing the channels. During the raid, the Police arrested a technical staff of the hotel and also seized a LCD television, a set top box and 20 satellite cards which were being used to illegally broadcast ESPN, STAR Sports and STAR Cricket Channels.

The hotel had violated the provisions of the relevant TRAI tariff order by broadcast of ESPN, STAR Sports & STAR Cricket channels without mutual agreement with ESPN Software India Pvt. Ltd. while the requirement is that commercial subscribers falling under the specific categories, including hotels with rating of three star and above, Heritage hotels or any other hotel, motel, inn, and such other commercial establishment providing boarding and lodging and having 50 or more rooms, have to take broadcast signals directly from the broadcaster unless the broadcaster has authorized any operator to provide such signals. In this case, the Hotel Country Inn that qualifies as a commercial subscriber within such category was using unauthorized feed of a DTH player.



CONTACT DETAILS
Sameer Bajaj, Associate Director - Corporate Communications, ESPN STAR Sports, +91 (124) 4147777 / +91 9811222700, sameerb@espnstar.co.in

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PEOPLE, BUSINESS SERVICES, ELECTRONICS, HOSPITALITY, SPORTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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