Obligation Of Every Cable Operator To Transmit Programmes Of Pay Channels

Obligation Of Every Cable Operator To Transmit Programmes Of Pay Channels

Published in the Gazette of India, Ext., Pt. II, Section 300,S1. No. 610, dated 10th fitly, 2003

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Notification New Delhi, the 10th July, 2003

S.O. 792(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4-A, read with section 9 of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 (7 of 1995), the Central Government, having been satisfied that it is necessary in public interest so to do, and in supersession of the notification S.O. 39(E), dated 14th January, 2003, hereby notifies the 1st day of March, 2003 as the date within six months from which it shall be obligatory for every cable operator to transmit/re-transmit programmes of every pay channel through an addressable system in the areas specified below, namely: (i)[In the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai,] the area to the West of the main line of Central Railway between Chatrapathi Shivaji Terminus (CST) station and Sion Railway Station, including the area from Navy Nagar (in the south) upto the CST railway Station (in the north), including Ballard Estate, bound by the Sion-Bandra Link Road and the Mahim Causeway on the northern side and includes the areas Colaba, RC Church, World Trade Centre, Maker Towers, Nariman Point, Cuffe Prade, Fort, Fountain, Bombay Stock Market, Prince of Wales Museum, CIDCO, Marine Drive Gateway of India, Horniman Circle, Reserve Bank of India, Churchgate, Ballard Estate, Town Hall, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Madam Cama Road, Veer Nariman Road, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Dr. Dadabhai Navroji Marg, Marine Lines, Charni Road, Kalbadevi, Thakurdwar, Girgaum, Walkeshwar Road, Nepensea Road, Cumbala Hill, Malabar Hill, Grant Road, Khetwadi, Breach Candy, Peddar Road, Hajiali, Mahalaxmi, Worli, Tardeo, Altomout Road, Dr. Dadasheb Bhadkamkar Marg, Sardar Vallabhai Patel Road, Saat Rasta, Lala Lajpatrai Marg, Mahalakshmi Race Course, Dr. Annie Besant Marg, N.M. Joshi Marg, Gokhale Road, Dr. Moses Road, Prabhadevi, Dadar (West), Shivaji Park, Cadell Road, Lady Jamshedji Road, Sitladevi Road, Mahim, Gen Arunkumar Vidya Marg.

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(iii)In the Kolkata Metropolitan Area, the areas whose northern boundary is the eastern bank of the river Hooghly up to the confluence with Tolly's Nalla on the right; eastern boundary is the line along the western bank of Tolly's Nalla starting from its confluence with river Hooghly in the north, running south down along the Tolly's Nalla/Kaorapukur Khal to the mouzas of Magurkhali; Southern Boundary is along the line following the southernboundaries of mouzas Magurkhali, Ramjibanpur, Sajnaberia, Gopalnagar, Kalua, Hanspukuria area within Police Station Behala proceeding towards the southern boundaries of mouzas Kalagachhia, Sankharipota, Naoabad, Khanberia, Chandigar, Shibhugli and Rameshwarpur within Police Station Maheshtola.

Thereafter the same line following the southern boundaries of mouzas Betuabi Rajarampur, Santoshpur, Uttar Raipur, Benjan Haria Charial, Eastern and southern mouzas of Nischintapur and southern boundaries of mouzas of Uttar Ramchandrapur, Raghunathpur, Rajarampur, Achhipur within Police Station Budge Budge. And then proceeding further westward in a straight line and meeting the western boundary-line of District 24 Parganas in the river Hooghly; and western boundary is the line along the east bank of river Hooghly starting from the confluence of Tolly's Nalla running south-south-west where it meets the line of District 24 Parganas in the river Hooghly. (iv) Chennai Metropolitan area.