president of incablenet rajiv vyas said a task force set up by the information and broadcasting ministry was looking into the matter. we want to spread awareness of the problems facing cable operators because we don't want to be the scapegoats.'' he said the cable industry was pressing for addressability_a system whereby the customer can choose the channels he wants and pays a customised price accordingly_but the channels were resisting the idea. we don't want to charge him or her extra. besides, somebody might not want to watch espn/star sports. we don't want to burden the consumers with ever-increasing rates. how can an operator show the channels when they have taken away the decoders?'' speaking at a press conference under the banner of the freshly-floated indian national cable action committee, its convener johnwin george, an incable operator in the goregaon area, said, ``we are trying to educate customers to stand by us. hingorani, executive vice chairman of indusind media and communications, said, ``these are the usual allegations that they have been making. he said the cable operators were doing this because of consumer pressure to show the two sports channels. we will initiate appropriate action against those indulging in this piracy''. this is a criminal offence under the copyright act as well as the indian penal code. on thursday, an espn/star sports spokesperson alleged that ``some cable networks affiliated to incable have started stealing signals of espn/star sports. an urgent petition was filed by incable network on january 8 for restoration of espn and star sports signals. despite filing an urgent application before the court, incable lawyers on friday chose not to argue and instead requested for the postponement of the hearing of the case. there was some missed action in the bombay high court, however. while an espn/star sports spokesperson alleged that certain incable operators in bandra, andheri and other areas were stealing signals after being blacked out for non-payment of revised fees, a section of cable operators came under a common banner to ``educate'' the press and their customers about the ``pressure tactics'' being carried out by the pay channels. Mumbai: the tug-of-war between pay channels espn/star sports and cable operators got fiercer on friday with charges of signal stealing, a fiery press conference and a postponed hearing at the court.
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