"About three weeks ago, during the negotiations, Sony published a disconnection notice applicable from 30 September midnight," he added. Tata Sky said it has retained the channels with good viewership numbers, at a la carte rates and are paying a considerable premium (almost three times) to Sony as per their rate card versus contracted rates, in the interest of its subscribers. The DTH player has retained 10 channels including Set, Sony Sab, Set HD, and Aaj Tak. Kaul, however, claimed that Tata Sky had signed an RIO (reference inter-connect offer) for the 10 channels and it could have done the same for the other 22 channels as well.

Tata Sky  has stopped 23 out of 34 channels from the bundles of the Sony network and Sony is still in the process of resolving the issue officially with the direct to home (DTH) service provider.

These backend negotiations had not deterred Sony from utilizing other means toresolve the issues. Sony has launched a video campaign with two videos doing rounds on social media convincing the Tata Sky subscribers to “Demand For Sony Channels”. These videos are made in Hindi and English under the hashtag #DemandForSony and are featuring sports experts and other TV celebrities.

Along with that, Sony is also putting up a quite visible fight on twitter to make the consumer understand that Sony has not stopped the channels and it’s only the DTH provider who can resolve the issue.

Sony’s flagship Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) Sony entertainment television is not doing very well these days in terms of numbers and is unable to put a fight like it was doing four to five years back against its competitors. Indian Idol is the only programme which many viewers will miss on Sony’s GEC.

However, Sony has quite a healthy line up of sports channel with Australia-Pakistan match currently being broadcasted. Champions League’s matches will also be broadcasted on the sports channel of the network along with the upcoming bilateral series of India and Australia. The network has also signed content deals with many International cricket boards and therefore subscribers of Tata sky will miss out these sport events if the tussle between both companies goes on like this.

Sony is trying to create demands for its channels with the help of this new campaign.

Clearing The ‘Air’: After DTH Operator Tata Sky Pulls Down 32 Sony Channels, Says It’s Open To Price Negotiations

Direct-to-home (DTH) operator Tata Sky have said they are open to negotiations to offer customers the channels two days after having removed 32 channels of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) and three of TV Today Network due to pricing issues.

SPN’s three-year contract with Tata Sky had expired on 31 July, and the two have been negotiating a new pricing deal.

Tata Sky had asked for an extension so that the negotiations on the deal could come through, according to SPN president- distribution Rajesh Kaul. He also claimed that Tata Sky has gone ahead and switched off SPN’s 22 channels unilaterally, without even discussing with the company.

"In that sense, talks have failed, that is why they have switched off (our channels)," Kaul said, as reported by ET.

"We are completely open to that (negotiations). This is our business so we are open to any dialogue, any discussion which can lead to a settlement," he added.

Tata Sky chief executive officer and managing director Harit Nagpal also told PTI, "We hope to positively close negotiations and get all our subscribers their desired channels as soon as possible. The commercial negotiations with the broadcasters broke down as what they were seeking would have forced us to hike our prices," said Nagpal.

The biggest bone of contention, according to Kaul, is that Tata Sky has increased its subscriber base from 10 million to 16 million in two-three years and SPN has increased its bouquet of channels from 14 to 32.

"We are asking for an increase because of these two factors," he added.

As per regulator TRAI, the DTH giants and multi-system operators pay the broadcasters based on the number of subscribers they have, which means that the broadcaster cannot increase the rates.

Despite losing marquee properties like the Indian Premier League and Kapil Sharma show, Sony was expecting a much higher increase compared to what Tata Sky was willing to offer, in line with the channels’ viewership ratings, said Nagpal.

"About three weeks ago, during the negotiations, Sony published a disconnection notice applicable from 30 September midnight," he added.

Tata Sky said it has retained the channels with good viewership numbers, at a la carte rates and are paying a considerable premium (almost three times) to Sony as per their rate card versus contracted rates, in the interest of its subscribers.

The DTH player has retained 10 channels including Set, Sony Sab, Set HD, and Aaj Tak.

Kaul, however, claimed that Tata Sky had signed an RIO (reference inter-connect offer) for the 10 channels and it could have done the same for the other 22 channels as well.

Sony TV Super Dancer Season 3 2018 Auditions and Online Registration Start soon

Sony TV’s popular Kids dancing reality television show super dancer is all set to come up with their new season. The popular dancing reality show has successfully completed their two seasons. And now the makers are all set to start the third chapter of the super dancer. So, without wasting time start preparing for the auditions of the Super dancer chapter. As we all know sony tv’s Super dancer is a very dancing reality show of India. The Sony TV Super Dancer Season 3 Auditions 2018 and Online Registration will start very soon. So, make sure your stay tuned for the latest updates.

If your kid’s age is between 4 to 13 years old then Registration open his/her. The previous dancing reality television show will be judged by famous Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, choreographer Geeta Kapoor, and director Anurag Basu. Officials of the show have not announced the judges and the host of the Super dancer chapter.

Super Dancer Season 3 Auditions 2018 & Registration

The audition Dates of Super dancer chapter 3 is no officially by sony tv but it is expected to be held in October as two shows KBC and comedy circus are lined up which is to be is started in September. After the two shows get wrapped, then it is expected that super dancer chapter 3 audition will get started.

The venues of the audition and the starting date of the dancing reality television show has not announced yet by officially. So, it will update on the page after an official announcement.

Sony TV Comedy circus 2018 contestants, Judges, Host and Start Date

Sony television is coming back with a new season of the popular and iconic comedy show comedy circus. The show is going to start from 15 September 2018. And there are many celebrities are participating in this show. Ths show has taken stand up comedy to another level. Many celebrities are coming from this comedy reality television show. Some big names for this comedy television show. So Comedy circus 2018 contestants list will update shortly.

Archana Puran Singh will judges of the show once again and along with Sohail Khan. The past few seasons of the show were hosted by the television actress Shruti Shet. But this season will host by Karishma Sharma.

Comedy Circus 2018 contestants list

Following television Rumors stars in the comedy circus. The are many popular celebrities are the part of this show. So more contestants of the show will update shortly.

Anita Hassanandani

Aditi Bhatia

Karishma Sharma

Dheeraj Dhoopar

Tejaswini Prakash

Mubeen Saudagar

Siddharth  Sagar

Starting Date

Comedy Circus 2018 is starting from 15 September 2018 on Sony TV. This time will very Interesting, so watch and enjoy. Becasue Laut aaya hai aapke ke original laughter ka dose.

Start Date: 15 September 2018

Day: Saturday -Sunday

Time: 9.30 PM IST

Television: Sony TV

Online: SonyLiv.com

Comedy Circus was started in 2007. The Comedy reality show is created by the Optimistic entertainment. The show has got 18 seasons. And now after the huge gap of the four years, the biggest comedy reality show is all set to hit the TV screen.

KBC 2018 Season 10 Host, Start Date, Timing & Promo

Kaun Banega Crorepati is an Indian television game show aired on Sony Entertainment Television. KBC is back with the tagline #KabTakRokoge. The show is going to be air on sony tv very soon. Bollywood Sahensha Amitabh Bachchan will be the host of the Kaun Banega Crorepati. Sony Tv released the promo of KBC 2018 check down below.

Source: Sony Tv

Show Name: Kaun Banega Crorepati

Host: Amitabh Bachchan

Start Date: 3rd September 2018

Day: Monday – Friday

Timing: 9 PM

Channel: Sony Entertainment Television

Kapil Sharma 'To Return' To TV With The Kapil Sharma Show Soon

The actor-comedian is currently in the midst of promoting his forthcoming Bollywood film "Firangi".

"His movie 'Firangi' is releasing on November 24. We are very fond of Kapil. We are even doing a promotional show (which will be televised) for his movie. We believe he has made a good movie and it's going to be successful. Then, Kapil will be back with a bang on Sony," Khan added.
In August, the channel had announced a "short break" with Kapil and his show.

An official spokesperson from the channel had said then that since Kapil had been under the weather, they had "mutually agreed to take a short break", and that they would start shooting again once he recovers completely.

For Kapil, it was an "emotional moment" when earlier this week he visited the set of "Super Dancer Chapter 2" to promote "Firangi". It once used to be the set of "The Kapil Sharma Show".