{"id":37158,"date":"2015-04-03T11:54:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T11:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=37158"},"modified":"2015-04-03T11:54:49","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T11:54:49","slug":"hc-issues-notice-to-arasu-cable-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-issues-notice-to-arasu-cable-corporation","title":{"rendered":"HC issues notice to Arasu cable corporation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Madras High Court today ordered issue of notice to <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Arasu-cable.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"170\" data-attachment-id=\"37159\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-issues-notice-to-arasu-cable-corporation\/arasu-cable\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Arasu-cable.png?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"297,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Arasu cable\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Arasu-cable.png?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37159\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Arasu-cable.png?resize=297%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Arasu cable\" \/><\/a>and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on a plea filed by Makkal Tholai Thodarpu Kuzhumam Limited (Makkal TV).<\/p>\n<p>The petition sought a direction to Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Limited (TACTV) to restore telecasting the channel &#8216;MAKKAL TV&#8217; through its cable network in S-4 frequency under the same category of Free-to-Air Channel throughout Tamil Nadu forthwith.<\/p>\n<p>TACTV, which was set up with an objective of producing high-quality cable TV signals to the public at an affordable cost, categorized channels in three different brands namely mid, super-hyper band and some other channels as pay channels.<\/p>\n<p>The channel was shown at S4 Frequency which was categorized as mid-band from 2011 and transmitted through multi-system operators to viewers. 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