Pay channel hide-and-seek in Calcutta cable TV chaos

Pay channels have started disappearing from the television screens of some cable subscribers despite complying with the Trai order that requires them to list what they want to watch from an a-la-carte list.

In some homes, two set-top boxes subscribed to the same pack are getting different combinations of channels, reflecting the cable TV industry’s struggle to address the teething troubles of the transition to a new tariff system.