Thursday, January 31, 2008

Star Package may go off air

According to reports being received the Star Package channels are in danger of being removed from Comet Cable since messages are being flashed across the screens regarding non payment of dues by Comet Cable to Star Television.

The message reads as follows "THIS CABLE NETWORK HAS LARGE PAYMENTS DUE AND LIABLE FOR DISCONNECTION". If the Star Package is also removed due to non payment there will be a large percentage of free to air channels in comparison to the pay channels. This will leave Comet subscribers paying their rentals just to watch free to air channels. Some have decided not to pay their rentals until the problems are rectified and we believe that many others will follow if this continues.

After the initial disruption to Cinemax and HBO a few weeks ago it was restored and then Cinemax was taken off air and replaced with NHK which was later replaced with Al Jazeera. We are unable to confirm whether Cinemax has returned.

Please keep us updated on the latest on Comet Cable and the situation regarding the Star Channels as the days progress.



41 comments:

AI said...

its gone no more star pkg as well.

Dead channel list
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HBO
Star movies
Cartoon network
Star sports
Tensports
Cinemax
ESPN
Star Plus
Star world

Unknown said...

Is there anything left to get it for money. Rest is all free to air channels. COMET is cheating us.

dilsiriw said...

hi there,
you forgot they also took off FTV. anyway, we are also utterly dissapointed and are taking dialog cable tv soon. until then i've instructed not to pay the rental cause these arses are not even providing quality service. these guys are on their way out. dont bother with them, switch to dialog.

Unknown said...

Star package is back for the moment. Hope it will be there for sometime.

LKDOOD said...

Comet cable is a joke !

time to jump ship for the customers ?

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Unknown said...

Comet cable is wise. We the subscribes are the pack of jokers.

kayhaytha said...

Looks like it is the turn of Hallmark to play hide & seek with the Comet subscribers.
Hey Guys, maybe we should make bets as to which Channel we are going to lose next. This might be more entertaining than watching the crap on offer.
Will it be Star, AXN or Discovery next ?

Unknown said...

Next will be Star package by the end of the month.

AI said...

yesterday that large sum payment appear again but it was gone around hrs time. so i put my money on start pkg as well.

AI said...

did any one see AXN i saw it was gone yesterday ???

Unknown said...

Is there anything left at Comet. Only the free to air channels and 2 channels from the internet. What do the CC say about the situation??

Unknown said...

Star channels, hallmark, axn off the air. BEAUTIFUL. Are'nt Comet ashame of itself.

Unknown said...

BAD NEWS
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One of my friends called comet to inquire if he could buy a connection. they have replied that they are not giving connections anymore for about another couple of months. the reason they say is that their management may change and dont know what channels will be out and dont know what kind of packages will be available.

i think this is not true. its just that they dont know what time comet may close and ask them to go home.
Time to pack up our bags guys and lets go to Dish or DTV.

Unknown said...

That's the Result of TOP Management !!!!!

Unknown said...

Looks like the comet blog is also dead as the Comet TV. Any good or bad news about Comet tv. What is the offical news from comet cc.

Unknown said...

@Admin,
Please be kind enough to contact COMET TV and get their offical situation about the whole thing.

Unknown said...

hey podiman tell me who in comet will give us the official situation? When you talk to c.c they cut the line. They never put us to their management to talk to. how the hell are we to know the real official situation? no body speaks there.

cable said...

I think if you guys want to know the real situation one of you should visit the comet offices but the best course of action is to forget about comet and go to another provider.

Commet Cable said...

You buggers know only 2 comment but can u check when was da last time u paid ur subscriber intalment

AI said...

@ Commet Cable....

he dont even know how to spell comet ... ha ha ha ha ha stupid fucker.

Unknown said...

Commet cable,
can you tell us when you was da last time u paid HBO and STAR channels, therefore we can pay you for what you provide???
Dont talk KOK you bgugger.
If you all pay the channel on time, and if we have your service spotless no one will default their payment. Why should we pay for empty channels. you blood bugger.

AI said...

now days i don't even bothered to switch on the cable . the truth behind this is the way its going comet current management don't have money pay the rentals for channels. and they don't have money to upgrade the technology to digital. and they don't have license to air the cable (sharing the cable license from SDA) . so no new buyers with brine will buy this stupid company. cos if they buy they have to upgrade to digital and pay the dues of channels short out legal problems they had/have. so why go all the trouble . just setup new company and share the license with SDA. and have fresh contract with cable channels. only people will be interest on comet will be arpico. so they can use the antennas to provide new range of BBQ equipment. :D

LKDOOD said...

@ai

nice ! LOL !

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Unknown said...

It looks like MTV is also gone and the new two channels which replaced the sports channels are blocked. I reckon it is time for COMET to tell the coustumers that they are closing.

Unknown said...

I bought DTV. Comet can go to hell

Unknown said...

There is a talk going round that Dialog tv has bought comet tv. Any news about it??

AI said...

there more rainbow channels then normal channels. yesterday only discovery , NG, and animal plant was working with /bbc and aljazira. i think dialog will be interest on comet customer base not there equipments.

AI said...

i saw paper add and phone up to inquri about dishtv add. the details i got

connection charges : 16200/= (something)

monthly = 1200 + Vat

Channels = 177

start movies (honkong)
hboasia
espn,start cricket , star sports , ten sports.. ect ect..

do any one using this dish connection and is it true ??

these are the people :

http://www.telecavelk.com

TechnoGuy Sri Lanka said...

@ AI
It all bull.

Telecave, SATnet are all striving to collect money by cheating customers.

Dish TV India only has advertisement-filled HBO India and STAR Movies India.

All channels are Indian feeds. There is little chance of ad-free Indian channels.

Don't fall for these tricks.

alf said...

AI

DONT BELEIVE TECHNOGUY MALAYSI/SINGAPORE EITHER BECAUSE HE IS GOING SHOPPING FOR DTV AND HAS STARTED BLOGGING HERE AFTER GETTING CHASED FROM THE DTV BLOG.

AS FOR DISH TV,IT IS NOT HBO ASIA AND STAR MOVIES HK,ITS THE INDIAN FEED WITH COMMERCIALS(THOUGH THE CONTENT IS ALMOST THE SAME),THE SPORTS CHANNELS ARE BASICALLY THE SAME AND NO DIFFERANCE AT ALL.

THE RENTAL IS HIGH AND THERE ARE ENOUGH DEALERS WHERE YOU CAN GET IT AROUND RS.875/- (OR INR.300/-) TO PAY THROUGH THE WEB.OTHER THAN HBO,STAR MOVIES,AXN ALL THE OTHER CHANNELS ARE THE SAME YOU GET IN DTV(DISH DOESNT HAVE HBO HITZ,FAMILY,SIGNATURE,CINEMAX AND HALLMARK) BUT THEY HAVE SONY PIX,MGM,TCM.

THE QUALITY IS BETTER THAN DTV AND YOU GET ACTIVE SERVICES,GAMES,SELECTION OF CAMERA ANGLES,REAL TIME EPG ETC.

THE SETBACK IS HBO,HBO FAMILY,HITZ,CINEMAX,STAR MOVIES,IS COMMERCIAL FREE ON DTV AND DISH DOESNT HAVE SOME OF THESE.

BUT BEWARE OF THIS TECHNOGUY AS HE IS GOING SHOPPING FOR DTV

AI said...

@ alf and @ TechnoGuy Sri Lanka ..

thanx guys for your comments. i did phone up them and ask about this. they said it is original HBO Asia and Star movies HK. when i asked some questions they said will setup a demonstrations for me and i can have look at my self. and i checked distv website they dont have 177 channels. i request about this (i am not worry about quantity i will watching handful of channels . just to know basis i asked.) they said i can count the channels.

TechnoGuy Sri Lanka said...

@ AI
I beleive Dish TV has around 180 channels as of now, including certain test channels.

You might want to wait for the launch of Reliance Big TV in March. They already have around 150 channels and will soon reach 200. At the moment only Reliance employees are allowed to view the test transmissions.

If I were you I'd wait for Reliance to do its magic on the market. There will be price drops all around.

Meanwhile, check out the Save On Dish Forums and India Broadband Forums if you want to find out more from customers themselves.

TechnoGuy Sri Lanka said...

A person "SHOPPING FOR DTV" is chased out of the Dialog TV Forum by a person "SHOPPING FOR DISH TV".

Something doesn't seem right. The person false accused of "SHOPPING FOR DTV" (supporting them and ignoring all else) is still commenting freely in the Dialog TV Forum.

And the person "SHOPPING FOR DISH TV" is being scolded and ignored in the Dialog TV Forum.

You just can't shut up some people's mouths.

AI said...

Reliance Big TV will be available in sri lanka ???

Unknown said...

@ai,
From where did you get this information. Is there a offical agent for SL.

TechnoGuy Sri Lanka said...

@ AI
I don't think they will have an official dealer in Sri Lanka any time soon.

But of course you can get hold of it the same way many people get Tata Sky in Sri Lanka. I won't comment on legality.

star said...

I thing SATNET already advertise in their web for Reliance Big TV. So, you can get the connection from them. But, I don't know about their service quality.

AI said...

there is nothing on satnet. did anyone try to call comet and ask whats going on ??.. for me ringing no answer

Commet Cable said...

Man Telecave's Dish TV is so cool & worth for RS.19,800 because it has 177 channel's including all the channel's which Dialog sat & LBN has & has a monthly rental of only RS.1380 with TV games in their de-corders

Lis said...

Who use DVI-D D-sub swither?
http://www.deced.narod.ru