NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati has moved the Supreme Court as it does not want to carry Zee Smile, Zee Jagran and ETC Music, Total TV and Chardhikala Time TV on its DD Direct Plus DTH platform.

Earlier on 23 September, the double bench judge of the Delhi High Court had allowed Prasar Bharati to charge Rs 6 million as its carriage amount, a move that was hotly contested by some broadcsaters. The court has also directed the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (Tdsat) to dispose the following petition within a month’s time from the date of passed order.

Prasar Bharati had challenged Tdsat’s order limiting DD Plus’s carriage fee to Rs 2.5 million per channel. After Delhi High Court’s single judge bench upheld Tdsat’s order, Prasar Bharati filed a letter patent appeal (LPA) before the double bench judge.

Earlier on 3 September, Tdsat had ordered Prasar Bharati to restore signals of two channels Total TV and Chardhikala Time TV. It had further ordered Prasar Bharati not to charge more than Rs 2.5 million as carriage fee.

And on 10 September, Tdsat had ordered Prasar Bharati to restore signals of Zee Group’s three channels Zee Smile, Zee Jagran and ETC Music.

Zee Group had then agreed to pay Rs 6 million as carriage fee.