MUMBAI: Hathway Cable and Datacom has stopped carrying Taj Television owned and operated channels Ten Sports and Ten Cricket on its cable network after the two parties could not reach an agreement.

Taj TV, a subsidiary of Zeel, is looking for growth in annual subscription fee from the multi-system operator, sources said. Hathway, however, is resisting the offer contending that the two channels don‘t have the kind of content required for such an increase.

Hathway had on 16 October issued a public notice saying that the two channels would not be available on its platform three weeks from then.

"This is to inform consumers/public that after the expiry of three weeks we shall not re-transmit the channels Ten Sports and Ten Cricket distributed by Taj Television (India) Private Limited on account financial unviability of business," the notice read.

Both Taj and Hathway confirmed that they failed to reach an agreement.

According to an official from Hathway, the two channels are avalable on an a la carte basis in the package of channels for subscribers under the digital addressable system (DAS).

The decision will mean that Ten Sports channels will not be available on as many as 33 networks under Hathway spread across across 22 cities in eight states.

Negotiations are, however, on, sources added.