MUMBAI: They were eyeball to eyeball. Head to head. And it seemed like neither would blink. But the month long fracas between ESPN Star Sports (ESS) and the Hinduja run MSO INCableNet ended yesterday with the resumption of the relaying of the two sports channels' signals to the latter. 
According industry sources, ESS switched on INCableNet's boxes yesterday (14 December) after the MSO agreed to cough up outstandings reportedly totting up to Rs 70 million.
An INCable spokesperson confirmed the news today saying, "The outstandings have been taken care of. The settlement has happened amicably. ESS is withdrawing all the cases against us."
The sports network had snapped the signals a month ago (on 10 November) with an official statement that "InCableNet has failed to pay routine monthly dues, despite repeated collection efforts".
More recently, a Mumbai-based consumer group Consumer Action Network (CAN) had filed a public interest petition in the Bombay High Court seeking government control of cricket telecast rights whenever the Indian team plays. On 11 December, the court ruled that local cable operators who don't have access to ESS, can switch over to another