I can't quite understand what the financial year has to do with new channel additions. It's not like Hathway or other operators wait till this time to add channels. Anyway, this isn't the first time we've heard such BS and I'm sure it won't be the last.
In other news, have the Bangalore subscribers noticed that the News9 channel (#426) has gone blank for the past few days? Even its Kannada version, TV9 Kannada is blank. I'm guessing it must be some payment dispute, but kindly post if any reasons are known. It's one of the few channels we often watch and perhaps the only reason I stuck with Hathway cable.