SopCast player does not start on Kubuntu 11.10

SopCast player does not start on Kubuntu 11.10 х86 (32 bits)

Сommand via sopcast-player in the terminal (console) shows this error:

TypeError: value is of wrong type for this column

The full description of what appears after the command:

sopcast-player
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/sopcast-player/lib/sopcast-player.py", line 790, in <module>
        pySop.main()
  File "/usr/share/sopcast-player/lib/sopcast-player.py", line 152, in main
        self.populate_channel_treeview(chinese)
  File "/usr/share/sopcast-player/lib/sopcast-player.py", line 332, in populate_channel_treeview
        channel_group_iter = self.channel_treeview_model.append(None, self.prepare_row_for_channel_treeview_model(channel_group))
TypeError: value is of wrong type for this column