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The process of full digitisation of cable TV systems in the country is expected to be over well before the end of the current fiscal given a sharp surge in the installation of set-top boxes by distributors, a report has said.
The large cable TV distributors, known as MSOs (Multi Service Operators), gained higher market share than Direct-to- Home (DTH) players in the second phase of digitisation that saw 78 per cent of households going digital by March 31, 2012, investment banking major Morgan Stanley said in a report.
"If these trends were to continue, we believe the process could happen earlier than our expectation of end-March 2014," it said.
"Since February 15, MSOs have seeded 3.9 million boxes as against 0.4 million by DTH. This substantiates our thesis that Phase I and II cities will be dominated by MSOs as against DTH," analysts at Morgan Stanley said in their report.
The major MSOs in the country are DEN Networks, Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd, while the DTH players include Tata Sky, Dish TV and Airtel TV.
Under the second phase of digitisation, the cable TV systems were scheduled to go digital across 38 cities by March 31, 2013, after shutting down the analog cable signals there.
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The large cable TV distributors, known as MSOs (Multi Service Operators), gained higher market share than Direct-to- Home (DTH) players in the second phase of digitisation that saw 78 per cent of households going digital by March 31, 2012, investment banking major Morgan Stanley said in a report.
"If these trends were to continue, we believe the process could happen earlier than our expectation of end-March 2014," it said.
"Since February 15, MSOs have seeded 3.9 million boxes as against 0.4 million by DTH. This substantiates our thesis that Phase I and II cities will be dominated by MSOs as against DTH," analysts at Morgan Stanley said in their report.
The major MSOs in the country are DEN Networks, Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd, while the DTH players include Tata Sky, Dish TV and Airtel TV.
Under the second phase of digitisation, the cable TV systems were scheduled to go digital across 38 cities by March 31, 2013, after shutting down the analog cable signals there.
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