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Aware that anger is mounting among citizens whose television screens went blank on October 31, local cable operators (LCOs) have, in a bid to ensure their safety, threatened to switch off all signals if the viewers get violent with them.
Around 85 to 90% Mumbaikars have switched over to digitalized signals by way of set-top boxes (STBs) or direct-to-home (DTH) antennas. Nearly 10% households, mostly in low-income or middle-class areas, are yet to give up their analog signals.
Sources said some operators were beaming analog signals in the city by stealing them from Thane and Navi Mumbai. Additional collector Subhashchandra Yeole denied this and warned that those found relaying pirated analog signals would be punished. The deadline for digitization beyond Mumbai is March 31, 2013.
Pointing out that people may take to the streets against them, local cable operators said they may have to resort to a total switch off to put pressure on multi-media system operators (MSOs), the broadcasters and the government to get analog system restored till December 31 or at least till after Diwali.
MSOs Alliance President Ashok Mansukhani said broadcasters had taken away all analog decoders and there was no scope for MSOs to start analog beams in Mumbai. "There's a possibility of DTH operators' decoders being used illegally to send pirated analog signals," he said.
Cable operators and distributors association president Anil Parab claimed there 20 operators in the city were distributing analog signals through their control room.
Ref : TOI
Around 85 to 90% Mumbaikars have switched over to digitalized signals by way of set-top boxes (STBs) or direct-to-home (DTH) antennas. Nearly 10% households, mostly in low-income or middle-class areas, are yet to give up their analog signals.
Sources said some operators were beaming analog signals in the city by stealing them from Thane and Navi Mumbai. Additional collector Subhashchandra Yeole denied this and warned that those found relaying pirated analog signals would be punished. The deadline for digitization beyond Mumbai is March 31, 2013.
Pointing out that people may take to the streets against them, local cable operators said they may have to resort to a total switch off to put pressure on multi-media system operators (MSOs), the broadcasters and the government to get analog system restored till December 31 or at least till after Diwali.
MSOs Alliance President Ashok Mansukhani said broadcasters had taken away all analog decoders and there was no scope for MSOs to start analog beams in Mumbai. "There's a possibility of DTH operators' decoders being used illegally to send pirated analog signals," he said.
Cable operators and distributors association president Anil Parab claimed there 20 operators in the city were distributing analog signals through their control room.
Ref : TOI
