Important Digitization of CATV: News & Updates
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IndianMascot
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Then govt is also idiot and can't control broadcasters
Technoglitch
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And do the people welcome or LCO ask the subscribers to purchase the stb?
IndianMascot
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Unless signals are blocked nothing will happen. Why would people be interested to pay more.
Technoglitch
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Even if blocked, the cable operators would downscale.
IndianMascot
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But they won't be able to play much if analog signals are digitized
bhaskarkilli
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Entirely wrong bro actually I was thinking the same but when I was went to my native place I enquired the local mso and got to know the results are excellent.mind it my place is the very last district in implementing anything in Telugu states.imagine if the result is like this in my place then what would be in other places which are ver posh.its bloody govt and politicians influence the decision of postponing the digitalisation.
Technoglitch
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The Government has claimed that the percentage achievement of coverage of Digital Addressable System (DAS) Phase III so far is 76 per cent, even as reports from multisystem and local cable operators in various states alleged there was huge shortage of set top boxes.
In fact, the 13th Task Force meeting – the last to be held before the deadline of 31 December – was told that the percentage achievement was 86.25 if Tamil Nadu that has some legal and other issues is excluded. The meeting was told there were only 405 zero seeding areas till the last report.
But reports from MSOs and LCOs to Indiantelevision.com from various parts of the country including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal said there is acute shortage of set top boxes (STBs) and indicated under 50 per cent seeding.
In the 13th Task Force meeting presided over Special Secretary J S Mathur, Joint Secretary (Broadcasting) R Jaya said the number of urban areas to be digitised in Phase lll after updation of 27 States/UTs is 6016. While changes had been made in some urban states on the basis of reports from some state governments and union territories, comments were still awaited from the States/UTs of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Lakshdweep and Dadra Nagar Haveli.
Out of the 685 areas including West Bengal (where 280 areas were removed soon after the Task Force meeting), 450 areas had less than 1000 TV households and 226 from 1000 to 5000 TV households.
Indian Television Dot Com | DAS Phase III: Govt. insists 76% STB seeding; stakeholders claim huge shortage
In fact, the 13th Task Force meeting – the last to be held before the deadline of 31 December – was told that the percentage achievement was 86.25 if Tamil Nadu that has some legal and other issues is excluded. The meeting was told there were only 405 zero seeding areas till the last report.
But reports from MSOs and LCOs to Indiantelevision.com from various parts of the country including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal said there is acute shortage of set top boxes (STBs) and indicated under 50 per cent seeding.
In the 13th Task Force meeting presided over Special Secretary J S Mathur, Joint Secretary (Broadcasting) R Jaya said the number of urban areas to be digitised in Phase lll after updation of 27 States/UTs is 6016. While changes had been made in some urban states on the basis of reports from some state governments and union territories, comments were still awaited from the States/UTs of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Lakshdweep and Dadra Nagar Haveli.
Out of the 685 areas including West Bengal (where 280 areas were removed soon after the Task Force meeting), 450 areas had less than 1000 TV households and 226 from 1000 to 5000 TV households.
Indian Television Dot Com | DAS Phase III: Govt. insists 76% STB seeding; stakeholders claim huge shortage