Breaking News Digitization Postponed in two cities of Phase II by High Court

[IndianMascot]

Two High Courts in the country today stayed the switching off of the analogue television signals for varying periods after 31 March because of non-availability of digital set top boxes (STBs).

While the Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad stayed the introduction of digital addressable system (DAS) till 9 April in Ahmedabad, the Karnataka High Court issued the stay till 1 April in Bangalore.

In both cases, notices were issued to the Union Government and the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.


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[Gopichand Pai]

Oh no. I was looking forward to new channels post the deadline

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[IndianMascot]

I am sure tomorrow we will hear more cancellation news and in total out of 38, some 25+ cities will go Blank from 1st April.

 

[Mazi]

Lets see what will be the final count of cities.

Keep us updated

 

[IndianMascot]

So far 4 cities have gone completely digital as of now.

So any city above 85% will go DAS. Remaining will expected to get extension.

 

[Gopichand Pai]

Bangalore date is postponed to 5th April now. This is only the beginning. I am sure there will be postponements like this for very long

Indiantelevision.com's > Digital Edge> DAS Phase II: Karnataka HC extends hearing date to 5 April

 

[IndianMascot]

More than 56 per cent of the households having a television set in Thane, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan-Dombvili have not switched over to the digital TV services despite the government's deadline of March 31.

Of the 9.97 lakh households having a television connection in these three key cities of Thane district just about 43 per cent of the households have switched from analogue to digital TV, it is learnt.

Digitisation plan takes a hit in Thane - Times Of India

 

[IndianMascot]

Digitization trauma in Jaipur

* Out of the 7.3 lakh TV sets in Jaipur, 6.4 lakh have been digitalized till Sunday, the last date for analogue cable TV viewing.

*Cable operators have run out of set-top boxes and the queue is getting longer at the direct-to-home operators' shop

*While digitization will hurt the cable operators, the new regime will benefit broadcasters and improve content transmission


Lakhs of TV to go blank as digital era begins - The Times of India

 

[IndianMascot]

Status quo remains in Bengaluru and Mysore as the hearing on extension of government mandated Digital Addressable System (DAS) has been pushed to 8 April by the Karnataka High Court.

The HC was expected to hear petitions filed by Karnataka Cable TV Operators Association (KCTVOA) and Mysore Cable TV Operators Association (MCTVOA) seeking extension of digitisation in Bengaluru and Mysore respectively.

However, the HC could not take up the case for hearing as an election related petition came up for hearing.


Indiantelevision.com's > Digital Edge> Stay continues in Bengaluru and Mysore as HC pushes hearing to 8 April

 

[bhaskarkilli]

Andhra Pradesh is too good. Analogue signals completely stopped in two cities.(Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam).