As the deadline for conversion of cable to Digital Cable in four metros ending on October 31, half of households in Mumbai have been covered with set top boxes, a review by the I&B Ministry has revealed.
While there is an estimated requirement of 34.85 lakh STBs, 17.07 lakh STBs have been installed, officials in the Ministry said. The earlier deadline for Phase I digitalisation in four metros was June 30 but was extended to October 31. The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act has made it mandatory for switchover of the existing analogue Cable TV networks to Digital Addressable System by December 2014, in the India in four phases.
The MSO-wise installation of STBs in Mumbai is as under:
National level MSOs
Hathway - 6.16 lakh,
Den – 1.40 lakh,
Digicable - 2.57 lakh,
IMCL – 4.77 lakh,
WWIL – 0.50 lakh
Independent MSOs - 1.69 lakh
PTI
While there is an estimated requirement of 34.85 lakh STBs, 17.07 lakh STBs have been installed, officials in the Ministry said. The earlier deadline for Phase I digitalisation in four metros was June 30 but was extended to October 31. The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act has made it mandatory for switchover of the existing analogue Cable TV networks to Digital Addressable System by December 2014, in the India in four phases.
The MSO-wise installation of STBs in Mumbai is as under:
National level MSOs
Hathway - 6.16 lakh,
Den – 1.40 lakh,
Digicable - 2.57 lakh,
IMCL – 4.77 lakh,
WWIL – 0.50 lakh
Independent MSOs - 1.69 lakh
PTI