Sunday 1 July 2012

Digitisation: Multi-system operators expected to submit plans soon

In view of the deadline to complete the first phase of digitalization extended to 01 November 2012, I&B Ministry has asked the Multi system operators (MSOs) to submit their detailed digitisation plans to the Ministry in next couple of days.
MSOs and cable operators will have to give details about timelines in which they will be seeding set-top boxes in television households. This has been done in the wake of a slow progress made in seeding the STBs by the MSOs as against t5heir projected timelines.

Mr Uday Kumar Varma, Secretary of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, said, “MSOs and cable operators have to give us information on the time they will take to install all the set-top boxes and details on how many they have ordered. We do not want MSOs to wait till the end or lag behind.” Based on these plans and other regular updates, the Ministry will closely monitor the progress of digitisation and warn players if the need be.
Meanwhile, the Ministry has already sent a proposal to the Law Ministry to amend the Cable TRV Rules to check wrong reporting by the stake holders. Under the revised norms, MSOs who submit incorrect information can lose their licenses. According to estimates, about 25 per cent of the subscribers in the four metros have been digitised so far.
While in Delhi, only about one million set-top boxes have been installed, in Mumbai nearly 1.5 million households have gone digital.

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