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NEW DELHI: About 1.8 crore set top boxes (STBs) have been installed in 38 cities in the second phase of digitization. According to data given by the I&B minister Manish Tewari to the Lok Sabha, a total of 1.3 STBs have been installed in cable television homes, while the rest are DTH households. The second phase was completed in March.
Around 75 million STBs would be needed to complete the third and fourth phase of cable TV digitization in the country. Cable TV networks in India have been mandated to go digital by December 2014, which entails that TV signals may be received only through STBs.
The third phase of digitization has to be implemented in all other urban areas (municipal corporations/ municipalities), save cities or towns or areas included in the first and second phase, by September 30. The rest of the country will be covered by December under fourth phase.
1.8cr STBs installed in phase II of digitization - Times Of India
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Around 75 million STBs would be needed to complete the third and fourth phase of cable TV digitization in the country. Cable TV networks in India have been mandated to go digital by December 2014, which entails that TV signals may be received only through STBs.
The third phase of digitization has to be implemented in all other urban areas (municipal corporations/ municipalities), save cities or towns or areas included in the first and second phase, by September 30. The rest of the country will be covered by December under fourth phase.
1.8cr STBs installed in phase II of digitization - Times Of India
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