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Cable digitisation deadline ends, hundreds of TV screens go blank
New Delhi: Television sets without set top boxes (STBs) in hundreds of households across Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata went blank as the deadline for switch over to cable TV digitisation ended this midnight.
People watching various programmes faced a TV blackout when the clock struck 12. However, in some areas of Kolkata, the television sets without STBs were found to be working.
In Mumbai, nearly 20 per cent of the households have not installed STBs.
Information and Broadcasting Ministry's data for all the four metros combined showed digitisation of cable TV households including Direct To Home (DTH) connections up to 94 per cent.
TV viewers in Chennai who have not made the change, however, got some relief with the Madras High Court granting extension of the deadline till November 5 for the process of digitisation of TV signals.
The Bombay High Court, however, refused to grant more time to cable network providers in the city to switch to digital addressable system (DAS). But it asked the Union government to consider giving some relief to viewers during Diwali.
According to ministry figures, Delhi has achieved a 97 per cent digitisation (including DTH connections) while in Kolkata it is up to 85 per cent.
Source: Cable digitisation deadline ends, hundreds of TV screens go blank | NDTV.com
SIMILAR NEWS HERE: 89% Digitization achieved
Deadline issued by Information and Broadcasting Ministry in four Metro cities Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai to switch to digital TV has ended today.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting released data of the digitalization achieved in the four cities as on 30th October 2012:
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In Mumbai the percentage of digitization is 100%.
In Delhi digitization is 92% and with DTH it is 95%.
In Kolkata digitization has crossed 82% and with DTH it goes up to 85%.
In Chennai digitization has reached 62% and with DTH it goes up to 86%.
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Overall in 4 metro cities Cable TV digitization has reached 89% and with DTH, the percentage goes up to 93%.
As the deadline ends, people who don't have a set top box won't be able to watch TV.
Under The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2011, complete digitization of cable TV in India has been made mandatory by the end of year 2014.
This will take place in four phases where people must switch to digital signals. Digitalization in 4 metro cities is the first of the four-stage process.
I & B Ministry had launched an aggressive public awareness campaign for creating awareness among the masses about the need for Set Top Box for their Cable TV system.
Source: Deadline of Cable TV Digitization ends in 4 metros, 89% achieved
New Delhi: Television sets without set top boxes (STBs) in hundreds of households across Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata went blank as the deadline for switch over to cable TV digitisation ended this midnight.
People watching various programmes faced a TV blackout when the clock struck 12. However, in some areas of Kolkata, the television sets without STBs were found to be working.
In Mumbai, nearly 20 per cent of the households have not installed STBs.
Information and Broadcasting Ministry's data for all the four metros combined showed digitisation of cable TV households including Direct To Home (DTH) connections up to 94 per cent.
TV viewers in Chennai who have not made the change, however, got some relief with the Madras High Court granting extension of the deadline till November 5 for the process of digitisation of TV signals.
The Bombay High Court, however, refused to grant more time to cable network providers in the city to switch to digital addressable system (DAS). But it asked the Union government to consider giving some relief to viewers during Diwali.
According to ministry figures, Delhi has achieved a 97 per cent digitisation (including DTH connections) while in Kolkata it is up to 85 per cent.
Source: Cable digitisation deadline ends, hundreds of TV screens go blank | NDTV.com
SIMILAR NEWS HERE: 89% Digitization achieved
Deadline issued by Information and Broadcasting Ministry in four Metro cities Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai to switch to digital TV has ended today.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting released data of the digitalization achieved in the four cities as on 30th October 2012:
____________________________________________________
In Mumbai the percentage of digitization is 100%.
In Delhi digitization is 92% and with DTH it is 95%.
In Kolkata digitization has crossed 82% and with DTH it goes up to 85%.
In Chennai digitization has reached 62% and with DTH it goes up to 86%.
__________________________________________________
Overall in 4 metro cities Cable TV digitization has reached 89% and with DTH, the percentage goes up to 93%.
As the deadline ends, people who don't have a set top box won't be able to watch TV.
Under The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2011, complete digitization of cable TV in India has been made mandatory by the end of year 2014.
This will take place in four phases where people must switch to digital signals. Digitalization in 4 metro cities is the first of the four-stage process.
I & B Ministry had launched an aggressive public awareness campaign for creating awareness among the masses about the need for Set Top Box for their Cable TV system.
Source: Deadline of Cable TV Digitization ends in 4 metros, 89% achieved