Digitisation Of Tv

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  No Extension For Third Phase Cable TV Digitisation, Says Government

  The government will not extend the cut-off date for third phase of cable TV digitisation on January 31, 2017, an official said on Friday.

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  Cut-Off Date For Phase IV Of Cable TV Digitisation Extended

  The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has decided to extend the cut-off date for Phase IV of Cable TV Digitization to 31st March, 2017.

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  Cable Digitisation on Course, Says Information & Broadcasting Ministry

  Phase III is largest addressable market with estimated analog subscriber base of about 39 million households.

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  Digitisation to Boost Demand for Premium Foreign TV Content: Deloitte

  The Deloitte report notes that with increasing viewership and content, there has been a significant increase in the number of English entertainment channels.

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  TV Subscribers Without Set-Top Boxes Lose Cable Services

  Services of cable TV subscribers, who failed to meet the deadline of December 31 to install set-top boxes (STB) for their television units have been stopped, Maharashtra Revenue minister Eknath Khadse said on Friday.

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  Government Mulls Raising FDI Cap to 100 Percent for DTH, Cable Networks

  Increase in FDI limit will help improve the pace of digitisation of broadcasting services across India.

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  DTH, Regional MSOs to Drive Digitisation: Report

  Rating agency Icra added that MSOs have opted for inorganic growth in view of large growth opportunity that exists in rural markets.

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  Tamil Nadu Seeks Digital Licence For State-Run Cable TV Operator

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today urged Union Finance and Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley to take steps to issue the "Digital Addressable System" licence to the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation without any further loss of time.

• Cable Digitisaton to Increase Tax Collection Manifold: Economic Survey

  Both the Centre and state governments are set to benefit from the digitisation of cable television in India as it would lead to manifold increase in tax collection, according to the Economic Survey for 2013-14.

• Prakash Javadekar for India-Made Set Top Boxes in Digitisation Drive

  Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar today called upon Indian manufacturers to produce set top boxes to meet the growing demand created by the cable TV digitisation drive, and sought their suggestions to take the indigenisation process forward.

• Cable TV digitisation: TRAI moves court against cable operators

  The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has moved a Delhi court against cable operators for not providing details of subscribers of set-top boxes to multi-system operators (MSO) which is necessary to ensure accountability in digitisation of cable TV services.

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  India to have 76.6 million DTH subscribers by 2020: Study

  DTH subscriber base is estimated to grow from 32.4 million in 2012 to 63.8 million by 2017 and 76.6 million by 2020.

• Cable TV digitisation to be over within a year: Report

  The process of full digitisation of cable TV systems in the country is expected to be over well before the end of the current fiscal given a sharp surge in the installation of set-top boxes by distributors, a report has said.

• Digitisation Phase II: Government to allow grace period of 15 days

  The government is planning to go slow in enforcing black out on TV screens as about 25 per cent of 1.6 crore households missed the April 1 deadline to switch over to digitised cable television.

• Karnataka High Court directs Centre not to switch off analog channels till April 5

  The Karnataka High Court today directed the Central government to ensure that analog channels are not switched off in the state till April 5.