Government firm on March 31 deadline for Phase II of digitisation

15 Mar, 2013, 12:16 pm IST DTH 1 Comments

Information & Broadcasting Secretary Uday Kumar Varma asserted that the government is firm on the March 31 deadline of the phase II of digitisation in 38 towns. More

Need more time for digitisation: Kolkata cable operators

01 Feb, 2013, 9:29 am IST Services

A section of cable operators here Thursday demanded at least two months for complete digitisation of cable TV in the city... More

Digitisation deadline for Kolkata extended to January 15

31 Dec, 2012, 3:58 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Services 1 Comments

The deadline for cable TV digitisation has been extended in Kolkata till January 15, bringing some relief to the cable operators in the city. More

Some analogue pay channels go off air in Kolkata

19 Dec, 2012, 4:21 pm IST tech2 News Staff Services 2 Comments

Latest reports confirm that several pay channels have become inaccessible in Kolkata across homes that have not gone digital yet... More

Cable TV digitisation: A win-win situation for consumers?

01 Dec, 2012, 9:36 am IST Naina Khedekar, Priyanka Tilve General 1 Comments

Past the cable TV digitisation deadline, the conversion rate still isn’t 100 percent and many consumers are facing a blackout. We spoke to key stakeholders, representative from DTH and cable operators as well as with consumers, to find out the present scenario..... More

Madras HC refuses to extend digitisation deadline for Chennai

30 Nov, 2012, 7:09 pm IST tech2 News Staff General

Residents across Chennai hoping for a deadline extension for cable TV digitisation will have to live with the current deadline, as the Madras HC has refused... More

Chennai has time till November 19 to go digital: Madras HC

10 Nov, 2012, 10:33 am IST tech2 News Staff General

The decision comes just days after the court granted Chennai an extension till November 5, from the earlier set October 31 deadline, after it was found that the process of digitisation was far from complete there. More

Chennai gets a breather as Madras HC extends digitisation deadline

01 Nov, 2012, 3:27 pm IST tech2 News Staff General 1 Comments

Simply put, Chennai residents have five more days to switch to digital signals. More

Extend cable TV digitisation deadline, says Sena

30 Oct, 2012, 9:35 am IST General 2 Comments

The Shiv Sena Monday demanded an extension of the deadline from Oct 31 to January 2013 for digitisation... More

I&B ministry's digitisation estimates incorrect: Cable operators' body

23 Oct, 2012, 6:18 pm IST tech2 News Staff General

The Cable Operators Digitisation Committee has now come forward in its response to the figures presented by the ministry, claiming that the I&B ministry has showed... More

Nearly 100 percent digitisation achieved in Mumbai: I&B ministry

20 Oct, 2012, 10:41 am IST Anuradha Shetty General

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting recently assessed the progress made in the digitisation process across Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata. The More

Cable TV Digitisation: Govt sets up control room for smoother transition

19 Oct, 2012, 11:19 am IST Anuradha Shetty General 2 Comments

Customers with questions pertaining to the process, and other specifics can now use the toll-free number that the Information and Broadcasting ministry (I&B ministry) has set up. More

The rapidly digitising face of Indian television

27 Sep, 2012, 5:13 pm IST General

No more pixelated, grainy pictures on TV. In about a month, four Indian metropolises - around 10 million households - will switch over to the digital... More

Cable TV Digitisation: 2 minute blackout on TV from today till Sunday

14 Sep, 2012, 2:35 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 10 Comments

Starting today, till Sunday, four metros - Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai will have to brace themselves... More

No more deadline extensions for implementing digitisation

30 Aug, 2012, 6:13 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

At the round table on implementation of cable TV digitisation, Information and Broadcasting Ministry Secretary ... More

What will cable TV digitization actually cost you

31 Jul, 2012, 6:01 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 32 Comments

India is home to roughly 147 million cable TV households today, up from 400,000 in January 1992 and ... More

Cable TV digitization law amended for effective STB implementation

09 Jul, 2012, 5:01 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 1 Comments

Even as we continue to inch closer to the newly set digitization deadline - November 1, 2012, debate on as ... More

Hathway claims no shortage of set-top box inventory

22 Jun, 2012, 6:01 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 2 Comments

The digitization of cable TVs in India has been one of the most written about, discussed topics this past ... More

Cable TV digitization deadline pushed to Nov 1, 2012

21 Jun, 2012, 1:47 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 7 Comments

The wait for the cable TV transition (read digitization) has now got pushed further to ... More

Deadline for Cable TV digitization may get extended

07 Jun, 2012, 5:10 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 5 Comments

Even as households across the nation, especially the ones in the four metros - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and ... More