I&B Ministry plans to launch SMS
Campaign to sensitize cable TV consumers about their Rights
Performance of MSOs under the constant
scrutiny of the Ministry
The
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting plans to launch an SMS campaign in
order to sensitize Cable TV subscribers in Phase-I and Phase-II cities about
the need to fill the Consumer Application Form (CAF).The consumers are required
to fill the CAF in order to exercise their choice of channels and make the
payment for the channels of their choice only. The Ministry has been monitoring
the availability of Set Top boxes with the Multi System Operators (MSOs).
Broadcasters are already running scrolls on TV channels to inform the public
about the importance of filling CAF forms. MSOs are also giving messages on
their local TV channels. Analogue signals have already been switched off by almost
all the MSOs and digital signals are generally being encrypted.
The
Ministry has been consistently monitoring the progress made towards
digitization during Phase II of the process. As per the data received from the
Multi System Operators (MSOs) and DTH Operators, 22 cities have already
achieved 100% target of digitisation. Another 14 cities have shown considerable
progress and only in Coimbatore and Vishakhapatanam the achievement is less
than 50%.
As
part of the process, over 80 fresh provisional registrations were issued to
MSOs for operation in one or more cities of Phase-II, with the condition that
they would operationalize their digital head end before the cut-off date. The
Ministry has carried out technical inspection of all the concerned MSOs and has
observed that some of the MSOs had not operationalized their set ups. Show Cause Notices were issued to such 48
defaulting MSOs and the provisional registration of 15 defaulting MSOs has
already been cancelled.
Courtesy: pib.nic.in (Press Information Bureau)
Courtesy: pib.nic.in (Press Information Bureau)
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