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The two consultants would be required to furnish their reports
on the following points:
Consultant 1 (International Trends):
o Study of international trends on the digitalisation of cable television.
o The report should cover four developed countries, including the
USA and the UK as well as some developing countries with per capita
income similar to that of India.
o The report should cover the statutes and regulations adopted by
these countries towards the objective of digitalisation of cable
TV as well as implementation schedules.
o The report should also cover the technical standards adopted by
these countries.
o The technical status of plug and play digital television, which
can be directly plugged with digital cable services without the
need for a STB (set-top box).
Consultant 2 (Technical & Costing)
o Details of technical set-up (including costing) from head-end
to customer-end required by multi-system operators and local cable
operators for the delivery of 30 FTA channels, 36 scrambled pay
channels requiring analogue or digital STB, incremental details
for further 144 digital channels in steps of 36.
o The details should be provided for different levels of subscriber
base of up to 500 subscribers, up to 5000 subscribers, up to 50,000
subscribers and up to 200,000 subscribers.
o The details of technical setup (including costing) required at
the cable head-end to receive signals from broadcasters through
satellite, optical fiber etc.
o The details of technical setup (including costing) required to
provide interactive TV services such as pay-per-view, video on demand,
etc.
o The consultant would be required to study the status of digitalisation
of TV in India and visit at least two towns where the MSOs have
started digitalisation of their services. This should be a part
of the report.
o The consultant will take into account the relevant ITU, IEC and
BIS standards and suggest need for change, if any.
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