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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Looks like conditional access system (Cas)
will spread to fully cover the metros of Delhi, Mumbai and
Kolkata.
"The introduction of Cas in some parts of the metros
has proved successful and it would be extended to other areas
in these cities soon," the information and broadcasting
minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi said today at a press conference
in Delhi.
The
set-top boxes (STBs) seeded in these three cities, according to the Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (Trai) chairman Nripendra Misra, has already touched 382,000.
Of the 1.2 million subscribers in the Cas areas, Trai's estimate is that digital
conversion would be at 50 per cent by February-end. "The indication that
we are getting is that there would be 600,000 digital subscribers including direct-to-home
(DTH) in the Cas notified areas of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata," said Misra.
In a meeting with the broadcasters today, Trai said it was
aware that in some areas there was relay of pay channels without
encryption. The regulator assured that the enforcement machinery
would be energised to sort out such related issues.
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