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Digitization drive: cable companies get 15 days extension

Trai extends the deadline for the submission of consumer application forms on behalf of cable TV subscribers

Trai is focused on compliance in New Delhi for now, which is pegged at 65%. Photo: Mint (Mint)Premium
Trai is focused on compliance in New Delhi for now, which is pegged at 65%. Photo: Mint
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New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) extended the deadline for the submission of consumer application forms (CAFs) on behalf of cable television subscribers by 15 days to 10 July after a meeting with cable companies on Tuesday, avoiding the disconnection of their services.

Multi -system operators (MSOs), or large cable network operators, had been required to file the forms containing details of customers and their choice of channels with the regulator by 25 June.

“We have been given a final extension of 15 days," said S.N. Sharma, chief executive, DEN Networks Ltd, a cable distribution firm. “The meeting ended on a positive note. The data collected so far was tabled in the meeting. There has been huge progress made over the last 10-15 days and forms are still flowing in. We are confident to finish on time."

A senior Trai official confirmed that cable companies had been given the extension, adding that this would be the last one.

“Forms have started coming in large numbers now. The MSOs need time to get to 95% of coverage so disconnection inconvenience is minimized," said the Trai official on condition of anonymity.

The forms need to be filed by cable TV subscribers in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata, the cities covered by phase one of the digitization drive.

Trai is focused on compliance in New Delhi for now, which is pegged at 65%.

“The priority is for Delhi to complete its target as of now, but the law is the same for everybody," said Sharma.

The rules stipulate that MSOs cannot deliver signals unless they have the viewers details.

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Published: 25 Jun 2013, 06:35 PM IST
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