Punjab will have cent per cent digitised cable signal for the subscribers in the State.
The Centre has embarked on a phase-wise approach to digitise the cable sector, said Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the state Information and Public Relations Department, Karan Avtar Singh during a meeting with the members of the state level monitoring committee as well as the nodal officers of district level monitoring committees on Thursday.
Addressing the meeting, Singh informed that the digitisation process has to be enacted in four phases. “Four metro cities have been covered under the first phase and 38 important cities under the second phase and the third phase will cover the urban areas of the country, while fourth phase will cover the rural areas,” he said.
It is mandatory for cable TV operators of the state to be a part of digitisation process under the Cable Television Network (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2011, and all the nodal officers should ensure due compliance, he said.
Public Relations director-cum-Member Secretary State level Monitoring Committee Rahul Tiwari stressed upon the officers to ensure complete digitisation of cable TV network in their respective areas.
He asked them to take a comprehensive note of the status of digitisation process of cable TV network in their districts and report the same to the state authorities. He also asked them to hold a meeting with the multi-system operators (MSOs) and local cable operators to review the status of digitisation, remove the hitches if any and streamline the process so that deadline affixed by the Centre is met.