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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Transition to the digital-terrestrial television in India}}<br />
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'''[[Digital television transition]] in India''' began in 2010.<br />
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== History ==<br />
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=== Digital satellite and cable TV ===<br />
The Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2011 has made [[Satellite television|digital satellite]] and [[Digital cable|cable television]] transition mandatory in four phases. It was implemented after multiple extensions of analogue switch-off dates. The broadcasters, Multi System Operators (MSOs), and Local Cable Operators (LCOs) were ordered by the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] to end analogue transmission completely on 31 March 2017.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cut-off-date-for-phase-iv-of-cable-tv-digitisation-extended-1641105|title=Cut-Off Date For Phase IV of Cable TV Digitisation Extended|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Full transition to digital cable TV in 2016 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/full-transition-to-digital-cable-tv-in-2016/article7683978.ece |work=[[Business Line]]|location=Chennai |date=24 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Gupta|first1=Swastik|last2=Tiwari|first2=Mradul|last3=Deep|first3=Abhay|last4=Gupta|first4=Alka|last5=Garg|first5=Himanshu|last6=Yadav|first6=Alok Kumar|title=2015 IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT) |chapter=Transition from analog to digital television a much awaited change in India |date=March 2015|location=Coimbatore, India|publisher=IEEE|pages=1–5|doi=10.1109/ICECCT.2015.7226180|isbn=978-1-4799-6084-2|s2cid=17904728}}</ref><br />
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|+Phased implementation<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320189156 |last1=Kapoor |first1=Arun |last2=Mittal |first2=Amit |last3=Sharma |first3=Sandhir |last4=Dhiman |first4=Rahul |date=2017-10-03 |pages=361–379 |title=Evolution from Analogue to Digital Television in India: An Update of Stakeholders' Subscription Revenues and Challenges |volume=15 |journal=International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research |via=[[ResearchGate]]}}</ref><br />
!Phase<br />
!Area<br />
!Regulatory direction for Analogue Switch-off<br />
!Actual Implementation Date<br />
|-<br />
|I<br />
|4 metros – Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai<br />
|30 June 2012<br />
|31 October 2012 (Delhi and Mumbai); 15 February 2013 (Kolkata); 17 August 2017 (Chennai)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/cable-tv/multi-system-operators/mib-asks-arasu-give-proof-of-analogue-switch-off-170926|title=MIB asks Arasu: Give proof of analogue switch-off|date=2017-09-26|website=Indian Television Dot Com|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref><br />
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|II<br />
|38 cities with a population of more than 1 million<br />
|31 March 2013<br />
|1 January 2014<br />
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|III<br />
|All other urban areas across India with a municipality<br />
|30 September 2014<br />
|31 January 2017<ref name="PMA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.publicmediaalliance.org/no-extension-analogue-tv-india/|title=No extension for analogue TV signal in India|date=2017-02-21|website=Public Media Alliance|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/news/india/centre-warns-cable-operators-to-switch-off-analog-signals-in-phase-iii-urban-areas-or-face-seizure-of-equipment-1782382/|title=Centre warns cable operators to switch off analogue signals in Phase III urban areas or face seizure of equipment|last=ANI|date=2017-01-25|website=India.com|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|IV<br />
|Rest of India<br />
|31 December 2014<br />
|31 March 2017<ref name=":0" /><br />
|}<br />
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=== Digital terrestrial TV ===<br />
The [[Telecom Regulatory Authority of India]] had set the deadlines for the completion of the transition to [[Digital terrestrial television|digital-terrestrial TV]] Phase I (Metro cities) by 31 December 2019, Phase II (cities having a population of more than one million) by 31 December 2021, and Phase III (the rest of India) by 31 December 2023.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Digital television transition]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Digital television by country|India]]<br />
[[Category:Science and technology in India]]<br />
[[Category:Television in India]]<br />
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