Government Monitoring Digitisation of Cable TV

What is the Status of Phase 1 of Digitization ? As per Ministry of Information and Broadcasting data,
(MIB), a total of 6.4m boxes had been seeded in the four metro cities by Nov,12. DEN networks installed 1.8m boxes in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. They expect that Kolkata would be digitalized by the end of January

Phase 2 digitization targets 38 cities and has a deadline of 31st March, 2013. The company is targeting  3.5m - 4m analogue to digital subscriber conversion spread across 23 cities of its presence in phase 2 digitalization. Currently, 0.6m boxes have been deployed in these Phase 2 cities. The mgt shared that government is tightly monitoring the progress by having meetings with stakeholders every 10 days to get latest updates. Additionally, the government is also roping in high ranking local authorities like IAS officers across the 38 cities to ensure the learnings of Phase 1 are utilized during Phase 2 implementation to ensure a smooth transition.