I&B Ministry team visits Kapashera and Samalka areas in NCT of Delhi to review digital signals in the area

It has been reported in certain quarters that Kapashera and Samalka areas in NCT of Delhi are not getting digital signals at all and have reported that the TV screens in these areas would go blank after the switch off of analogue TV signal from 31st October, 2012.

A team from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting visited Kapashera and Samalka areas on 20.12.2012 and interacted with the Cable Operators, local people and also visited headends run by Digicable Network. The team also went to some homes to do a spot verification. During the field visit, it was found that the news regarding the absence of digital signal in Kapashera and Samalka areas was not correct. The headend located in Samalka belonging to the Digicable Network is already providing digital feed to both the areas. The team also found that in several houses Set Top Boxes were already installed and were getting Digital signal. The team also found that one particular LCO who is providing only FTA channels has not entered into any agreement with the Multi System Operators as a result he is not able to get the digital feed. However, several other Cable operators are already providing digital feed.