I&B moots facility to switch operator without changing set top box

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Express News Service | New Delhi | Posted: October 9, 2014 12:54 am

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Soon you can switch TV operator without changing set-top box

http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/technology-others/soon-you-can-switch-tv-operator-without-changing-set-top-box/

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday suggested that TV viewers should have the facility of switching cable service operators without changing the set to boxes.

Addressing the first meeting of Task Force for Cable Digitization (Phase III and Phase IV), he proposed "interoperability" of the set top boxes (STBs) whereby customers could change their service providers by putting in a new card instead of buying new STBs.

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