Cable Delhi HC disposes of 4 more DAS Phase III extension ca

MUMBAI: The Delhi High Court has disposed of four more cases related to the digital addressable system (DAS) Phase III deadline extension as infructuous. In all, the bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has disposed of 12 cases, meaning that most of the cases related to the deadline extension have been disposed of. These cases became infructuous as the additional time granted by the various high courts to switch to digital has already lapsed. Other DAS-related cases challenging the notification are before the division bench. They are listed for 17 and 23 November. While dismissing the petitions of Bhima Riddhi Digital Services, Riddhi Vision, Kollam Cables and Kollam Internet Cable Distribution, the bench directed them to switch to digital by 24 November. Earlier, the petitions of Victory Digital, Sri Chowdeshwary Cable Network, Yogesh Cable Networks, Amma TV, Athulay Infomedia, Panchajanya Media, Sai Cable TV Network and Sunil Kumar Singh were dismissed by the single bench. The petitioners were also instructed to switch to DAS within three weeks by 24 November and inform the subscribers by running a scroll on their networks about the digital switchover deadline. Following the court order, the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) had advised its members to apprise all their affiliate multi-system operators (MSOs) and local cable operators (LCOs) about the said switchover deadline of 24 November 2016 in these areas and make it clear that after the said date the channels can be received only through a digital set-top box. The All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF) also asked all its members to work with broadcasters to switch off analogue signals and implement digitisation in DAS Phase III markets immediately. In a separate mail sent to the IBF, the AIDCF had asked them to shut off analogue and broadcast digital signals only.

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