Digital television transition in India
{{short description|Transition to the digital-terrestrial television in India}}
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Digital television transition in India began in 2010.
History
= Digital satellite and cable TV =
The Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2011 has made digital satellite and 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 to end analogue transmission completely on 31 March 2017.{{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}}{{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 }}{{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}}
= Digital terrestrial TV =
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had set the deadlines for the completion of the transition to 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.