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DAS Phase II: Karnataka HC extends hearing to 5 April, stay to continue in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: Bengaluru will have to wait for DAS (Digital Addressable System) for another four days in the least, with the Karnataka High Court extending the interim stay till 5 April.
Hearing a petition by Karnataka Cable TV Operators Association President V S Patrick Raju seeking postponement of the analogue switch off date for the garden city beyond 31 March as there was no clarity about set top boxes was put off by Justice Nazeer as another petition by a multi-system operator was filed today.
The newly licensed MSO stated that he had not been given enough time to acquire STBs and install them in subscriber homes.
Additionally, a DTH operator representative present at the hearing also stated that his company would not be able to meet the demand for STBs.
Meanwhile, the Court also decided to hear on 5 April a case by Mysore Cable TV Operators Association which has wanted extension on digitisation deadline due to shortage of STBs.
