Centre to monitor output feed of multi-system cable operators

New Delhi: The Central Government on Tuesday said it has decided to monitor the output feed of cable operators in a “non-intrusive manner” by installing a monitoring device at the head-end of multi-system operators (MSO). In an advisory, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said monitoring devices will be installed at the head-end of the cable operators as per the provisions of the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act. It cautioned that any non-cooperation will be viewed as a violation of sub-section 4 of Section 10A of the Act and violators may face action. “Government has decided to monitor the output feed of MSOs in a non-intrusive manner,” a government official said. The advisory asked cable operators to cooperate with officials or a team of Broacast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL) visiting their premises for installation of monitoring devices on their head-end. It is also requested to furnish the requisite information regarding head-end locations, conditional access system details, transport stream, frequency detail, RF feed details, platform service details, CTAV signal distribution areas, STB seeding details etc required by BECIL officials/ team for monitoring system, the I&B Ministry advisory said. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.