The government today notified that the new deadline for the rollout of the conditional access system (CAS) in parts of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata and the whole of Chennai will be September 1.
After a month of confusion and hard bargaining between the government, the broadcasters and the cable operators, the notification has made it mandatory for cable operators in the notified zones to transmit pay channels through a set-top box.
The government decided to defer the July 14 rollout for CAS after reaching an agreement with all the stakeholders
