NEW DELHI: The ministry of information and broadcasting on Thursday set up a toll-free number to answer queries of stakeholders, including consumers, for seamless transition to digitization of the cable television in the country.

The toll-free number 1-800-180-4343 would help secure answers to queries in eight languages — Hindi, English, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada.

“After the completion of first two phases of cable TV digitization, which covered four metros (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai) and 38 cities with population of more than 10 lakh each, phase III of digitization is underway. It would cover all the remaining urban areas in the country and is set to be completed by December 31,” read an official statement.

Few months government said it is considering a proposal to raise FDI limits to 100 percent in broadcasting carriage and content services, including DTH and cable networks, aimed at attracting overseas investment and improve infrastructure. An inter-ministerial committee is considering FDI proposals, including hiking foreign direct investment cap in cable networks, direct-to-home (DTH), Mobile TV, HITS (Headend-in-the Sky Broadcasting Service) and Teleports to 100 percent, from 74 percent at present, sources said. In case of broadcasting content services – uplinking of news and current affairs TV channels, the proposal under discussion is to raise the limit to 49 percent from the present 26 percent, they said.

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