Efforts on to build satellite tuners into TV sets: Anurag Thakur
The move could potentially make set-top boxes redundant
In a move that would potentially make set-top boxes redundant, TV sets will soon be built in with satellite tuners, according to Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur. With the new tuner installed, TV sets will have no need for a separate set-top box and can give viewers access to more than 200 channels.
Thakur also noted that no decision has been taken on the matter. Last December, the minister wrote to Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to instruct TV manufacturers to adopt the standards dictated by the Bureau of Industrial Standards for built-in satellite tuners.
The tuners would help receive free-to-air tv and radio channels with a help of a small antenna at a vantage like rooftops.
