August 24, 2011 – KOLKATA: Five years after Conditional Access System (CAS) was introduced in localities along Kolkata’s western fringe, a section of unscrupulous cable operators is trying to systematically dismantle the transparent system and revert to the earlier murky practice of fudging subscriber numbers and indulging in transmission piracy.
Cable industry sources said 25 to 30 cablemen in Zone 1 comprising localities to the west of Tolly Nullah – Kidderpore, Chetla, Alipore, New Alipore, Karunamoyee, Haridevpur, Thakurpukur, Behala, Budge Budge, Maheshtala, Metiabruz and Garden Reach – have stopped digital transmission and reverted to analog transmission that is banned in the area.
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