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Arasu all set to wire TV signals

G.Srinivasan

Thanjavur control room to cover eight districts

Photo: M. Srinath

READY: Workers fixing dish antennae in Thanjavur on Tuesday. —

THANJAVUR: The stage is set for transmission by Government-run Arasu Cable TV Corporation from Thanjavur on July 15.

Antennae and other equipment have been installed and a master control room is ready at Thanjavur Cauvery Wholesale Super Market Building.

The control room will cover eight districts - Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur Pudukottai, Ariyalur, Perambalur and Karur.

A team of engineers headed by Shannavas, chief engineer, are engaged in installing eight dish antennae (digital) brought from France on top of the TCWS building.

Approved cable TV operators will be engaged for beaming the programmes in Thanjavur town. For the remaining districts, programmes will be beamed either through BSNL cable or cable owned by the Railways.

The rate is expected to be less than that collected by cable TV operators. According to S. Kumanan, President of Thanjavur District Cable TV Operators’ Association, there are 18,000 cable connections in Thanjavur town.

About 90 to 110 operators are linked to four major networks Zen, Ahalini and SQZ. Almost all the cable TV operators have been approved by the Government and it has also assured to take the programmes through them to households.

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