The Ministry of Information and Communications is implementing the provision for installation of the Conditional Access System (CAS) within the first week of July to cable operators.
A press release issued by the Ministry on Monday said that a notice to this effect has been published in the Nepal Gazette on October 10, 2005 as per the provision for the installation of the CAS provided for in Rule 10 of the National Broadcasting Regulations-2052 BS published by His Majesty’s Government by exercising the rights provided it by Clause 21 of the National Broadcasting Act-2049 BS.
According to this provision, the programme distributors and cable operators are required to make prior arrangements by the first week of July prior to the implementation of the Conditional Access System.
Similarly, the Ministry has stated that an agreement has been reached between the Nepal Cable TV Association and the programme distributors in connection with the compulsory implementation of the areas as per the notice published in the Nepal Gazette and the need for the programme distributors to renew their every kind of understanding reached earlier with the programme broadcasters within the first week of July or reach a new understanding so that it would be in consonance with the Conditional Access System.