There was no total blackout of the TV sets of viewers who had still not got a digital Set Top Boxes (STB) and Cable Operator's Union leader Anil Parab of the Shiv Sena announced that most cable operators in the city had decided to continue TV transmission through the analogue signal till Dec 31.

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"Around 30 percent of the city's cable households have not yet managed to switch over to Set Top Boxes (STB). But, they cannot be deprived of the only form of cheap entertainment. Hence, it has been decided that most cable operators will continue to provide the existing service via the analogue signal till Dec 31," he told IANS.

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With the analogue cable services continuing in the city, there have been no public protests over digitisation - postponed several times in the past few years in Mumbai.

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The Bombay High Court Wednesday refused to extend the Nov 1 digitisation deadline stating that it did not find any illegality in the central government's stand. It was hearing a petition filed by two cable operators' Bhavani Rajesh Cable and Digitech.

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