The Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) and multiplexing (mux) organizers continue to try to distribute free digital TV set top boxes to the public, whose distributions are still low.What are the terms and how to get a free set top box?Kominfo revealed that as of mid-August, the distribution of set top boxes to poor households as the target of this Analog Switch Off (ASO) assistance was only 5%.For this reason, the Broadcasting Director of the Directorate General of Post and Information Technology (Ditjen PPI) of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics, Geryantika Kurnia, requested that the mux organizers immediately distribute the assistance before ASO ends completely on November 2, 2022, after which there will only be digital TV broadcasts broadcast in Indonesian territory. .The Kominfo itself has on several occasions revealed the latest criteria for the recipients of free digital TV set top boxes, namely extreme poor households.This assistance is so that all people, especially those who cannot afford it, can enjoy digital TV broadcasts, when analog TV is turned off."So, what is given is the extreme poor. For example, the extreme poor, for example, do not have a house, do not have a steady income, and so on, there are already criteria," said Special Staff of the Minister of Communication and Information, Rosarita Niken Widiastuti."It is true that data for all poor people was given, it was not, because poor households, but do not have analog televisions, were not given, only extreme poor households with televisions were given," Niken added.With the latest criteria determined for the recipients of this free set top box, those who are entitled to this assistance are as follows:This free digital TV set top box assistance will be distributed by mux organizers and Kominfo.If you refer to initial data, there are 6.7 million units distributed throughout Indonesia, of which 5.7 million are sourced from mux organizers and 1 million from Kominfo.As for now, the process of discontinuing analog TV does not use the stages as before, but uses the multiple ASO scheme, which is continuous termination in various parts of Indonesia until the ASO deadline on November 2, 2022.There are three requirements for ASO in an area to be able to air.There are analog television broadcasts in areas where broadcasts will be discontinued, areas covered by analog television broadcasts are ready to be replaced with digital TV broadcasts, and set top box assistance for poor households in the area has been distributed.Meanwhile, people who can afford it are expected to buy a set top box with a price range of around Rp. 150 thousand to Rp. 300 thousand.