Uzone.id – The government has started allocating assistance for set top box (STB) devices to poor families so that they can enjoy digital television broadcasting services.Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Johnny G. Plate invites the Ministry of Home Affairs and regional heads to coordinate to uniform the data on poor families so that data on STB recipients is more accurate.“Uniformity of data on the provision of STB assistance to poor families is needed in order to produce field-based facts.Activities based on Civil Registration, communication with regional heads is about how to take advantage of similar experiences with the same source of data flow," Johnny explained recently during a Coordination Meeting with the Ministry of Home Affairs and Regional Heads.Johnny said that the accuracy of the recipients of STB assistance would be determined by the availability of factual data according to conditions in the field.Therefore, he hopes that cooperation between the Directorate General of Post and Information Technology at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, the Ministry of Home Affairs and regional heads will soon be carried out.Also read: Ahead of the Death of Analog TV, Set Top Boxes Will Be Rare Like Oil?“In order to produce fact-based data in the field by name, by address by door-to-door survey so that we can be more accurate.Of course, this will later be juxtaposed with data obtained from the Ministry of Social's Integrated Social Welfare Data which is really categorized as poor as mandated by law," continued Johnny.From Johnny's explanation, the category of poor families is not based on the interpretation of each individual, but refers to the mandate of the law according to the steps taken by other relevant ministries."In this case the Ministry of Finance and the provision of assistance or social protection through various sectors of the relevant ministries.The same thing, the difference is only one if the ministries and institutions related to social protection can be assisted based on the people," said Johnny.Also read: Migration to Digital Broadcasting, How many Set Top Boxes does the government provide?So far, according to Johnny, the data needed in the STB assistance program is the identification of the number of private television broadcasts and television sets owned by the public, data on the needs of the poor that need to be provided and installed by the government and television multiplexing operators.Furthermore, the installation of STB for poor families is also considered on the basis of television availability.Johnny admits, it could be that there are families who already have digital television sets so there is no need for STB anymore."Only for those who don't have it, and I also invite multiplexing organizers who will provide it, so they can hear and coordinate directly because more will share it," concluded Johnny.Help us get to know you better by filling out a survey hereThe Third Day of Lebaran Starting to Gabut?Try Watching Digital TV!ASO Phase 1 Almost Completed, 3 TVRI Channels Already Available on Digital TVMidnight Later, Analog TV Broadcasts Die in These 3 ProvincesAccelerate Digital TV Migration, Government Provides 3 Million STB for FreeAccelerate Digital TV Migration, Government Provides 3 Million STB for FreeKominfo Selects 5 LPS for Digital TV MultiplexingDetails of Stage I Analog TV Blackout, When is Your Area?April 30, 2022: Analog TV Broadcast Death CountdownCopyright © 2022 PT.Metra-Net.All rights reserved.Getting a warning letter, Rider wearing flip-flops in Depok gets mentallyKeeping Children's Health by Digging for Information OnlineTecno Pova 3 brought to Indonesia, here are the complete specificationsHyundai Ioniq 6 with RWD and AWD Debuts This Year