Less than a month before the plan to shut down analog TV broadcasts and switch to digital TV, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Kominfo) ensures that the availability of set top box (STB) devices will not suddenly become expensive.This assurance was obtained by Kominfo based on information from the Association of Electronic Entrepreneurs (Gabel) regarding the availability of digital TV set top boxes to welcome the Analog Switch Off (ASO) which ends on November 2, 2022."Alhamdulillah, the Electronic Entrepreneurs Association also guarantees the availability of set top boxes throughout Indonesia. And, they guarantee that the price of this set top box is stable after ASO, they also provide special discounts," said the Broadcasting Director of the PPI Directorate General of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics, Geryantika Kurnia in the ASO webinar. , Thursday (13/10/2022)."This is a happy picture, all broadcasting ecosystems support ASO on November 2, 2022. No less important, KPI, KPID, local government are also the process of migrating analog to digital TV," he continued.For information, the price of a digital TV set top box itself currently varies from Rp. 150 thousand to Rp. 300 thousand, which depends on the features of each device.The role of this set top box is very important which can help analog TV to capture digital TV broadcast signals.Kominfo has also published a list of certified set top boxes, which means that these items are guaranteed to be genuine and can catch digital TV broadcasts.Noted, there are 70 set top boxes of various brands and types/models, such as productions from Akari, CBM, Evercoss, Ichiko, Matrix, Nexmedia, Nextron, Polytron, Tanaka, and Venus.The technical requirements for digital TV and set top boxes are regulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Communication and Information Number 4 of 2019 dated June 28, 2019 concerning Technical Requirements for Telecommunication Equipment and/or Equipment for the Purpose of Broadcasting Television and Radio Broadcasts.List of Latest Kominfo Certified Set Top Box (STB) 2022Despite the different prices for set top boxes, Kominfo ensures that the certified devices are guaranteed authenticity and receive consumer protection, such as an official warranty.Kominfo confirmed that the termination of analog TV broadcasts would be on schedule, although there was a change in the method of turning it off.November 2, 2022, is the deadline for the public to completely switch to digital TV broadcasting.Kominfo will use the multiple ASO scheme in migrating this analog to digital TV.Multiple ASO is the application of cessation of analog TV broadcasts which is carried out continuously until the deadline for broadcasting migration on November 2, 2022.When digital TV broadcasts are implemented in an area, it will now refer to three main things.First in the area, there is an analog TV broadcast that will be stopped broadcasting.Second, it has operated digital TV broadcasts on analog TV broadcast coverage as a replacement.Third, the distribution of free digital TV set top boxes for poor households in the area has been carried out.Meanwhile, the free set top box assistance was sourced from multiplexing (mux) providers as many as 5.7 million units were distributed throughout Indonesia.Meanwhile, Kominfo also distributed assistance of one million units of free STB to the poor households.