Director of Broadcasting at the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo), Geryantika Kurnia, said that the distribution of free Set Top Boxes (STB) for the poor had only reached 35 percent nationally.In fact, the free STB distribution program has been recorded as having been carried out by the Ministry of Communication and Information and the Multiplexing (MUX) organizer since March 2022."The total STB that has been distributed throughout Indonesia is around 30 percent to 35 percent nationally," said Geryantika in her office, Friday (23/9).To note, STB is an additional device so that the public can receive digital TV broadcasts, ahead of the analogue TV lethal injection on November 2, 2022.Geryantika further explained that the distribution of free STB for the poor in Jakarta alone, ahead of the Analog Switch Off (ASO) on October 5, 2022, has only reached 63.5 percent.He claimed that the distribution of the free STB was only slightly distributed.Even though Analog TV in Jabodetabek will be put to death by October 5, 2022."In fact, there are private companies who have 100 percent of their STB distribution. Surya Citra Media Group (SCM) for example. The other (multiplexing providers) average is above 60 percent. So we have estimated that everything should be finished by the end of September, " said Gerry.Initially, said Geryantika, the data for the distribution of free STBs refers to the Social Welfare Integrated Data (DTKS) from the Ministry of Social Affairs, which is 6.7 poor people.However, because there are problems with data validation and the STB distribution system, the distribution is directed by a pooling mechanism.The pooling mechanism, said Geryantika, is like distributing vaccines to the public.According to him, this distribution mechanism is a collaboration with the Department of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) using a reference to the Population Identification Number (NIK)."So we use the name P3KE to target, accelerate, eliminate extreme poverty," he said.Geryantika further assessed that the STB distribution mechanism has proven to be smooth, because it has been applied to the distribution of free STB in the Greater Jakarta area.However, he does not deny that multiplexing providers can distribute free STB with their own method."So in Jabodetabek, friends (multiplexing organizers) have their own patterns in other locations, maybe it will be faster," he concluded.