DTH - Indian Broadcasting World

Prasar Bharati invites bids for DD Free Dish slots

Prasar Bharati, parent of India’s national broadcaster Doordarshan, has invited applications for allotment of vacant MPEG-4 slots of DD Free Dish for the period September 1, 2021to March 31, 2022 through 55th online e-auction.

SES strikes 9-transponder deal for DTH services in India

Satellite company SES announced it has entered into a multi-transponder agreement for its SES-8 satellite with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a federal public sector enterprise under Department of Space (DoS), based in Bengaluru.

The nine-transponder capacity agreement on SES-8 at 95...

Tata Sky offering a security camera

The Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider, Tata Sky will soon offer their users a security camera for Rs.99 per month. The company listed the product on its website, where they will offer a 1080p FHD resolution security camera to the users with the ...

Dish TV announces free offer for customers

Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider, Dish TV, has announced new offers for the customers. The offer will be in line with the problems which people are facing because of the second wave of Covid19 in India. The DTH operator has elected to award its subscribers who get vaccinated as soo...

Tata Sky launches new Binge app for smartphones

The Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider, Tata Sky extended the benefit of its pioneering OTT content aggregator service, ‘Tata Sky Binge,’ by launching the Binge App on smartphones. Aligned with its brand purpose --- 'To make tomorrow better than today' --- Tata Sky Binge o...

Subhash Chandra issues clarifications on pledged Dish TV shares

India’s home grown media tycoon Subhash Chandra, who started the iconic media company Zee group (now managed independently by son Punit Goenka under guidance of new investors), on Thursday clarified that he was not a promoter of country’s first DTH company, Dish TV, and some shares of the satellite service pledged ag...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!