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Dish TV gets MIB nod for provisional licence

India’s first private sector DTH platform, Dish TV, has obtained an in-principle approval from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for provisional license with effect from April 1, 2021.

In a notice to the stock exchange BSE yesterday, the company said the 20-year approval w...

Tata Sky explores curated Sindhi language service

Tata Sky, one of India’s biggest DTH companies, is exploring whether it would be feasible to introduce a curated Sindhi-language channels as part of its video-on-demand service.

“Quick Question: We have millions of Sindhis in India but we don’t have any Content for them in Sindhi lan...

डीडी फ्री डिश के हुए 40 मिलियन से अधिक सब्सक्राइबर्स

पब्लिक ब्रॉडकास्टर्स प्रसार भारती की फ्री डीटीएच सेवा डीडी फ्री डिश के सब्सक्राइबर्स की संख्या 40 मिलियन से अधिक हो गयी है। जनवरी 2021 की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, डीडी फ्री डिश अपने सब्सक्राइबर्स को 161 चैनल उपलब्ध करवा रहा है, जिसमें से 91 दूरदर्शन के चैनल है। दूरदर्शन के ...

DD Free Dish, free TV continued to grow in 2020

Year 2020 has been a different year in many ways. During a period when the entire India media space showed a de-growth of 24 per cent, free television reversed the trend with growth, according to an industry report.

According to Ficci-E&Y 2020 media and entertainment report, rele...

Gujarat police raid unearths cable TV piracy; 200 STBs seized

In a raid conducted by Gujarat police in the state’s Dwarka district, approximately 200 illegal set-top boxes were seized that were used to lure customers to view pirated TV signals involving several popular pay channels.

According to information made available to Indianbroadcastingw...

Karnataka cable ops’ protest halts OFC removal by admin

After the cable TV operators in Bengaluru in India’s southern state of Karnataka protested removal of optical fibre cable in the city, terming it “illegal” and a “disgrace”, apparently the Chief Minister’s Office directed the local civic administration to halt the operations.

“We wis...

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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!