DTH/Cable - Indian Broadcasting World

Times Now Navbharat, Aaj Tak, News Nation get FreeDish berths

In the auctions for A+ category that happened yesterday for slots on FreeDish, Hindi news channels Times Now Navbharat, Aaj Tak and News Nation have managed to be successful, amongst others, after paying hefty winning bids.

According to in...

News channels likely to continue jostling for FreeDish berth

Even as auctions for Bucket D MPEG2 slots on Doordarshan FreeDish continued yesterday, some major TV news channels, who are yet to find a berth on the free to air DTH platform, are likely to bid when Bucket A+ is thrown open again to all genres.

Several news channels buy DD Free Dish slots

News18, Republic Bharat, TV9, Zee News, and NDTV India have secured slots on DD Free Dish on the third day of the MPEG-2 e-auction. According to media reports, despite the decision of the News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) and the News

Anurag Thakur inaugurates 24×7 DD Himachal channel

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated the 24-hour telecast service of Doordarshan Kendra, Shimla yesterday, which could lead to more local employment.

While addressing the gathering at the unve...

Dish TV to convene EGM Mar 3 on independent directors

Direct-to-Home operator Dish TV will convene an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on March 3 to seek shareholders' approval for the appointment of four new independent d...

Lalit Singhal named independent director on Dish TV Board

Direct-to-Home Indian operator Dish TV on Thursday said it has appointed former bureaucrat Lalit Behari Singhal as an independent director to its board.

The company's board, at its meeting held on Thursday, ''considered and appointed Lalit Behari ...

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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!