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Distribution paradigms shifting, but audience remains ‘king’ Prasar Bharati CEO

Emphasising a fundamental shift in the media and entertainment landscape, Prasar Bharati CEO Gaurav Dwivedi yesterday said content distribution is undergoing a major transformation driven by technological convergence, evolving audience preferences and the rise of integrated platforms like WAVES OTT, even as legacy an...

SATCAB ’26 opens with lively discussion on rules, news, multi-screen measurement

The first day of SATCAB Symposium 2026 literally rocked and rolled to a grand opening in New Delhi and opened with a focus on the evolving dynamics of India’s media and entertainment sector, underlining the need for broadcasters, distributors and digital platforms to adapt to rapid technological and consumption shift...

SATCAB Symposium, featuring top class speakers, to be held yesterday

The annual SATCAB Symposium, organised by the Aavishkar Media Group, is back with its latest edition that will be held yesterday, featuring senior government officials as keynote speakers, apart from the Indian M&E industry veterans and stalwarts.

Exploring D2M opportunities & challenges

The SATCAB Symposium held recently showcased groundbreaking discussions on the future of broadcasting, centered around the Direct to Mobile (D2M) technology. Representatives from various sectors, including broadcasting, telecommunications, and government bodies, c...

News head honchos for unity against Big Tech; bemoan inadequate audience data

Head honchos from some news channels yesterday stressed it was high time that Big Tech pay Indian news publishers for content used by them on their platform as is done in Australia.

“The news industry has to come together” on content monetisation efforts on the Internet, said Varun K...

Senior govt. officials, M&E industry stalwarts to headline SatCab Symposium ’24

SatCab Symposium 2024, the annual congregation of the Indian media and entertainment industry in Delhi, is back. To be held today, the conference is bigger and stars a more diverse range of speakers, including senior government officials.

Themed ‘Time for Reimagining & Reinventio...

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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!