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Punit Goenka challenges Zee insolvency proceedings

The chief executive of Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Zee) has challenged insolvency proceedings initiated against the company by India's bankruptcy court, according to a statement from his office yesterday

Punit Goenka has filed an appeal...

B’casters aiming to restore MSOs’ signals as truce hammered out

Hectic parleys yesterday in New Delhi between broadcasters and those MSOs whose signals were snapped off seem to have paid off.

According to industry sources, the Delhi talks between the warring factions has resulted in some compromise fo...

Aavishkar Dish Antenna Sangh seeks financial relief for LCOs

The All-India Aavishkar Dish Antenna Sangh, an apex body of LCOs, has urged the government to nudge the broadcasters and MSOs to extend financial relief to the last mile operators because of the accrued losses owing to blackout of TV channels from about 45 million cable TV...

NTO case to be heard today; petitioners, respondent argue for & against status quo

The Kerala High Court will continue hearing on Feb 22 the case filed by AIDCF and a cable ops’ body against sector regulator TRAI’s amended tariff guidelines even as the petitioners and respondent(s) argued for and against maintaining status quo ante or situation as they w...

LCOs decry TV channels price hike, ‘unjust’ rules; say biz & consumers hit badly

A letter, simultaneously submitted to TRAI and Ministry of Information & Broadcasting by over 500 local cable operators, has highlighted the plight of the cable TV distribution sector, while alleging that ‘unj...

Kerala HC to hear MSOs’ new application on tariff Feb. 20

The All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF) and Kerala Communicators Communication Ltd (a body of LCOs) have moved a fresh application in Kerala High Court alleging ‘arm-twisting’ by broadcasters using regulator TRAI’s ‘

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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!