Industry - Indian Broadcasting World

Kaushik Moitra to head regulatory practises at B&P

A popular figure on the media-legal circuit and a frequent speaker at our SATCAB Symposiums, Kaushik Moitra has been entrusted with newer responsibilities --- and challenges, probably --- at his legal firm Bharucha & Partners.

WAVES to host India’s biggest cosplay championship

Creators Street and Epiko Con, in collaboration with the Telangana Government, ICA Indian Comics Association, Forbidden Media & Entertainment Association of India (MEAI) and Telangana VFX Animation and Gaming Association (TVAGA) and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India have announced the ...

Amanda Wills joins CNN as group SVP, Chief Content Officer

In a significant leadership move, CNN has appointed Amanda Wills as its new Group Senior Vice President and Chief Content Officer. With an extensive background in digital storytelling and newsroom leadership, Wills is set to play a pivotal role in shaping CNN...

NDTV appoints U.K. Sinha as chairperson; Dipali Goenka joins as independent director

Strengthening its commitment to independent and professional journalism, NDTV has announced the appointment of U.K. Sinha and Dipali Goenka as Independent Directors for a two-year term. U.K. Sinha, the former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has also been named the Non-Executive Chair...

Parliamentary panel recommends unified media council

A parliamentary standing committee on communications and information technology has formally suggested the creation of a unified Media Council to bring print, broadcast, and digital media under a single regulatory body. The recommendation, aimed at improving coordination and implementation of media laws, was included in the committee’s eleven...

India promotes gaming excellence, WAVES at San Francisco GDC

With the ‘Create in India Challenge’ gaming winners taking centre stage at the India Pavilion at the prestigious Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, USA, India showcased its rapidly evolving gaming industry

The pavilion also served the purpose of highlighting a new med...

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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!