Regulation - Indian Broadcasting World

TRAI chief not in favour of separate rules for OTT, legacy b’casters

Broadcasting regulator TRAI on Thursday made it clear that it does not support a scenario where traditional broadcasters are burdened with heavier regulation compared to their OTT counterparts. The remarks were made by TRAI C...

PM Modi releases stamps honouring Guru Dutt, Bhanumathi, other cinema icons at WAVES

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a heartfelt tribute to the legends of Indian cinema on Thursday as he released commemorative postage stamps in honour of five celebrated film personalities at the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025. The ...

India at dawn of Orange Economy, says PM Modi at WAVES

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated the first edition of the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 at the Jio World Convention Centre, hailing the beginning of the ‘sunrise era’ of the Orange economy in India. Addressing a packed audience of creators, policymakers, and innovators, PM Modi described the crea...

‘Right Time for Create in India, Create for the World,’ says PM Modi at WAVES

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 at the Jio World Convention Centre, calling it a transformative platform that brings together creators, storytellers, innovators, and policymakers from across the globe. Addressing a packed auditorium of global delegates, PM Modi ...

SC seeks Centre’s response on explicit content on OTT, SM

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and several digital platforms, including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Ullu, ALTT, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, in response to a petition seeking regulation of sexually explicit co...

Govt tells media to desist from live coverage of defence ops

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has issued a fresh advisory urging all media platforms, news agencies, and social media users to refrain from live coverage of defence operations or the movement of security forces. The advisory highlights the ...

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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!