Regulation - Indian Broadcasting World

Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurates ‘Apna Radio 90.0 FM’ at IIMC Aizawl

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated India's 500th community radio station, ‘Apna Radio 90.0 FM,’ at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in Aizawl. The milestone event was attended by the Union Ministe...

New draft of B’cast Bill proposes to regulate news influencers

Individuals who routinely upload videos to social media, make podcasts or write about current affairs online could be classified as digital news broadcasters, according to the new draft of the broadcasting bill that the government shared with stakeholders. The new version -- HT has reviewed a copy -- is the second draft of

Jio, Airtel gain 34.4 lakh mobile users in May: TRAI

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel cumulatively raised their wireless subscriber tally by 34.4 lakh users in May, while Vodafone Idea continued to witness a fall in its user base, data released yesterday by TRAI showed.

SC stays Karnataka HC order banning broadcast of Kannada news channel

Observing that the case seemed to be driven by "sheer political vendetta", the Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Karnataka High Court order that restricted the broadcast of Kannada news channel Power TV. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra observed that the case against the news channel prima...

MIB’s WAVE aims new benchmarks in creativity, innovation, influence

Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ashwani Vaishnaw, while announcing the World Audio Visual and Entertainment (WAVE) Summit, said the government will focus on creating employment in the media and entertainment sector and augment the talent pipeline.

This, he explained, will be...

TRAI removes NCF ceiling; ups DPO bouquet discounts; suggests tech upgrades to FreeDish

Amongst a slew of recommendations to the government, telecom and broadcast regulator TRAI yesterday issued a new set of tariff regulations, which removed earlier ceiling on network capacity fees and allows DPOs to offer bouquet discount up to 45 percent, while separately suggesting major tech upgrades to pubcaster Do...

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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!