Regulation - Indian Broadcasting World

Ministry cancels registration of Non-Compliant MSOs for Cable Television Services

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has taken decisive action against several Multi-System Operators (MSOs) who failed to comply with regulatory requirements for providing cable television services through digital addressable systems (DAS). In an orde...

MIB to assign LCOs registration numbers, prepare a national list

The Indian government will assign a national identification or registration number to the country’s LCOs and is also poised to create a national list of cable operators to streamline the working process in the cable TV industry.

In a new advisory, the Ministry of Information and Broa...

Active DTH subs marginally down in quarter-ended Sept’23

The total number of active DTH subscribers has decreased from 65.50 million in quarter-ended June 2023 to 64.18 million in QE September 2023, broadcast and communications regulator TRAI said yesterday.

Next spectrum auction significantly smaller: Minister Vaishnaw

The next spectrum auction will be a "limited auction", one that is significantly smaller than the previous round, Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. The government is "moving fast" on it, he asserted. "The spectrum auction will be ...

MIB receives Rs 4,342cr in interim budget

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday allocated Rs 4,342.55 crore to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in the interim Budget for 2024-25, a slight decrease from the revised estimates of Rs 4,449.79 in the pr...

Centre names Anil Kumar Lahoti as the new TRAI chairman

The government on Monday appointed former chairman and chief executive officer of Railway Board Anil Kumar Lahoti as the new chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), The Economic Times reported. "The Appointments Committee of the C...

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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!