Regulation - Indian Broadcasting World

TRAI’s revised tariff order relies on pricing & discounts forbearance

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Tuesday announced amendments to its earlier tariff order for the broadcast sector, laying more emphasis on forbearance and granting broadcasters more freedom on pricing and discounts. However, while making it clear that the broadcast industry would be under its scanner for any breach of faith, it h...

TRAI suggests simple registration of CDN firms with DoT

India’s broadcast and telecom regulator TRAI has recommended that content delivery network (CDN) players should be registered with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) through a simple online registration process. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of I...

TRAI readying consultation paper on satellite spectrum auction

India’s broadcast and telecom regulator TRAI is readying a consultation paper on the much-debated issue of proposed auctioning of satellite spectrum, according to a top official of the regulatory body. “Cannot say what it would be (auction or administrative allocation of satellite spectrum), but we would come out with a consultation paper soo...

MIB working on pilot cases involving RPD, direct-to-mobile b’cast

A pilot study on direct-to-mobile broadcasting, which has the potential to enhance the reach of television manifolds, will be carried out in an area in the National Capital Region (NCR) soon, Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra said on Thursda...

MIB reissues advisory on headend monitoring devices

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) issued Tuesday another warning to those MSOs and LCOs who had not heeded an earlier advisory to install monitoring devices at their headends and failed to submit relevant data.

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MIB unveils new norms for AV producers’ empanelment

The Central Bureau of Communication (formerly Bureau of Outreach and Communication), an unit under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, has come out with revised guidelines for empanelment of audio-visual producers who are...

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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!