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TRAI extends deadline for discussion paper on cable TV

In a move that would make India’s broadcast and cable industry heave a sigh of relief, regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has extended the deadline for making submissions to its consultation pape...

MIB bats for broadcast industry on TRAI tariff issue

In a show of solidarity, a top official of India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday said that it was willing to be a ‘bridge’ between the broadcast industry and regulator TRAI, while admitting the sector ...

TRAI chief urges DoS to liberalise capacity leasing on foreign satellites

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman P.D. Vaghela Tuesday urged the Depatment of Space (DoS) to review and liberalise regulations relating to leasing of capacity on foreign satellites by Indian customers as...

Indian b’band subs declined by 2.29% in September ’21: TRAI

In what could surprise many, the total broadband subscribers in India decreased from 813.47 million at the end of August-21 to 794.88 million at the end of September-21 with a monthly decline rate of 2.29 percent, according to latest data from Telecom Regulatory Authority ...

MIB Secy: Single law for M&E sector would need wider discussions

Indian media and entertainment industry’s call for a coherent and single national policy for the sector was acknowledged by a top government official who also said Thursday that such a law, if at all proposed, would...

TRAI, MIB assure Indian M&E of collaborative, open approach

Both the policymaker and the regulator assured the Indian media and entertainment (M&E) sector of an open and collaborative approach as far as sector regulations were concerned.

Speaking yesterday at the opening of the CII Big Picture Summit, Ministry of Information and Broadcast...

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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!