Govt allays C&S industry concerns at SatCab’23

The SatCab Symposium 2023, an Aavishkar Media Group initiative, is back with some new TV and video content industry topics and a stellar lineup of speakers from across the media spectrum.

Themed ‘Is the future of the Indian Broadcasting Sector at stake now?’, the event was held in New Delhi on January 16 in front of a packed hall.

The day-long conference covered topics such as linear broadcasting, the future of DTH, the future of news broadcasting, and the regulatory landscape of the broadcasting sector.

The keynote, special, and valedictory addresses were delivered by senior policymakers and regulators from MIB, BECIL, and STPI, all of whom assuaged many industry concerns.

Simultaneously, stakeholders shared their perspectives on the evolving landscape of the M&E industry, ranging from cable TV to technology to streaming to the news, and particularly the creeping regulations.

The Industry Keynote was delivered by Sanjiv Shankar, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. George Kuruvilla, CMD, BECIL, and Arvind Kumar, DG, STPI, delivered the Special and Valedictory addresses, respectively.

Anil Malhotra, Head- Public and Regulatory Affair, ZEEL; Kunal Tandon, Counsel-Delhi High Court and Supreme Court of India; Ashok Mansukhani Media and Corporate Law Advocate; Bibhash Jha, Affiliate & Distribution, Sales & Marketing, Warner Bros. Discovey; Shashi Shekhar Vempati, Ex-CEO, Prasar Bharati; Rajiv Khattar, Business Strategist, Management and Technology Consultant; R. Jai Krishna, Secretary-General, News Broadcasters Federation; Eshita Pandey, Associate-Policy and Regulatory Affairs; News Broadcasters Federation; Founder, Black and White Enterprise; Gulab Makhija, CFO&CEO, India TV; Pankaj Krishna, Founder & CEO, Chrome Data Analytics ; Kaushik Moitra, Partner, Bharucha & Partners; Dr. A.K. Rastogi, President, All India Aavishkar Dish Antenna Sangh; Rabindra Narayan, MD & President, PTC Network; Yatin Gupta, SVP, GTPL; Nagesh Chhabria, Promoter & MD, Metro Cast Network India; Amitabh Srivastava, Director, I Media International; L.V. Krishnan, CEO-TAM Media Research Pvt. Ltd.; Amit Arora, President, IndiaCast; and G.S. Oberoi, Practising in Telecom and Broadcasting were some of the other speakers dwelling on the various aspects of the media industry.

During the event, supporters included associate partners Aaj Tak, GTPL, PTC Network, NXTDigital; Industry support partners Sony Sports Network, BECIL, Sanskar, Fastway, News Broadcasters Federation, Savitri Telecom Services, Telecast Partner Khabar Fast. Indianbroadcastingworld.com was the digital partner.

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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!

Ashok Mansukhani, Corporate Law and Media Law Advocate at Ashokmansukhani Associates

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