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Prasar Bharati upgrades EPG for DD Free Dish

Prasar Bharati has released detailed technical specifications for Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) services on DD Free Dish, in a move aimed at improving content discovery and enabling seamless compatibility with modern television hardware. The development, outlined in an official technica...

DD Free Dish clocks Rs.1,060 crore revenue, reaches 49 mn homes

Prasar Bharati’s free-to-air DTH platform DD Free Dish continues to anchor the broadcaster’s financial performance, generating Rs.1,060.71 crore in revenue for the financial year 2024–25 while expanding its reach to nearly 49 million households across India. According to Prasar Bharati’s latest annual report, the platform remains a key revenu...

DD Free Dish auction: ABP News, News Nation top MPEG-2 news category bids

India’s free-to-air DTH platform DD Free Dish has concluded another round of its slot auctions, with leading Hindi news broadcasters securing carriage in the MPEG-2 category. The results underline continued competition among news channels for access to the p...

Five channels win slots in DD Free Dish 95th and 96th e-auctions

Prasar Bharati has announced the outcomes of the 95th and 96th e-auctions for DD Free Dish, finalising channel allotments for the two-month period from February 1, 2026 to March 31, 2026. The 95th e-auction, conducted for MPEG-2 slots, saw GTC Punjabi and Movi...

DD Free Dish announces winners of 93rd MPEG-4 slot auction

Prasar Bharati has announced the successful channels under the 93rd allotment of MPEG-4 slots on the DD Free Dish platform, marking a significant expansion of regional language offerings on India’s largest free-to-air direct-to-home service. The newly allotted slots have been granted on a pilot basis and will remain valid till March 31, 2026....

DD Free Dish to offer free MPEG-4 slots to regional channels

Prasar Bharati has announced a major new initiative aimed at boosting regional language representation on DD Free Dish, unveiling a pilot scheme that will offer free MPEG-4 slots to selected regional channels till 31 March 2026. The announcement was issued t...

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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!