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Govt. makes it mandatory for TV sets to have in-built satellite tuners

The Indian government has notified a new rule that mandates all TV sets being manufactured in the country or being shipped to have in-built digital satellite TV tuners capable of receiving signals from free to air (FTA) broadcasts without the help of a set-top-box.

The notification, ...

DD, AIR owed Rs. 214 cr. in ad revenue by pvt. firms: Minister

A whopping Rs. 214 crore in the form of advertising revenue is owed to Indian pubcaster Doordarshan and All India Radio by private companies as of March 2022.

“The total pending dues of Akashwani and Doordarshan pertaining to advertisements of private companies, as on 31.03.2022, is ...

DD, AIR News score high on consumer trust, authenticity

That India trusts its good old public broadcaster has been corroborated again by a recent report of the Reuters Institute, which revealed the news network of Doordarshan and All India Radio enjoys highest trust, the public broadcaster said Wednesday. “India registered a small increase in news trust, improving its overall position among the 46...

DD National pet show wins ENBA Award 2021

Yet again, proving its mettle when it comes to production of quality content that matters, Doordarshan has won ENBA Award 2021 for the best in-depth Hindi series.

TV series based on pet care ‘Best Friend Forever’ on Doordarshan has won big at the 14th edition of the Exchange4media Ne...

Doordarshan set to take channels Down Under via SBS deal

Indian pubcaster Doordarshan’s news channels are all set to expand its reach in Oz, along with other broad co-production deals, as it signed a partnership with Australian counterpart, Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)

The partnership will enlarge the reach of DD (News) in

India’s pay Hindi GECs may keep off DD FreeDish

Keeping in mind the larger interest of the broadcast industry in mind, particularly those of the distribution platforms and LCOs, country’s Hindi pay general entertainment channels (GECs) are likely not to actively participate in the auctioning process of slots on Doordarshan’s FTA DTH service FreeDish.

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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!