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DoT’s Singhal urges cable ops to exploit govt. projects like PM-WANI

India’s cable operators could be under pressure from emergeing technologies and services like streaming content, but they are also staring at opportunities that need to be grabbed, said Telecoms Department ...

LCOs’ body COUF against NTO 2.0 implementation in ‘present form’

The Cable Operators United Front (COUF), a representative body of the local cable operators, has urged the Indian government to ‘stop implementation’ of regulator TRAI’s new tariff regime or NTO 2.0 and revisit the regulations altogether, including exploring putting a unif...

Sharechat, Moj collaborate with Star Sports on kabaddi league

Homegrown social media platform ShareChat and short video platform Moj have collaborated with Star Sports to promote Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) across social media.

TRAI extends deadline for two consultation papers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Thursday said it was extending the submission deadlines for two consultation papers --- ‘Ease of Doing Business in Telecom and B...

Disney+Hotstar growth director Sachin Singla quits

Disney+Hotstar director of growth Sachin Singla has stepped down from his post after a one-year stint, according to his LinkedIn post.

Sachin ...

TRAI shines light on local manufacturing boost in TV sector

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has issued a consultation paper on ‘Promoting Local Manufacturing in the Television Broadcasting Sector’ in a bid to replicate the Atmanirbhar Bharat examples in other industries.

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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!