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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...

Have light-touch regulation for M&E sector to flourish: Disney-Star India chief

Considering that India’s media and entertainment (M&E) sector contributes in various ways to the country’s economy, a top industry executive has said the industry sould be allowed to ‘flourish’ unfettered as heavy-handed regulations don’t address the interests of any stakeholder.

WhatsApp developing new apps for Windows, macOS

Instant messaging platform WhatsApp has been available on computers for a while now, but it is essentially the mobile app, adapted for desktops. As per ANI, an industry source from Italy has revealed that this will change in the future as WhatsApp is developing an entirely new application for Windows and macOS. Aggiornamenti Lumia has shar...

Snapchat adds Sony Music to its library

American multimedia instant messaging app Snapchat has announced a new deal with Sony Music Entertainment to include their artistes’ music into Snap’s library of licensed music. According to ANI, the additional music partners include Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, MERLIN Members, Sony Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing G...

AVIA’s SIF to discuss growing relevance of satellites

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) will be hosting its annual Satellite Industry Forum on Thursday, November 18 this year, under the Asia Video Summit umbrella of events, which are taking place from November 11-18.

Momentous changes were already underway within the satellite ...

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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!