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BharatNet network usage showing tick up in revenues: Comms Minister

The Indian government on Wednesday said that under the BharatNet project for high speed broadband, a total of 5,67,941 km optical fibre cable (OFC) has been laid as on February 2022.

It added that a total of 1,72,361 gram panchayats (GPs) or vill...

5 films refused certification over five years: Anurag Thakur

The Indian government, while stating that a decision is still pending on a controversial amendment related to powers given to officials to recertify films already passed by the film certification board, admitted that about five films were refused certification over the last five years.

‘ABP Asmita successfully concludes fourth edition of ‘Asmita Sanman Puraskar 2022’

ABP Asmita organized one of the most prestigious award show, Asmita Sanman Puraskar 2022, which recognizes iconic Gujarati’s who have made significant contribution to our society and have strengthened the foundation of the state through their dedication and hard work.

Asmita Sanman P...

TV adverts up 25%; pay TV subscription down; print ad rates subdued: Ficci-EY-’22 report

The good news is that TV advertising grew 25 percent in 2021. The bad news: subscription revenues continued to lag to register a growth of a mere 2.4 percent on the back of loss of six million pay TV homes even as the Indian media and entertainment (M&E) sector is projecte...

OTT Summit ’22 focuses on growth as global competition intensifies

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) is set to host its annual OTT Summit from March 30-31, 2022 as the video industry continues to go through massive evolution.

With the global OTT market valued at over US$100

TV9 says retained No. 1 network as per BARC data

Seventy-four weeks of a concerted effort to cover up the emergence of a new leader in the Hindi news genre has come to naught. As TV9 Bharatvarsh has become the country’s most-watched national Hindi news channel disrupting the old order dominated by legacy channels. The BARC data for television news channels

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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!