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TRAI releases satellite earth station gateway recommendations

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday released recommendations on ‘Licensing Framework for Establishing and Operating Satellite Earth Station Gateway (SESG)’.

Amongst the many recommendations, the regulator has suggested ha...

Amita Maheshwari quits Disney Star

After working at Disney Star for more than 13 years, Amita Maheshwari, the head of HR for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) and India regions, announced her departure. The letter was released, according to the corporation, by Luke Kang, regional head of APAC, and K Madhvan, national manager of India. After 2...

ABP News C-Voter predicts landslide win for BJP in Gujarat

ABP News-CVoter’s (Centre for Voting Opinion & Trends in Election Research) final opinion poll findings predict a comfortable victory for the incumbent BJP Government with a tally of 134 – 142 seats in the forthcoming Gujarat assembly elections.

Prime Video wraps up a successful stint at 53rd IFFI

Prime Video, has successfully concluded its participation at the prestigious 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), held in Goa. For the second year in a row, Prime Video’s presence at IFFI, Asia’s oldest and ...

Guest Column: TRAI must maintain level playing field in tariff rules

By Ashok Mansukhani

For the past 18 years, broadcasters have been at war with the sector regulator the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Yami Gautam’s ‘Lost’ to premiere on ZEE5

The Yami Gautam-starrer ‘Lost’ will air exclusively on ZEE5, the streamer said on Monday, making it a direct-to-digital release.

In the Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury-directed movie, Gautam will play a crime reporter. On the...

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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!