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Delhi HC adjourns till Aug 27 WhatsApp-IT Rules case

The Delhi High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing till August 27 on the pleas by WhatsApp and Facebook challenging the federal government’s Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, which would require the messaging services to “trace” the origin of particular mess...

No action taken against digital publishers yet: MIB

The Indian government’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) on Monday said that no takedown notice or any other action has been taken against any company after the new digital regulations came into effect earlier in May.

“No notice/orders for take down of content have been...

SC refuses to bar lower courts hearing challenges to IT Rules

With a flurry of petitions being filed in various courts of India challenging the country’s new digital regulations, especially by news outlets, the federal government had requested the Supreme Court that all such cases be toggled together and lower courts be barred from enter...

Anurag Thakur takes charge at MIB; so does junior minister

With lots on his plate --- ranging from implemented amendments to Cable TV Rules to content moderation for OTT platforms to an under-discussion new broadcast policy --- the new Minister of Information and Broadcasting,

On Twitter issue, new IT Minister says local laws supreme

Even as Twitter on Thursday was making submissions in Delhi High Court that it’s targeting to be IT Rules-compliant by weekend, the new IT and Telecoms Minister...

Twitter appoints interim CCO; gets time from Delhi HC to be rules-compliant

Twitter Inc.’s India unit has appointed an interim chief compliance officer and will soon designate other executives to meet the country's new IT Rules, the social media giant said in a

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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!