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LCOs raise alarm over unregulated FAST Channels, call for govt. action

The All Local Cable Operator Association Delhi (ALCOA INDIA), representing thousands of Local Cable Operators (LCOs) across India, has strongly objected to the growing presence of Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) channels in the country. The association has expressed concerns over the lack of regulatory oversight on these platfor...

India’s pay Hindi GECs may keep off DD FreeDish

Keeping in mind the larger interest of the broadcast industry in mind, particularly those of the distribution platforms and LCOs, country’s Hindi pay general entertainment channels (GECs) are likely not to actively participate in the auctioning process of slots on Doordarshan’s FTA DTH service FreeDish.

Alcoa demands NTO 2.0 be put on hold, terms it ‘black law’

The All Local Cable Operators Association (Alcoa), a representative body of LCOs, has equated regulator TRAI’s new tariff regime to a ‘black law’, demanding its review and non-implementation, while dro...

Dish TV’s Amitabh Kumar says C-band spectrum reallocation would impact LCOs, b’casters

Broadcast and cable industry is at a great threat owing to the proposed C-band spectrum allocation to India’s telecom operators, as part of 5G auction plans, which has the potential to derail the businesses of the TV channels and cable operators owing to spectrum interfere...

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...

MSO infra sharing policy coming soon: MIB’s Sanjiv Shankar

The government will soon come out with policy guidelines on infrastructure sharing amongst India’s 1,700-odd MSOs, according to a senior official of the Ministry Information an...

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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!