Media - Indian Broadcasting World

Content pirate ThopTV hauled up on Viacom18 complaint

Well, anti-piracy initiatives in India are picking up as content rights holders and TV channels look to bring to task pirates.

The latest in this regard is the police action --- initiated on complaints filed by Viacom18 --- taken against one person involved with Thop TV, an app that ...

Ofcom report: Over 39% Brit kids experienced online-offline bullying

A study undertaken by the UK’s media and telecoms regulator Ofcom shows that four in 10 children aged 8-17 (39 percent) have experienced bullying, either on or offline.

Among these children, the bullying was more likely to happen on a device (84 percent) than face-to-face (61%).

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Supreme Court refuses to stay streaming of ‘Jhund’ on Zee5

The Supreme Court Thursday refused to stop streaming of the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Hindi movie 'Jhund' on the Over the Top (OTT) platform Zee5.

A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao said the order of the apex court dated May 5, 2022, would continue and directed the hig...

Institutions, students central to fulfil India’s M&E vision: Thakur

The Indian government on Thursday said it was undertaking the world’s biggest film restoration project at an estimated budget of Rs. 363 crore under the National Film Heritage Mission, which is in line with PM Modi’s vision for preserving national heritage, while appreciating the work done till now by films and TV in...

Prasar Bharati Member Finance Negi gets additional charge

Prasar Bharati Member Finance D P S Negi has been given the additional charge of member personnel of the body by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The Union Information and Broadcasting Minister has given approval for giving additional charge of member personnel, Prasar B...

Microsoft rolls out new feature for Office Insiders

Tech giant Microsoft has reportedly launched a new feature for Office Insiders that will allow iPhone users to listen to documents with their screen locked. According to IANS, the Insider version of Word on iOS now supports listening to documents even when a device's screen is locked. Additionally, the Insider Office Mobile app now keeps t...

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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!