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Ofcom to study impact of adverts in & around TV shows

A new audience research commissioned by UK’s media and telecoms regulator Ofcom reveals viewers’ attitudes towards commercial references in and around TV programmes. In addition to income from adverts in commercial breaks, broadcasters can generate revenue from references in programmes. These commer...

Microsoft may build a ‘super app’

Microsoft is reportedly developing an all-in-one 'super app' to compete with Apple and Google's mobile dominance. According to IANS, the app could combine shopping, messaging, web search, news, and other services into a single app. Microsoft executives believe the application will help to grow ...

Times Prime unveils new brand campaign

Times Prime, Times Internet's super lifestyle app, Friday announced the launch of its quirky new brand campaign 'No Times Prime is a Crime,' which is aimed at digital natives and educates them on the benefits of having one Super app that solves all of your subscription, benefits, and thus lifestyle woes....

Ravish Kumar quits NDTV

Senior journalist Ravish Kumar has decided to quit his post as senior executive editor at NDTV India. As per an IANS report, the news channel is said to have announced his resignation through an internal communication on Wednesday. NDTV said that his resignation came into effect immediately. “Few jour...

MIB issues guidelines for MSO platform services

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) on Wednesday unveiled a set of guidelines for platform services (PS), including ‘local channels’, offered by multi-system operators (MSOs) in the country.

The total number of permitted PS channels pe...

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).

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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!