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Paramount+ to launch in India 2023 as part of Viacom18 pact

Paramount+ to launch in India 2023 as part of Viacom18 pact

Another global streaming platform is set to enter India, adding to the hyper-competitive market that’s now starting to look crowded, if the various domestic regional OTT platforms too are counted in the list.

Paramount+, part of Paramount Global (formerly known as ViacomCBS), will la...

India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has said it suspended the registration of about 276 MSOs in April, though the reasons were not publicly outlined. However, the MIBs also stated that despite the latest action, the total number of MSOs in the country stood at 1761 at the end of April 2022. The number includes MSOs whose registrations were suspended. From the data put on the website of the Ministry, it is not clear whether the MSOs whose registrations got suspended could get back to delivering normal services as and when the objections raised by the government were addressed and anomalies in the registrations were rectified. A few of the suspended MSOs --- as highlighted by the MIB --- did change the structure of their companies from partnership to proprietorship entities. The list of suspended MSOs could be viewed on the MIB website at https://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/List%20of%20Registered%20MSOs%20as%20on%2030.04.2022.pdf. There were four MSOs whose registrations were cancelled/surrendered during the month of April. The applications of Shivam Cable & Broadband Private Limited of East Medinipur in West Bengal and Gujrata State's Bhuj-based Rallyon Technology were rejected by the MIB owing to suppression of vital information. In March 2022 also MIB had rejected the application of two MSOs as they had withheld relevant information from the government. The registration of Panduranga Cable Network of Telengana was cancelled in April 2022 due to non-operation. Ditto for Karnataka’s RK Digital Cable TV Network. As per a government order of 2017, all registered MSOs, unless indicated in the registration order specifically, can operate anywhere in India.

MIB suspends 276 MSO registrations in April 2022

India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has said it suspended the registration of about 276 MSOs in April, though the reasons were not publicly outlined.

However, the MIBs also stated that despite the latest action, the total number of MSOs in the country stood at 1761...

‘Dr. Strange’ star Cumberbatch says would love to revisit India

‘Dr. Strange’ star Cumberbatch says would love to revisit India

Benedict Cumberbatch's connection with India goes back to his teenage years and the ‘Doctor Strange’ star says he hopes to return one day to interact with the country's "first superhero". The British actor, who took a gap-year after his school to travel to Darjeeling to teach English at a Tibetan monastery, fondly remembers his six mon...

NXTDIGITAL’s ‘NXTHUB’ bags the ‘Best Innovative Project Of The Year’

NXTDIGITAL’s ‘NXTHUB’ bags the ‘Best Innovative Project Of The Year’

The prestigious National Feather Award for the 'Best Innovative Project of the Year' was awarded to NXTDIGITAL Limited for its innovative and future-ready digital NXTHUB project; at a function in Mumbai. The NXTHUB is a one-stop digital solution – delivering digital TV, broadband, OTT, and WIFI. The “NXTHUB” concept was designed and rolled ou...

Bad Bunny to play Marvel hero El Muerto for Sony Pictures

Bad Bunny to play Marvel hero El Muerto for Sony Pictures

Rapper Bad Bunny has been roped in by Sony Pictures to essay the role of Marvel hero ‘El Muerto’ and will be headlining a standalone movie.

Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Mart Nez Ocasio, will be the first-ever Latino actor to headline a live-action Marvel film...

Zee TV launches ‘Pyaar Ka Pehla Naam Radha Mohan’

Zee TV launches ‘Pyaar Ka Pehla Naam Radha Mohan’

The Indian pay television GEC channel Zee TV is all set to launch a brand new show titled ‘Pyaar Ka Pehla Naam Radha Mohan’. A mature romance based in modern-day Vrindavan, the show will introduce viewers to Mohan (played by popular TV star Shabir Ahluwalia) who was once an effortless and easygoing charmer with the whole world wrapped ...