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SC issues notice to TRAI in NTO 2.0 case; next hearing Oct 8

India’s Supreme Court Monday issued notice to broadcast and telecom regulator TRAI in a case related to its tariff regulations, challenged by the broadcasters and some others like Star TV, Zee and Sony. TRAI has to file its views on the

NTO 2.0 case hearing Wednesday in SC raises expectations

Stakeholders and observers of the Indian media and entertainment sector would be anxiously looking forward to today’s happenings at the Supreme Court when it would, once again, look into the challenge by broadcasters and others of a Bombay High Court order that upheld sector r...

No interim relief for broadcasters in SC on NTO 2.0 case

India’s Supreme Court, while refusing to give interim relief to the broadcasters, directed them to file short synopsis of the petition instead of a lengthy one than ran into 51 volumes.

The ...

SC to take up Aug 6 IBF challenge of Bombay HC NTO 2.0 order

The Indian broadcasters’ challenge of the Bombay High Court order, which upheld regulator TRAI’s powers to make economic regulations, while granting some co...

Niche channels to benefit from HC order if TRAI doesn’t contest

Even as the Bombay High Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Indian regulator TRAI’s cable TV tariff guidelines issued last year, it gave a major concession to the broadcasters who, along with the pr...

Mumbai court likely to pronounce order on NTO 2.0

The wait may be finally over for a clear direction on Indian broadcast regulator’s directives on tariff orders for cable TV.

One hopes so as Bombay High Court would hold forth on the NTO 2.0 case today and stakeholders expect an order would be pronounced, which would at least give a ...

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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!