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Overall phone subscribers went down Jun-Sept ’21; wireline numbers grew: TRAI data

While the overall number of telephone subscribers in India decreased from 1,202.57 million at the end of June-21 to 1,189.15 million at the end of Sep-21--- registering a decline rate of 1.12 percent over th...

Prasar Bharati ties up with IIT-K for nextgen b’cast solutions

The Indian Government has said that the country’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati has entered into an agreement with Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) to develop nextgen broadcast ...

Prasar Bharati says analog phase-out part of b’cast reforms

Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati has said closure of analog transmission of its networks is being done to keep pace with time and technology, which, in turn, would create new all-round opportunitie...

Prasar Bharati looks to fill vacant post of member-personnel

Looking to fill up the post of member (personnel) in India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati...

Pubcaster Prasar Bharati goes paperless with e-office

Use of technology has turned the operations at India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati around, the government said yesterday.

It’s no more business as usual. In less than two years, 577 centers and 22,348 employees of Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio (AIR) have embraced e-offic...

Prasar Bharati CEO decries global pubcasters’ click-bait reporting

Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharti’s CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati while highlighting the constructive role played by his organization during the pandemic, rues the click-bait journalism adopted by some global public service broadcasters.

Vempati said that more than 70 of Doordarshan’s TV c...

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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!