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As TRAI promises new tariff consultations, b’casters withdraw case

In what could be construed as a step towards reconciliation, Indian broadcasters filed an application in the Supreme Court Tuesday to withdraw a case against regulator TRAI, which had been dragging on in various courts for over two years before reaching the apex court mid-2021.

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Airtel deploys oracle fusion cloud applications

Oracle today announced that Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s premier communications solutions provider, has chosen Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Management (SCM) to digitize and simplify its finance, planning, and supply chain processes. As per the company’s press release, the...

YouTube terminates Sansad TV account

The YouTube account of Sansad TV, which broadcasts live proceedings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, was terminated for allegedly violating YouTube's community guidelines. This followed reports on social media that the account was hacked and re...

5G spectrum auction expected in May: Telecom Secy

The long-awaited 5G spectrum auction is expected to be held in May this year if the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) submits by March its recommendations on the rules regarding the sale process, according to a senior official of the Telecom Department.

Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw earlier this m...

Radio City launches ‘Love Shorts’ S3

India’s leading radio network, Radio City is ready to celebrate the month of love with season 3 of ‘Love Shorts’. The longest-running show ‘Love Guru’ will feature a curated list of seven mesmerizing love stories in the week leading up to Valentine’s Day on February 14. ‘Love Guru’ will spearhead Valentine’s Day campaign on air from 9 pm o...

Jio Platforms Ltd and SES Announce Joint Venture to Deliver High-Performance Satellite-Based Broadband Services Across India – Positive for gaming, internet, ad tech and media OTT cos

By Karan Taurani @ Elara Capital - This will speed up the process of high speed internet in the smaller towns/cities and also help ramp up broadband penetration in areas where there is little or no LCO support due to local broadband companies; satellite internet cannot offer speed as per the FTTH at peak (10 GBPS) , however i...

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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!