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NBF flays BARC India stand on ratings suspension

News Broadcasters’ Federation (NBF), an industry lobbying body for TV news channels ...

Media Sector – TV Industry Channel Check Series – Update & Our view

We conducted channel checks across various segments of TV/digital to gauge near term business prospects and impact of Sony/Zee merger if it goes through; enclosed below are some snippets from our conference

Snippets from our channel check series (TV industry and Zee/Sony Merger) and our view

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Times Network strengthens its footprint to launch its first Hindi business news channel

Times Network, part of one of India’s biggest media houses the Times of India group, is set to mark its debut in the Hindi business news genre with the launch of ET NOW Swadesh on October 04, 2021. Following the tenets of the Network’s le...

BSNL seeks Rs.40k cr. from govt.; 50% to clear debt

India’s State-owned telecom firm BSNL has approached the government for Rs 40,000 crore financial help, half of which it needs in the form of a sovereign guarantee to clear the

NTO 2.0 case in Supreme Court: Will it be taken up Oct. 1?

After a couple of postponements, the case pertaining to broadcasters’ challenge of sector regulator TRAI’s tariff regulations, is once again listed on the agenda of the

BARC Rating 38th Week: Star Plus back on first spot in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 30th Week (18th September – 24th September 2021) has released its report. In India, Star Plus who gets the second spot from the past five weeks has backed again to take their seat of the first spot in the list of top 10 channels across genres

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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!