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Guest Column: The degradation of India’s wired cable TV

By Vinod Kumar Chawla

Cable TV operators are facing tough times as the industry seems to be in a dying phase --- something similar to the fall of cinema halls, VCR/VCD in the years 1990 to 2005.

There are several reasons for the dea...

Guest Column: Should NTO 2.0 be scrapped?

By Ashok Mansukhani

Let me give you some background. In 2002, a new Section 4A was introduced into the Cable Act 1995 to provide a new Conditional Access System (CAS) regime. The main objective was to empower the viewer to select pay channels of his choice...

Guest Column: Will mandated digital TV tuners be advantage FreeDish?

By Rajiv Khattar

Over the past six to eight weeks a few communications have been exchanged between various government organisations, which indicate that the Indian policy-makers could be moving towards a regime that mandates all TV sets sold in India should ...

Guest Column: As telcos ready 5G services, DPOs need to protect themselves

By Rajiv Khattar

With the 5G spectrum auction over and the Indian government having generated a good amount of revenue, now the telcom companies are gearing up to launch their services --- both Airtel and Reliance Jio have publicly stated they would soon make formal ...

Guest Column: 5G roll out in India: Assessment and recommendations for Cable Headends.

By Rajiv Khattar The C-band (3400-4200 MHz) has been historically used for satellite receivers and as such the FSS Earth station equipment, namely the LNB, often operate in the entire 3400-4200 MHz even though the operating signal might only be received in portions of the band often above 3.6 GHz. The TRAI recommendatio...

Guest Column: TRAI 5G spectrum suggestions could adversely impact DPO

By Rajiv Khattar| TRAI has released its much-awaited recommendations on the 5G spectrum pricing as the government plans to auction the spectrum later this year to generate revenue and meet the demand of the telcos to start trials of their 5G services. The ecosystem of the 5G use will take its own time, as the devices, the bas...

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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!