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Tata Play: B’cast policy should remove carriage fee; regulate OTT, FreeDish

Tata Play is in favour of removal of caps on carriage fee of TV channels on a distribution platform under a proposed National Broadcasting Policy, while also batting for putting regulatory restrictions on video OTT platforms and Doordarshan FreeDish as both presently create an ...

Dish TV board rejects minority shareholders’ EGM request

Dish TV's board has once again rejected the minority shareholders’ request for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM). According to a Dish spokesperson, quoted by the Economic Times on Wednesday, only 6.5 percent of shareholders submitted valid requisition no...

New digital campaign ‘India Is Now Bingeing’ launched by Tata Play Binge

Tata Play Binge has unveiled its latest digital campaign titled "India Is Now Bingeing". The brand is taking a comprehensive approach, implementing a consumer-focused digital campaign in an engaging vox pop format, led by the fun and lively host and social media sensation, 'Urmila Lawekar'. This vox pop will offer data-driven insights into the c...

FreeDish invites MPEG-2 slots’ bids; GECs reserve price high

India’s public broadcaster Doordarshan has invited bids for MPEG-2 slots on its DTH service, FreeDish, which commands over 40 million subscriber base as per industry estimates.

Detailing the various categories of TV channel genres...

FCC proposes cable TV, DTH ops disclose full customer pricing

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a rule that would require cable TV and broadcast satellite operators to disclose to consumers the full pricing for video programming services in promotional materials and on their bills, a plan quickly endorsed by President Joe Biden

STB maker SmarDTV Global appoints Rajiv Khattar as consultant

Set-top-box maker SmarDTV Global Technology Pvt Ltd has announced the appointment of Rajiv Khattar as a consultant.

Khattar, a seasoned media industry veteran with 30 years of experience in cable and satellite industry, is also ...

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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!