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‘Swaraj’ on binge mode on Doordarshan National

India’s public broadcaster Doordarshan will telecast ‘Swaraj’ serial, detailing historical events leading to independence, in a binge watch mode starting from February 11 2023 from 1 PM onwards.

‘Swaraj - Bharat Ke Swatantrata...

Govt. reiterates rules are in place against misleading ads

Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha yesterday informed that as per rules the government has notified Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and En...

DD channels’ gross viewership 724 mn in ’21: Anurag Thakur

The Indian government has said that public broadcaster Doordarshan’s gross unique viewership in 2022 was 724.3 million according to BARC India data, up from 684.9 million in 2021.

“Prasar Bharati (Doordarshan and All India Radio’s...

FreeDish’s regional foray on to up coverage: Ex-CEO Prasar Bharati Vempati

Even while likening Doordarshan FreeDish to a ration shop offering non-premium basic TV entertainment fare to the masses, former chief executive of Prasar Bharati Shashi Shekhar Vempati admitted that distribution focus now is shifting to non-...

265 OTT content-related complaints settled till now: Anurag Thakur

The Indian government has said that since the IT Rules and content-related Code of Ethics for online platforms came into effect in 2021, 265 complaints have been received and were settled as per law. “Since the notification of the Rules, the Ministry has received 265 grievances, which have been...

Becil CMD Kuruvilla advices cable ops to embrace new tech

Becil chairman and managing director George Kuruvilla’s advice to cable operators of India is simple: embrace new technologies (like OTT services) with the changing times and adapt businesses accordingly.

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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!