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Broadcasters’ pricing tactics face scrutiny, consumers bear the brunt

Major broadcasters have once again given a substantial blow to consumers, hitting them where it hurts the most – their pockets. The broadcasters have hiked the prices of channels and particularly bouquet offerings sending shockwaves through the cable TV industry....

Anurag Thakur unveils LCO National Register, other portals for modern media

The Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur yesterday launched four portals that promise to revolutionize the media landscape in India and make processes contemporaneous.

These initi...

UK govt confirms India-born Shah as BBC chairman

India-born media executive Dr. Samir Shah yesterday was confirmed as the new BBC chairman after his selection cleared the stages of scrutiny to be approved by King Charles III this week.

According to a ...

NBDA condemns assault on iTV correspondent during Nyay Jodo Yatra

The News Broadcasters & Digital Association (NBDA) has issued a strong condemnation following the physical manhandling of Shiv Prasad Yada, an iTV Correspondent, by political party workers during the Nyay Jodo Yatra in Rae Bareli. The incident, which...

Megha Tata steps down as CEO of Cosmos Maya

In a significant development, seasoned media executive Megha Tata has resigned from her position as CEO at Cosmos Maya, a leading animation and entertainment company. Tata, who has been a prominent figure in the media in...

Govt weighs extending trusted device rules to critical sectors and IoTs: NCSC

The government is exploring ways to expand trusted source norms beyond telecom networks to critical sectors, devices, and the IOT ecosystem, a senior government official said on Tuesday. While speaking at an Assocham event on AI, National Cyber Security Co...

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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!