News - Indian Broadcasting World

Jio, Airtel, Amazon, Starlink clash over satellite spectrum in TRAI OHD

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel clashed with satellite players that are eyeing India's lucrative satcom market at TRAI's open house discussion yesterday, as telecom operators made a spirited pitch for level-playing-field among the "competing" "substitutable services" and satcom companies argued that justification for ...

Vipin Unni joins aha as CMO

Vipin Unni, former Head of Strategy for Sun TV Network's Malayalam and Telugu cluster, has been appointed as the Chief Marketing Officer at OTT platform aha, The Storyboard18 has reported.

In his new role, Unni will be resp...

SPNI appoints Sibaji Biswas as new CFO

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has announced the appointment of Sibaji Biswas as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), set to assume his role in January 2025. Sibaji will oversee SPNI’s financial strategy, corporate finance, and operational planning, aimed ...

Jio’s legal opinion on TRAI satcom spectrum paper backs telcos’ stand

Telecom regulator Trai's consultation paper on spectrum allocation for satellite communications seems to have completely sidestepped the issue of level playing field with ground-based telecom networks, a former Supreme Court Judge said in response to a legal opinion sought by Reliance Jio.

ZEE5 names Manish Kalra as CBO Global

ZEE5, India’s home-grown streaming platform, has expanded Manish Kalra’s responsibilities, appointing him as Chief Business Officer, Global, with oversight now extending to ZEE5’s business operations in international markets. In his expanded role, Kalra wi...

Archana Anand quits ZEE5 Global

Archana Anand, the Chief Business Officer of ZEE5 Global, has stepped down after nearly a decade of spearheading the platform’s rise to global prominence. Anand played a pivotal role in launching ZEE5 in India and expanding its presence internationally, transforming it into the largest platform for South Asian entertainment worldwide. Archana s...

ARTICLES

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS

Quote-UnQuote

“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!