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FTA TV channels not mandated to be encrypted: MIB Minister

Minister for Information & Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur on Tuesday said that free to air (FTA) television channels were not mandated under law to be mandatorily encrypted while being uplinked to a satellite.

“Free-to-Air channels are not mandatorily

Akshay Kumar wife Twinkle panned for ‘Kashmir Files’ remarks

Author and former Bollywood actor Twinkle Khanna is being criticised on social media for making a tongue-in-cheek remark about the film ‘The Kashmir Files’ in her Sunday column for a leading daily.

In her satirical column published on April 3 with the headline 'Did Will Smith learn one-tight-slap lesson...

Govt. blocks 18 Indian, 4 Pak YouTube channels citing national security

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has directed the blocking of 22 YouTube-based news channels, of which four are from Pakistan, for allegedly spreading fake news to mislead viewers.

This is the first time that action has been taken against the Indian YouT...

Sobhita Dhulipala wraps S2 ‘Made in Heaven’

Actor Sobhita Dhulipala on Monday said she has finished filming season two of her popular series ‘Made in Heaven’. On the Prime Video show, the actor plays Tara Khanna, a wedding planner, PTI reported from Mumbai. Dhulipala took to Instag...

More policy changes related to ease of doing biz soon: MIB’s Thakur

India is working on policy changes in the media sector that would further add to the PM Narendra Modi government’s efforts towards ease of doing business (EODB) in the country.

Pointing out that the present government’s endeavour is to make things easy, Anurag Thakur, Minister for I...

13 firms withdrew misleading ads; 3 took corrective measures: Govt.

The Indian government said Wednesday that served with ultimatums by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), 13 companies withdrew misleading advertisements, while three agreed to correct the ads.

The junior Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ashwin...

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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!