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Indian Govt. mulls panel to rule on appeals against SM takedowns

India is considering whether to set up an appeals panel with the power to reverse the content moderation decisions of social media firms, the information technology ministry said, in what would be the first such move of its kind worldwide.

The revelation came in a document seeking pu...

NBF writes to MIB Minister on landing page, audience data

The News Broadcasters Federation, an industry body of TV news channels, has bemoaned --- in a letter to Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur --- lack of action on the part of Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC India) to smoothen out alleged viewership data distortions because of landin...

B’cast, mobile tech convergence will need changes in rules: MIB Secy

The convergence happening between broadcast and telecommunications technologies, enabling video consumption directly on mobile phones, especially with 5G’s arrival, would also necessitate some regulatory tweaks, a top official of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said.

Zee LIVE elevates Meenakshi Samantaray as VP marketing, PR & partnerships

Meenakshi Samantaray has been elevated as vice president of marketing, public relations & partnerships at Zee LIVE. She was previously director of marketing and public relations at Zee LIVE, Meenakshi updated her LinkedIn profile. Prior to her elevation, she handled the marketing, PR, and partnerships business for ZEE LIVE, which is th...

Hi-powered tech group to study India space policy final version: Govt. official

Seeking to further increase private participation, the Indian government will soon unveil a new space policy that could see the rise of India's own "SpaceX-like ventures", Indian government’s Principal Scientific Advisor Ajay Kumar Sood has said.

In an interview with PTI, the governm...

BARC Rating 21st Week: Sun TV maintains the lead position in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 21st Week (21st May – 27th May 2022) has released its report. In India, Sun TV is continued to dominate the list of top 10 channels for the past five weeks across all genres (All India 2+), the channel registered 2553.47 impressions. Star Maa is in the second spot with 2128.14 impressions, and ...

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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!