Kerala Fibre Optic Network Ltd (KFON) will provide access to 29 OTT platforms and 350 channels starting Thursday, with a preference for south Indian languages.
Hindu preachers Sadguru Riteshwar, Nivedita Bhide and mediapersons Swati Goel Sharma, Uday Mahurkar were part of a group presenting a 'white report' on OTT platforms that 'portray all Hindu men badly'.
OTT apps allegedly misled startups into signing joint letter in which they asked it not to side with the telcos, Cellular Operators Association of India alleges.
In their letter to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, startups like Zerodha & Razorpay reiterated their support for net neutrality & cautioned against overregulation of 'OTT' services.
In its consultation paper, TRAI has sought views on 14 questions pertaining to definition of OTT services, need to bring such services under regulatory framework and its provisions.
Indian audiences prefer TV services' 'bouquet of channels', although there's room to enhance consumer welfare, says survey by think tank Broadband India Forum & NGO CUTS Internationals.
I&B ministry has proposed expanding the definition of cine workers so that artists & technical workers in TV and OTT platforms get social security benefits.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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