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The petition contends the blanket exclusion of landing page viewership ignores technological realities & existing safeguards, and said it was neither technically justified nor operationally feasible
Imran Fazal May 26, 2026 8:49 AM
The latest development comes close on the heels of BARC's decision to resume publishing news television ratings from June 11, without including landing page data
Imran Fazal May 22, 2026 2:17 PM
IBDF’s arguments based on TRAI’s 2017 Tariff and Interconnection framework, in which the regulator had expressly declined to classify OTT platforms as ‘distribution platform operators’
e4m Staff May 13, 2026 12:31 PM
AIDCF has submitted that onboarding linear channels on an OTT platform would effectively require broadcasters to supply signal decoders to an entity not permitted under the guidelines
e4m Staff Mar 19, 2026 4:15 PM
The industry wrote to the government on 1 July 2025 and again on 22 September 2025, seeking urgent intervention and withdrawal of the disputed demands, but is yet to receive a response
Aditi Gupta Feb 25, 2026 8:53 AM
AIDCF has formally written to both the Ministry of Finance and MIB, urging the government to take up the issue during the forthcoming deliberations of the GST Council.
e4m Staff Aug 27, 2025 1:39 PM
The agency has been roped in as the advertising & digital services partner for RAMP Programme
e4m Staff Aug 25, 2025 1:51 PM
The federation further warned that lowering the DTH licence fee would “deepen the existing imbalances between DTH and Cable TV operators
e4m Staff Jul 24, 2025 9:14 AM
Jadeja takes over from S N Sharma, CEO of DEN Networks, whose tenure as President of the Federation has concluded
e4m Staff Jun 17, 2025 11:08 AM
AIDCF, in collaboration with Ernst & Young, has come up with a report that says in the last six years, around 76,000 LCOs have gone inactive
Aditi Gupta Jun 10, 2025 8:29 AM
Sanjiv Shankar, Addl Secy, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, said this at the launch of AIDCF-EY report
Aditi Gupta Jun 9, 2025 3:59 PM
According to sources, the discussions centered around establishing a fair and equitable framework for the industry
e4m Staff Apr 15, 2025 8:27 AM
S.N. Sharma had been serving as the Acting President of AIDCF since May 2024
e4m Staff Nov 27, 2024 5:06 PM
CIDCO has reportedly issued notices to errant ad agencies in light of the billboard collapse incident in Ghatkopar on May 13
e4m Desk May 27, 2024 11:23 AM
Cable operators allege that unregistered local players in rural areas are illegally taking unencrypted feed from DD Free Dish and providing it to customers, which is harming the industry
Aditi Gupta Sep 13, 2023 9:01 AM
The QoS regulations that require the channels to be provided in an encrypted manner is being disregarded, say sources
Aditi Gupta Sep 11, 2023 1:50 PM
Mahajan is the CEO of Fastway Transmission Private Limited
exchange4media Staff May 13, 2023 12:59 PM
Early this week, a single-judge bench said AIDCF had failed to establish illegality in the New Tariff Order
exchange4media Staff Apr 6, 2023 8:51 AM
The federation had challenged the 2022 amendments to TRAI’s regulations and tariff order
exchange4media Staff Apr 4, 2023 11:25 AM
As per reports, the court has said the next hearing in the case will be on March 3
exchange4media Staff Feb 25, 2023 8:07 AM
Broadcasters to resume signals today. Case in Kerala HC will, however, continue
exchange4media Staff Feb 23, 2023 10:57 PM
Zee's attorneys will present their arguments in the case tomorrow
exchange4media Staff Feb 23, 2023 5:13 PM
Sources in the industry say one of the major cable operators of Kerala signed the subscriber agreement on February 22 while others are still waiting for today’s court hearing
exchange4media Staff Feb 23, 2023 8:38 AM
TRAI’s counsel concluded arguments today, Star’s counsel to make submission tomorrow
exchange4media Staff Feb 22, 2023 5:04 PM
The cable operators' apex body informed advertisers that the signal blackout has purged 46 billion minutes of viewing time per day for the past three days
exchange4media Staff Feb 22, 2023 7:57 AM
The cable operators’ body had approached the court seeking interim relief from disconnection notices sent by broadcasters
exchange4media Staff Feb 21, 2023 5:19 PM
The cable operators’ body has approached the court seeking interim relief from disconnection notices sent by broadcasters
exchange4media Staff Feb 21, 2023 10:03 AM
The two factions released statements over the weekend after broadcasters disconnected channel signals to cable operators who refused to sign fresh distribution agreements under NTO 3.0
exchange4media Staff Feb 20, 2023 9:10 AM
The apex body of MSOs stated that the proposed increase in prices by the broadcasters would be exorbitant and the increase in prices for the customers could be as high as 60%
exchange4media Staff Feb 18, 2023 10:52 PM
The notice has been sent to AIDCF members who have decided not to raise channel pricing till a case in this regard is being heard by the Kerala HC
Sonam Saini Feb 17, 2023 9:06 AM
The court has listed the matter 8th February 2023 and has asked the parties to complete pleadings
exchange4media Staff Jan 6, 2023 1:36 PM
The Kerala High Court is likely to hear the petition this week
exchange4media Staff Jan 5, 2023 9:11 AM
In a letter, the MSO body asked TRAI to put a cap on channel prices for the overall benefit of the consumers as the rise in driver channel prices has defeated the purpose of NTO 2.0 regime
Javed Farooqui Nov 8, 2021 8:56 AM
The HC noted that the TRAI has misconstrued placement as interconnection, therefore Register of Interconnect regulation is rejected
Javed Farooqui Jul 12, 2021 2:53 PM
Rapidcube is the wholly owned subsidiary of news broadcaster Zee Media Corporation
exchange4media Staff Jul 9, 2021 2:07 PM
Jadeja replaces DEN Networks CEO SN Sharma whose tenure ended on 31st March 2021
exchange4media Staff Apr 6, 2021 12:30 PM
The company has also approved transfer of the digital publishing business of the company to Rapidcube Technologies Private Limited
exchange4media Staff Dec 17, 2020 6:26 PM
On February 4, the high court had adjourned the hearing to February 18
exchange4media Staff Feb 19, 2020 5:32 PM
AIDCF had moved Kerala High Court on January 8 and filed a petition against TRAI’s NTO 2.0
exchange4media Staff Feb 4, 2020 8:43 AM