News Broadcasting
NDS seeks dismissal of Canal+ suit
Rupert Murdoch’s television security unit NDS on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss the $ 1 billion hacking lawsuit filed against it last month by rival Canal+ Group and its subsidiaries.
The move comes close on the heels of the San Francisco district court judge who is hearing the dispute agreeing to an accelerated discovery period in the case. The lawyers from both sides were to begin working out a schedule for each to review the other’s documents and other relevant materials.
Canal+, the television security arm of troubled French media giant Vivendi Universal, said yesterday it would oppose the dismissal motion.
In what was essentially a string of technical arguments, NDS, while urging that the case be thrown out, said if any portion of the lawsuit is permitted to proceed, it should be transferred to the federal district court in Santa Ana, California where it belongs.
NDS’ motion claims that Canal+’s complaint does “not belong in the Northern District of California” because Canal+’s allegations have “no connection whatsoever to this District.” The motion asked the court to transfer the lawsuit to the Southern Division of the United States District Court for the Central District of California because defendant NDS Americas Inc. is located there, according to an official release.
Canal Plus, which operates a pay-TV service and whose technology arm designs security measures to keep the signal from being pirated, claimed in the suit that NDS engineers had hacked its security system and then made the relevant codes available for hackers on the Internet. NDS makes similar TV security systems, and NDS has claimed that Canal Plus is using the suit to deflect attention from alleged shortcomings in its own technology.
Both motions are scheduled to be heard on 30 May.
News Broadcasting
News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
