The show must stream on: Media firms ensure connectivity in lockdown

As India overdoses on mass media, how are TV channels, DTH operators, streaming firms and others dealing with the challenges

Gurdeep Khanna was really upset. The 82-year-old former volleyball player lives alone in New Delhi's Rohini. With the coronavirus scare looming large, her son asked her to move into his house in Greater Noida for a few months. He suggested she carry her Tata Sky set-top box and plug it into the TV in her room. She did that on March 21, but couldn’t get a signal.
 

On March 22, as the janta curfew and subsequently the complete lockdown began, Khanna got stuck in a loop of calls, WhatsApp messages, and Tata Sky’s inability to send a service engineer. Finally