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Star Sports onboards Red Bull as ‘Official Energy Drink’ partner for Pro Kabaddi League S11

Red Bull has partnered with the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) as the ‘Official Energy Drink’ for the upcoming eleventh season. The collaboration, announced by Star Sports Network, adds Red Bull to the roster of sponsors, which includes major brands like Dream11, Shri...

Prime Video India elevates Sahira Nair to head of Hindi scripted series

Prime Video India has promoted Sahira Nair to the role of Head of Hindi Scripted Series. Previously serving as Head of Hindi Franchise Series, Nair has been instrumental in developing popular series like ‘Mirzapur’, ‘The Family Man’, ‘Jubilee’, ‘Bandish Bandits’, and ‘Dahaad’. Since joining Prime Video in 2019 as Senior Creative Development Exec...

Kartik Aaryan, Vidya Balan to grace PKL S11 opening day

Disney Star, the official broadcaster of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 11, has announced a star-studded opening day on October 18, 2024, at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad. Bollywood stars Kartik Aaryan and Vidya Balan will make special a...

ABP Majha, ABP Ananda lead comscore video rankings for August 2024

ABP Network continues to dominate the video news landscape, with ABP Majha and ABP Ananda securing the top spots in their respective regional segments according to the latest Comscore VMX data for August 2024. ABP Majha, catering to the Marathi audience, ...

Live sports to stream on Hotstar after Disney India, Reliance merger

All live sporting events streamed by the newly merged Disney-Reliance business in India, including popular Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket, will only be available on Disney's Hotstar app, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The decision marks the first major integration of the businesses and signals billionaire Mukesh Amb...

TRAI starts consultation on framework for terrestrial TV b’cast

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a Consultation Paper on ‘Regulatory framework for Ground-based Broadcasters’ seeking stakeholders’ comments on the framework for broadcasting television channels through terrestrial means. The paper ...

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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!