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Indian celebs, politicians lose Twitter blue ticks; many upset

Indian celebrities and politicians ranging from Bollywood mega stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and several chief ministers lost verified blue ticks ...

Kapil Batra joins W+K India as NCD

Wieden+Kennedy India continues to draw senior talent, ever since they opened their Mumbai office in mid-2022. Kapil Batra joined the ship of fools, as Dan Wieden famously referred to the agency he co-founded. Kapil will report to Santosh Padhi as Natio...

Ofcom debates ad rules for public & commercially funded TV

Ofcom has sought views on whether to remove some or all of the stricter advertising rules that apply to commercially-funded public service broadcasters.

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Netflix grows 30% engagement in India

A significant price reduction in subscription tiers in India has helped Netflix grow engagement in the country by nearly 30 percent (year on year) in the first quarter of 2023, the streaming giant has announced.

US, Canadian b’casters stop Twitter usage after labelling issue

Public broadcasters ranging from US-based National Public Radio to Canadian Broadcasting Corp have stopped posting on Twitter in recent days after the Elon Musk-owned social media platform labelled their accounts as "government-funded".

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Ofcom’s new directives to BBC on proposed changes in pubcasting

Ofcom yesterday introduced a new requirement and supplementary guidance...

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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!