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Havas Sports & Entertainment appoints Arun Rao as SVP

Havas Sports & Entertainment, the sports & sponsorship vertical of Havas Media Group India, has appointed Arun Kumar Rao as Senior Vice President. He will be based in Gurgaon and report to R. Venkatasubramanian, President – Investments and Head – Havas Sports. Earlier this year, Havas Media Group India relaunched the Havas Sports &...

Global antipiracy organisation ACE expands further in Asia

With Hong Kong’s Viu and Thailand’s True Visions joining ACE to protect the legal creative ecosystem, the global anti-piracy coalition renewed its push into the Asian markets.

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), a leading coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic...

NDTV elevates Parimal Dutta to senior vice president

NDTV has elevated Parimal Dutta to senior vice president, according to an update on his LinkedIn account. He has been associated with the company for over 11 years. He leads the brand solutions team at the news broadcaster. During his career spanning 23 years, Dutta has been associated with The Times of India, Star India, CNBC, and Bloombe...

Sudhir Chaudhary quits Zee Media; would start own venture

Zee group patriarch Subhash Chandra tried, but failed to stop Zee Media Corporation Ltd. Cluster 1 CEO and Zee News chief editor Sudhir Chaudhary from resigning from the company that owns and operates several TV news channels, including Zee News and WION.

Chaudhary, who also function...

IBDF, AIDCF have differing views on media ownership issues

The Indian broadcasters and content distribution platforms (represented through AIDCF) seem to have positioned themselves on opposite sides of the media ownership spectrum with the latter suggesting formation of another advisory body to coordinate with the antitrust body CCI, amongst other things. The TV channels hav...

Antitrust body CCI approves Google-Airtel investment deal

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday approved Google’s proposed acquisition of a minority stake in telecom major Bharti Airtel.

The deal has been cleared on the basis of modifications offered by the acquirer (Google), according to an official statement put out by CCI...

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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!