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Saurabh Sharma joins Asianet News Network as head of operations

Asianet News Network has appointed Saurabh Sharma as head of operations, according to his LinkedIn post. Saurabh joins Asianet from Ventes Avenues, a mobile media company specializing in mobile performance and mobile audiences where he worked as head of operations for around 2 years. Sharma is a digital media enthusiast with a

DD drops plans to air live winter Olympics’ opening & closing

Even as India on Thursday protested host China’s efforts to politicize the winter Games, national broadcaster Doordarshan said it would not telecast live the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

“Consequent to the announcement by @meaindia, @ddsportschannel will not teleca...

Zee Ent Q4FY22 result update – Poor show; Merger with Sony- the only trigger

By Karan Taurani @ Elara Capital Weak metrics in broadcasting; merger with Sony remains monitor able Zee continues to struggle for viewership growth in the regional genre over last few quarters which has led to a below par performance on ad growth front (decline of ...

DD FreeDish to get additional funding for border area expansion

The India government will provide additional funding to pubcaster Doordarshan to expand and strengthen its DTH service in the villages located near the country’s borders under a scheme aimed at upping infrastructur...

Zee5 Global appoints Adhishree as VP, brand & content marketing

Zee5 Global on Tuesday announced the appointment of Adhishree Murdia as vice president, brand & content marketing, according to her LinkedIn post She wrote, “Delighted to take on new responsibilities starting today! My journey in media is...

Over 24 TV news channels hit by satellite outage

On a day that would have the TV news channels on an overdrive because of the presentation of the country’s annual Budget by the government, more than two dozens channels went on the blink in the evening owing to a satelli...

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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!