Industry - Indian Broadcasting World

Zee-Sony proposed merger still has a long way to go, but raises hope

The Zee Entertainment and Sony Pictures Network India proposed merger, where the latter would hold majority stake, has been creating headlines in the global media world and not just in India. So much so that an industry exec exulted this was right up there with the coming toge...

K. Rajaraman named new Secy Communications Ministry

Rajaraman, an Indian Administrative Service officer of 1989 batch, has been named as the new Secretary of the Ministry of Communications.

Rajaraman will succeed Anshu Prakash who will retire as a civil servant after a glorious career a...

Viacom18 appoints Vipul Nagar as Biz Head, Colors Gujarati

Viacom18 has announced the appointment of Vipul Nagar as Business Head. He will be responsible for managing the overall business and operations for Colors Gujarati and Colors Gujarati Cinema, and will be reporting to Rajesh Iyer, Head,

Zee board okays merger with Sony; Punit to head merged entity

Zee Entertainment Enterprise Limited (ZEEL) board, in its board meeting held on September 21 unanimously provided an in-principle approval for the merger between Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) and ZEEL.

In the merged entity,...

DAZN may buy BT’s sports TV unit: FT report

DAZN, the sports streaming service owned by billionaire Len Blavatnik, is in advanced talks to buy the sports television unit of Britain's BT to gain content, including English Premier League soccer, the Financial Times said on Tuesday.

Reliance Entertainment, T-Series in $ 136 mn partnership for 10 films

Indian studios T-Series and Reliance Entertainment have partnered for a slate of more than 10 films with a total investment of INR10 billion ($136.2 million).

The films will be across genres and will be a mix of big budget tent poles as well a...

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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!