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Brands lineup to sign up India’s golden boy Neeraj Chopra

Well, it’s not just cricketers who can continue to lay claim over sponsorships and brand recall that they endorse. A new India is learning to embrace it’s new heroes --- Indian Olympics stars, for instance --- and so are the brands.

India’s bo...

78% surveyed own smart TV; 65% subscribe to more than one streamer: India report

With a digital transformation taking place in India and consumers steadily moving away from traditional linear TV to CTV (connected TV) and streamers, according to a new study, over 65 percent respondents subscribe to more than on...

Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal moves court against charges

Sachin Bansal, co-founder of e-commerce giant Flipkart (now part of American giant Walmart family), has mounted a court challenge against India's financial crime-fighting agency, which has accused him and others of violation of foreign investment laws, court records showed.

The Advertising Club elects Partha Sinha as president

The Advertising Club, an industry body of advertising, marketing and media services, Friday announced Partha Sinha, President, Response, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., has been elected the organisation’s president.

It also annou...

India highlights digital dividends at UNCTAD meet

India today is poised to be one of the largest connected countries in terms of Internet connectivity, having around 800 million people online, and executing one of the largest rural broadband connectivity projects in the world, according to a Minister.

Siddhesh Maldikar appointed Zee TV marketing director

The leading media and entertainment company, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (Zee), has appointed Siddhesh Maldikar as Marketing Director for Zee TV.

Siddhesh shared this information in a LinkedIn post.

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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!