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ScreenHits TV partners with former Sony CEO Kunal Dasgupta, EVP Vivek Gupt

U.S. and U.K. streaming aggregator ScreenHits TV has formed its first joint venture partnership with former Sony Pictures Networks India CEO Kunal Dasgupta and EVP Vivek Gupta, who will lead the premium SVOD/AVOD content curators’ expansion i...

Sunil Lulla announces his new venture ‘The Linus Adventures’

Media veteran and former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, Sunil Lulla recently stepped down after helming the television rating agency for almost two years. BARC India informed in a press note that Lulla had resi...

India’s affiliate industry to hit USD-835-million by 2025, says Industry Experts at IAMAI’s Affiliate Summit

India’s affiliate industry has tremendous potential for growth and is on track to touch the USD 835 million by 2025 from around USD 300 million currently, said Parul Bhargava, CEO, vCommission, in her welcome address at the seventh edition...

UK TV industry unites for charter to support freelancers

The major broadcasters, streaming services, and unions in the British TV industry have joined the forces to pledge to improve working practices for freelancers across the sector in the UK. Dubbed The Freelance Charter, the historic document has been signed by the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5/Via...

Star TV elevates Sarika Shankarnarayan as Business Head- Star UK, Europe, South Africa

Disney-owned Star TV Network has elevated Sarika Shankarnarayan as Business Head – Star UK, Europe, South Africa. She will be the Head of Marketing for Star Network for the UK, Europe, and South Africa and mainstream sponsorship for Star U...

IAMAI’s India Affiliate Summit to take place on Aug 25

The Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has organized the seventh edition of the India Affiliate Summit (IAS) on August 25. Where the decision-makers from the different spheres of the affiliate marketing industry

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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!