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Gaurav Singh promoted to director of agencies & VC partnerships at Meta

Gaurav Jeet Singh has been promoted to the position of Director of Agencies & VC Partnerships, India at Meta. Singh announced his new role on LinkedIn, stating, "Starting a new position as the Director of Agencies & VC Partnerships, India at Meta." Prior to this promotion, Singh was the Head of Agency Business at

Vivek Srivastava joins JioCinema as Hindi content EVP

Vivek Srivastava has taken on a new role as the Executive Vice President and Business Head for Jio Cinema's Hindi entertainment segment. Announcing his appointment on LinkedIn, Srivastava expressed his excitement about returning to the company that had s...

20th Chetna Yatra flagged off from Delhi to promote positive awakening across India

The 20th edition of the Chetna Yatra began its nationwide journey on September 5, 2024, from Delhi. The flag-off ceremony was led by S.N. Sharma, CEO of Den Networks, and, on the next morning, by prominent Delhi cable operators, including Madan Khurana. Partnered with Zee News as the media sponsor, this year's Yatra is themed ‘सकारात्मक जाग्र...

Prasar Bharati OTT platform launch likely mid-Sept: report

Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati’s proposed OTT platform is likely to be launched on September 15, according to Storyboard18.com.

The launch as and when it happens will take place amidst serious concerns expressed over it by several stakeholders of the Indian media and entertainment ...

AIDCF protests Prasar Bharati OTT platform exploring onboarding TV channels

A powerful industry body of MSOs has criticised India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati for inviting private sector satellite TV channels to onboard its proposed OTT platform, saying that it would be violative of the government’s own uplinking and downlinking guidelines.

“Prasar Bh...

All set for Aavishkar’s 20th Chetna Yatra; flag-off today

Aavishkar Media Group (AMG) is all set to launch the much-anticipated 20th edition of the Chetna Yatra on September 5, along with Zee News as a Media partner. This ground-breaking partnership between two giants of the Indian media landscape aims to foster awareness, unity and positive growth within the cable TV and broadcasting industry. T...

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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!