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Jawahar Goel reappointed Dish TV MD till March ’25

Jawahar Goel has been reappointed the Managing Director of DTH company Dish TV from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2025 (both days inclusive), the company has said. He would also remain Chairman of the Board, according to regulatory filings.

The company also announced that as per decisio...

AVIA’s CAP consumer survey shows benefits of site blocking

The Coalition Against Piracy (CAP)’s most recent YouGov consumer surveys show that while piracy continues to be a major concern around the Asia Pacific region, particularly in Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines where 61 percent of consumers admit to accessing pirate services in each country, site blocking, and in ...

Fourth dimension media solutions announces first e-conclave

Fourth dimension media solutions a leading media outsourcing company announces its first webinar on ‘Decoding Media in Rest of Tamil Nadu’, which is set to happen on April 27 at 2:30 pm. The company's previous e-conclaves unraveled media in

Murthy bats for culture of aspiration, national pride at ABP event

Creating an incentive scheme for software professionals and Indian software companies to participate more enthusiastically in public governance digitalisation projects is critical to develop a digitised India at par with developed nations, said N. R. Narayana Murthy, Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Infosys.

Shashi Sinha appointed new BARC India Chairman

Shashi Sinha, Chief Executive Officer at IPG Mediabrands India, has been unanimously elected as the new Chairman of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India by the Board following its meeting held on Friday.

Sinha, who also represents the Advertising Agencies Association of I...

Invesco patches up with Zee patch ahead of Sony merger

The US investment firm Invesco said on Thursday it would abandon efforts to shake up top management at Zee Entertainment, citing a planned merger between the Indian TV network and the local unit of Japan's Sony Group, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI). Zee's shares rocketed 18 percent higher on the news. Alleging corporate governance iss...

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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!