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Digipub forms oversight panel as part of self regulation

DIGIPUB, an association of Indian pure-play digital news publishers, yesterday announced formation of internal committee as part of the self regulatory mechanism for digital news publishers.

According to a statement from the organization, the ...

Emerging Tech Summit held at 28th Convergence India

After a turbulent year 2020, where technology played a game-changing role, the 28th Convergence India and the 6th Smart Cities India Expo 2021 brought together government officials, industry leaders, and domain exp...

Indian TV ad to up by 20%; subscription by 5%: Ficci-E&Y

Though there was a 24 per cent decline in the growth of the Indian media and entertainment sector in 2020, some rebound towards the end has raised hopes as a new report expects television advertising in 2021 to be close to 2019 levels, growing over 20 per cent to reach INR 304 billion on the back of a lineup of fresh...

गुजरात पुलिस ने केबल टीवी पाइरेसी को लेकर की छापेमारी

गुजरात के द्वारका में गुजरात पुलिस ने छापेमारी करते हुए करीब 200 अवैध सेट टॉप बॉक्सेस को जब्त किया है। यह सेट टॉप बॉक्सेस ग्राहकों को कई लोकप्रिय पे चैनलों के पाइरेटेड टीवी सिग्नल्स दिखाने के लिए उपयोग किये गए थे। वेबसाइट इंडियन ब्राडकास्टिंग वर्ल्ड डॉट कॉम को उपलब्ध हुई जानकारी के अनुसार, सोनी द्वारा नियुक्त एजेंसी के आगाह के बाद गुजरात पुलिस ...

India M&E sector has de-grown 24% in 2020: E&Y report

The Indian media and entertainment sector witnessed a shift in demand patterns as consumers actively sought alternatives and had the time to try new things in 2020, but overall has shown a trend of de-growth that amounted to 24 per cent, according to a new E&Y report released today.

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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!