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Film fraternity welcomes Cinematograph Act changes to tackle piracy

The Indian film fraternity has welcomed the amendments to the Cinematograph Act mandating a maximum jail term of three years and a fine of up to five per cent of the production cost of the film for those involved in film piracy and circulation of such content.

Puneet Chandok to lead Microsoft India, South Asia

Tech giant Microsoft made a significant announcement yesterday, naming Puneet Chandok as the new Corporate Vice President of Microsoft India and South Asia. Effective September 1, Chandok will take over the operational responsibilities from Anant Maheshwari, an official release by Microsoft said. ...

MIB advises Chrome DM to stop making public TRPs

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has issued a show cause notice to Chrome Data Analytics and Media (CDAM), accusing them of releasing and commercially utilizing TV channel rating data without proper registration as a rating agency. According to the notice from the I&B, CDAM's actions hav...

ZMCL appoints Raunak Pachisia as AVP Marketing

Zee Media Corporation Ltd (ZMCL) has announced the appointment of Raunak Pachisia as an Assistant Vice President of Marketing. The decision comes following Pachisia's impressive seven-year stint at ABP Network. He shared t...

Google’s Dhruv Dhawan joins Disney+ Hotstar as Head of Ads

Disney+ Hotstar has made an important appointment to boost its advertising efforts, with Dhruv Dhawan joining as the new Head of Ads, according to reliable sources. Dhruv Dhawan will be taking over from Shalini Poddar, who previously served as the EVP & Head of Ad Sales at

Aimed at curbing piracy, Cinematograph Bill gets RS nod

A bill to curb piracy to help the film industry and simplify licensing procedure was passed by Rajya Sabha (Upper House) yesterday after the opposition staged a walkout over its demand for a discussion on the Manipur situation.

The Bill, which seeks to amend the Cinematograph Act, 19...

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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!