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Zee’s Subhash Chandra, Punit Goenka challenge SEBI ban order

Zee Group's promoters Subhash Chandra and Punit Goenka moved the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) yesterday, challenging the Indian markets regulator (SEBI)'s order that banned them from holding board positions in listed companies, sources privy to the information said.

India rejects Jack Dorsey Twitter-ban allegations as ‘outright lie’

Twitter co-founder and its former CEO Jack Dorsey in sensational allegations claimed the Indian government threatened to shut Twitter down unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts during farmers’ protest, an accusation deputy IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar dismissed as an...

Disney Star goes in for key leadership rejig

Disney Star, the Walt Disney Company's local unit, has restructured its internal leadership team following the departure of Kevin Vaz, former head of network entertainment channels, in April. According to a news report in Mint, K Madhavan, Disney Star's country manager, announced the changes in an int...

Games24x7 elevates Saroj Panigrahi as COO

Saroj Panigrahi has been named Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Games24x7.

Saroj will oversee marketing and operations for all existing and upcoming platforms, including RummyCircle and My11Circle, as the new strategic leader. Saroj has been a member of the Games24x7 team for over 15 years, holding multiple p...

India to ban addictive online betting games: IT Minister

India’s Minister of State for Electronics & IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar yesterday said the government has prepared a framework regarding online gaming through which games involving betting, harmful to users, and that can be addictive will be banned in Indi...

Warner Bros. appoints Bill Damaschke as prez of animation

Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group (WBMPG) has appointed animation pioneer Bill Damaschke to lead its feature animation operations as President of Warner Bros. Pi...

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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!