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BIF names Meta’s Shivnath Thukral as VP

Shivnath Thukral, Director and Head of Public Policy at Meta, has been appointed as the new Vice President of the Broadband India Forum (BIF), an independent policy forum dedicated to the development and enhancement of India's entire broadband ecosystem. Thukral's experience in public policy will ...

Powerkids Entertainment appoints Rohit Khetarpal DMD head

Rohit Khetarpal has been appointed as Digital Media Distribution head at Powerkids Entertainment for strengthening its capabilities in the ever-evolving digital landscape. In his new role, Rohit will shape the direction and strategy of Powerkids’ children's content distribution across various digital platforms. The company shared the news ...

Rubika Liyaquat joins Bharat 24 as Vice President

Well-known anchor and Senior Journalist Rubika Liyaquat who was been with ABP news for over 5 years, has been appointed Vice President of Bharat 24. She will also be launching her independent YouTube Channel soon. ...

Ex-Editor of NDTV Sreeni Jain joins Jindal School of Journalism

Sreenivasan Jain, the multiple award-winning Indian investigative journalist and former Group Editor of NDTV, has joined the faculty of Jindal School of Journalism and Communication (JSJC), part of O.P.

Publicis Worldwide India appoints Sumant Bhattacharya as EVP Strategy

Sumant Bhattacharya has been named executive vice president, of strategy at Publicis Worldwide India (PWW), a subsidiary of Publicis Groupe India. According to the company, Bhattacharya will be in charge of developing brand solutions that are supported by creativity and strategic insights across all tou...

AsiaSat names Raymond Chow as Chief Commercial Officer

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat), a premier Asian satellite solutions provider, yesterday announced that Raymond Chow has been appointed as the Chief Commercial Officer.

Raymond, who joined AsiaSat in 2018, most recently se...

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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!