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India TV dominates with 13% mkt. share in Hindi news category

India TV’s dominance of the Hindi-speaking market (HSM) continued for yet another week as, according to BARC India data, its market share was the highest (13.0 percent) amongst the twelve Hindi news channels. A close second was Aaj Tak, which had a market share of 12.8 percent in the HSM with Republic Bharat in the third position with 12 perc...

British MPs for continuance of BBC public funding

Members of the Communications and Digital Committee of the UK House of Lords (Upper House) while frowning down on BBC’s “stagnation and decline”, have, however, favoured continuance of public funding of the broadcaster, apart from additional alternatives.

The new report, titled ‘Lice...

TV9 launches multilingual personal finance OTT app

TV9 Network has announced the launch of Money9, India’s first multilingual personal finance OTT channel. A unique proposition, the company said in a statement, the Money9 OTT app is now live on Android and IOS platforms with seven language options—- Hindi, English, Bangla, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati and Kannada. Money9 is committed to de-ja...

Zee UP-UK emerges winner for the region with 55% mkt share

Zee Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand (Zee UPUK), a leading news channel of the region, has surpassed all competitors, as per the latest BARC India data released. The data reports that Zee UP/UK tops the list with the highest market share of 55 percent, overtaking its competitor ABP Ganga, which has a 10 percent market share. Other competitors lik...

BBC to launch a new, upgraded news channel next April

BBC is coming out with a new channel which is likely to launch next year, according to the British public broadcaster, and is part of plans to have a digital-led organisation. The new product will replace its two existing separate news channels for UK and global audiences. The channel, which will be called BBC News, is expected to launch in A...

News18 Bihar/Jh, News18 UP/UK launch sawan-related shows

The month of sawan (mid-July to mid-August) marks the start of the monsoon season in India and is devoted to worshipping Lord Shiva. News18 HSM channels will also celebrate this holy month with a special programming lineup ...

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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!