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ESPN in talks with US sports leagues for strategic alliance: CNBC

Major changes are in the offing at Mouse House as CEO Bob Iger looks to trim the fat (read shed unviable or struggling businesses), including reported hunt for strategic partners for sports brand ESPN and Star India, which not so long ago contributed a sizable percentage of subscribers (through Hotstar) in the global...

DP World ILT20 S2 goes live on ZEE5 from Jan 2024

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) announced the second season of the DP World ILT20 cricket league, sanctioned by the Emirates Cricket Board. From January 2024, the action-packed tournament will be broadcast LIVE across the company's linear channels and

Sony pictures networks India acquires Durand cup broadcast rights

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has obtained the exclusive broadcasting rights for the Durand Cup in India from 2023 to 2024. Over the next two years, SPN will showcase the prestigious football tournament, which is currently in its 132 edition, on its sports...

DD Sports wins FIFA Women’s WC ‘23 India rights

DD Sports has achieved a remarkable feat by securing the TV broadcast rights in India for the highly anticipated FIFA Women's World Cup 2023, commencing on July 20, 2023. Gaurav Dwivedi, the CEO of Prasar Bharti, stated, "We are delighted to have secured the television broadcast right...

Cricketer Shane Watson made Wolf777 brand ambassador

Sports website Wolf777 has announced the appointment of former Australian cricket star Shane Watson as its brand ambassador.

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MLC announces global b’casters for 2023 season

In an exciting development for cricket enthusiasts worldwide, Major League Cricket (MLC) has officially revealed its line-up of international broadcasters for the highly anticipated 2023 season.

The league aims to expand its global reach and bring the thrilling a...

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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!