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Snehil Dixit Mehra joins ALT Balaji as head of content, digital media

Snehil Dixit Mehra has joined ALT Digital Media Entertainment Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. as the head of content and digital media. Earlier Mehra worked with filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali as associate director. In her new role, Me...

Hungama Play to premiere 15+ original shows

Hungama Play, a leading video on demand platform owned by Hungama Digital Media, is set to launch 15+ original Indian web series in 5 regional language such as Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri and Marathi. The original sh...

DoT’s Singhal urges cable ops to exploit govt. projects like PM-WANI

India’s cable operators could be under pressure from emergeing technologies and services like streaming content, but they are also staring at opportunities that need to be grabbed, said Telecoms Department ...

IBDF gets reprieve from Madras HC on digital rules

The Madras High Court has restrained the federal government from taking any coercive action against digital media firms under the new digital codes of ethics made to the parent Information Technology Act.

Star India elevates Vaibhav Goyal as SVP ad sales for sports

Disney-owned Star TV Network has elevated Vaibhav Goyal to Star Sports senior vice president (SVP) – ad sales, Goyal said in her LinkedIn post. Goyal has been with Star Sports for the last 18 years, beginning June 2003 as assistant manager and in June 2015...

Twitter introduces labs for blue subscribers

American micro-blogging and social media networking service Twitter is rolling out a new feature called ‘Labs’ for Twitter Blue, its premium subscription service. Labs will give Twitter blue subscribers early access to features ...

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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!