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News18 India leads Hindi news space; TV9 Bharatvarsh gets 14% mkt. share

News18 India continues to be the industry leader in the Hindi TV News space. As per BARC data (Wk 11’23, TG: 15+, HSM), News18 India has garnered a 15.2 percent market share, which is more than the combined market share of Times Now Navbharat and ABP News. TV9 Bharatvarsh has acquired a 14.0...

Netflix to stream ‘Indian Matchmaking’ S3 from April 21

Streaming service Netflix yesterday announced that ‘Indian Matchmaking’ will return with its third season on April 21.

The reality television series

Surinder Films acquires Bengali OTT platform Addatimes

Kolkata headquartered film production company, Surinder Films, has acquired Addatimes, the first Bengali language OTT platform in the country.

Surinder Films is a leading production house of Kolkata, and has produced over 100 Bengali films...

Shemaroo appoints Arpit Mankar Head, non-Bollywood category

Arpit Mankar has been appointed as Head of non-Bollywood category by Shemaroo. Mankar will be in charge of developing an overarching content strategy for various regions in India and abroad as the Head of the Non-Bollywood

Aaj Tak announces first AI anchor at India Today Conclave 2023

During India Today Conclave 2023, Vice-Chairperson Kalli Purie launched the group's first bot AI collaborative anchor Sana. Purie described Sana as "bright, gorgeous, ageless, tireless, speak multiple languages, and is completely under my control." Sana, Aaj Tak AI's first anchor, will beg...

MX Player’s Abhishek Joshi joins Shemaroo Entertainment

Abhishek Joshi was recently appointed as the Head of ShemarooMe. He was previously SVP & Business Head-SVOD (Subscription Business) and Business Partnerships at MX Player. Joshi announced his

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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!