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BARC Rating 32nd Week: Sun TV maintains lead position in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 32nd Week (6th August – 12th August 2022) has released its report. Sun TV continues to dominate the list of top 10 channels for the past few weeks across all genres (All India 2+), the channel registered 2567.21 impressions. Star Maa is in the second spot with 2169.44 impressions, and Goldmines...

Colors launches new show ‘Saavi Ki Savaari’

The Indian pay television GEC channel Colors TV is all set to launch its new romantic drama show, ‘Saavi Ki Savaari’. The show chronicles the unconventional love story and life of Saavi and Nityam. Making her debut on television with the show will be Samridhii Shukla essaying the role of Saavi while popular actor Farman Haider wil...

Pallaw Kumar joins Indian Express Group

India’s leading media house, Indian Express Group has appointed Pallaw Kumar in a key role in online division as Online head. The company has been conceiving and developing special projects, brand solutions, and strategic partnerships for the group's bouquet of online brands. Pallaw has graduated in International Business & Marketing a...

WBD channels top kids’ network in urban India

As per Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data (Week:24 – 31’ 2022), Warner Bros. Discovery has claimed the leadership position with an average market share of 28 percent in the last eight weeks in all India Urban markets. The network comprises India’s most c...

Amazon testing TikTok-style feed on its app

Amazon appears to be getting the TikTok bug, joining other companies seeking to hold consumers’ attention by introducing replicas of the popular social platform. The e-commerce giant has been testing a feed on its app that enables shoppers to scroll through TikTok-like photos and videos of products posted by other users. Using the feature,...

Zee Telugu sets premiere date for ‘Dance India Dance – Telugu’

Zee Telugu from the ZEEL family is all set to launch the first season of the popular dance reality show – ‘Dance India Dance’ on August 21. DID has been Zee Network’s premier reality show that has given the Indian Film Industry several talented artists. After the super success of the show on several network channels, Zee Telugu is...

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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!