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IAA honours Punit Goenka with ‘Game-Changer of the Year’ award

Punit Goenka, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the leading content company, ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL) has won the ‘Game-Changer of the Year’ award at the International Advertising Association’s (IAA) Leadership Awards. Goenka was awarded the esteemed honour for his invaluable contribution to the growth of the m...

Prime Video’s Prime Day-‘22 releases a ‘success’

Amazon Prime Video’s blockbuster entertainment line-up for Prime Day 2022 India, scheduled on July 23 and 24, has been loved by consumers within and outside the country. Prime Video launches for Prime Day were watched by members from 3,800+ Indian cities/ towns and in over 230 countries and territories. All the movies released during the l...

Zee Zest launches new show ‘PATT-AY KI BAAT’

The International, 24-hour food and lifestyle television channel Zee Zest, is all set to bring to the kitchens a unique show ‘PATT-AY KI BAAT’. When one thinks of leafy greens, one might think of the classic combinations found in a salad: Iceberg lettuce and cabbage, or the desi favorite – palak paneer and saag. However, unknown is a pleth...

OMG India appoints Anand Chakravarthy as CGO

Omnicom Media Group (OMG) India on Tuesday announced the appointment of Anand Chakravarthy as its new chief growth officer. He will report to Kartik Sharma, group CEO of OMG India. Chakravarthy is set to use his strategic foresight and over two decades of rich industry experience to create new opportunities for growth and play an instrumen...

India TV marks No.1 position in style with gala celebrations

India’s leading Hindi news channel India TV has been on the top of the nation’s news rating charts (BARC: 15+, HSM, 6-24 hrs) continuously for the last six weeks and it was time for all its staff to celebrate the occasion at a glittering party hosted by Chairman & Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma and Managing Director Ritu Dhawan at the Taj Pala...

CNN appoints Kristine Coratti to lead global communication

Kristine Coratti Kelly, CCO of the Washington Post, is joining CNN Worldwide as the network's head of global communications. Kelly will head CNN's brand strategy and teams beginning next month, covering media relations and publicity, creative marketing, events and brand initiatives, and employee and external communications. According to Th...

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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!