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Vh1 Supersonic 2023 announces its starry line up

After a two-year hiatus, one of India's largest multi-genre music and lifestyle festivals returns with a slew of pop culture-defining experiences! Anne-Marie and CKay are among the international musical sensations performing in India for the first time! The global artists and headliners will be joi...

Nickelodeon celebrates kids with new anthem

Nickelodeon, a category leader and pioneer in kids' entertainment, continues to win kids' love and affection through strong storytelling, compelling and relevant campaigns, and IPs that drive engagement and interaction.

With a new anthem and campaign, '#DoTheNickNick,...

WBD to launch ‘Hunt for The Indian Mujahideen’ on discovery+

The serial blasts across various cities in India that occurred during the early 2000s were one of the most horrific terror strikes India has ever endured, shaking the nation to its core. The brilliant, cutting-edge investigations carried out by the valiant Mumbai police and the Indian Inte...

WPP appoints Karthik Nagarajan as CEO

Karthik Nagarajan has been appointed as the new CEO of Hogarth's Indian operations, the fastest-growing WPP company. He will report to Mark Wong, Hogarth's APAC CEO, in this capacity. Karthik comes to the role with a wealth of experience in the content and advertising industries, having previously ...

Anurag Thakur bats for creative autonomy; says self-regs working fine

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has made a strong pitch for creative autonomy and said there were adequate safeguards in place for monitoring content on OTT platforms.

“Creativity should not be rei...

IT Rules amendments dwell on online gaming sector regulations

Even as the government released an amended IT Rules 2021, incorporating provisions for the online gaming sector and some updates on fake news content, it said that the date for submitting comments has been extended by about a week.

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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!