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India TV ropes in Vinay Maheshwari as Group CEO

India’s leading Hindi news channel India TV on Monday announced the appointment of Vinay Maheshwari as its Group CEO (Chief Executive Officer). He will be leading strategic initiatives in both broadcast and digital media to take India TV’s brand and businesses to the next level. Maheshwari is a seasoned professional with more than 17 years...

Netflix renews S3 of ‘Indian Matchmaking’

Streaming platform Netflix has renewed the Emmy-nominated series ‘Indian Matchmaking’ for its third season. On Thursday, Netflix unveiled the slate of shows that have been renewed for new seasons, while also announcing a list of new shows. While Netflix did not officially announce the third season of ‘Indian Matchmaking’. However, seaso...

Colors Tamil to premiere ‘Kasada Thapara’ this weekend

Grab a tub of popcorn and gear up for the roller-coaster ride, as Colors Tamil, the youngest Tamil GEC is all set to bring to you the hit drama movie ‘Kasada Thapara’ at 5:00 pm on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Written and directed by Chimbudevan under the banner Venkat Prabhu's Black Ticket Company and R. Ravindran of Trident Arts. The...

‘Bigg Boss Malayalam’ will premiere on Asianet

Asianet, the Indian Malayalam language GEC operated by Asianet Star Communications is set to premiere ‘Bigg Boss Malayalam’ season 4 from March 27. Hosted by veteran actor Mohan Lal, the show get an enormous entertainment value and is a platform that has the unique ability to engage viewers de...

With Sports18 arrival, Indian sports b’cast scene just got jazzed up

With the announcement of the prices of the sports channels, the Reliance Industries-controlled Network18/Viacom18 group just made it public that the media company is all set to shake up the sports broadcasting arena --- probably akin to the disruption that Reliance did with the launch of its Jio telecom services few ...

WhatsApp multi-device support starts for all users

Meta-owned encrypted messaging service WhatsApp has started rolling out the much-awaited multi-device support for all users.

Till now, the feature has been available to users under WhatsApp's opt-in beta testing program. The update will roll out to iOS users this month, followed by an Android release next mon...

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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!