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Media measurement firm Nielsen to be acquired for $ 16 bn.

Nielsen is being acquired for $16 billion, including debt, about a week after the media measurement company rejected a $9 billion offer.

Nielsen Holdings plc. on Tuesday announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by a private equity consortium led by Eve...

Indian govt. spent between Rs. 190-625 cr. on newspaper ads over 5 yrs

The Indian government has said that it gave advertisemnts between Rs. 190 crore to Rs. 625 crore during the last five years to various newspapers.

Pointing out that Bureau of Outreach and Communication (BOC) issued ads to 3,500- 5,800 newspapers, Minister for Information and Broadcas...

KJo’s Dharma, Fox Star Studios acquire ‘Hridayam’ rights

Karan Johar's Dharma Entertainment and Fox Star Studios have bagged the rights to the Malayalam movie ‘Hridayam’.

Featuring actor Mohanlal's son Pranav Mohanlal, the coming-of-age romantic drama was released in theatres worldwide on January 21 this year and attained critical...

Raashii Khanna wraps shoot of ‘Yodha’

Actor Raashii Khanna has completed filming for Sidharth Malhotra-led ‘Yodha’. The action movie, backed by Dharma Productions, is being directed by debutant filmmaker duo Pushkar Ojha and Sagar Ambre. The 31-year-old actor took to Twitter on Sunday evening to pen a

Sumona Chakravarti to host ‘Shonar Bengal’

The international, 24-hour food and lifestyle television channel Zee Zest has announced a new show titled ‘Shonar Bengal’, which will premiere on March 30. The show will see Sumona Chakravarti to explore the rich state of Bengal and discover its lesser-known stories and experiences. The show offers a glimpse of diverse cultural destination...

Big FM launches new show

Big FM, India’s largest radio network has launched a new show ‘Big Marathi With Subodh Bhave’ which will feature the versatile Indian actor every Monday-Saturday from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm in Pune and the rest of Maharashtra except Nagpur and Goa, where it will air on Sunday, between 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm and in Mumbai between 5:00 to 6:00 pm...

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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!