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ZEEL’s Amit Goenka wins 21st Century Icon Awards at House of Lords

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) president - digital business and platforms Amit Goenka was awarded the 21st Century Icon Awards at House of Lords, London for his contribution to the growth of the media and entertainment industry, on Saturday. <...

Discovery acquires assets of ZEDO

American pay television network and flagship channel Discovery on Wednesday announced that it has acquired the assets, technology and intellectual property of ZEDO, an Indian and United Stated-based advertising technology company. “The acqu...

Star India elevates Vaibhav Goyal as SVP ad sales for sports

Disney-owned Star TV Network has elevated Vaibhav Goyal to Star Sports senior vice president (SVP) – ad sales, Goyal said in her LinkedIn post. Goyal has been with Star Sports for the last 18 years, beginning June 2003 as assistant manager and in June 2015...

Viacom18 appoints Siddharth Sharma as EVP Sports

Viacom18 has appointed Siddharth Sharma as executive vice president (EVP)- Sports. Sharma shared this information on his LinkedIn page. He will be leading the company’s foray into acquisition, broadcasting and monetization of sports properties. Shar...

Veteran journalist Vinod Dua passes away

Indian Journalist and TV Anchor Vinod Dua has passed away on Saturday evening at Delhi’s Appollo Hospital. He was 67. He has been survived by his two daughters, Bakul Dua, who is a clinical psychologist, and Mallika Dua, a comedian The news of his demise has been confirmed by his daughter/comedian ...

Rannvijay invests in Oneiric Gaming

Oneiric Gaming has raised funds from actor Rannvijay Singha to acquire a large user base. The company said that it aims to expand its user base to 1mn users in the next three quarters. It is also looking to expand through tier 1 and tier 2 cities and aiming for S...

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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!