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Zubin Dubash quits Shemaroo Entertainment

Zubin Dubash, COO of ShemarooMe & Digital Business, has resigned, according to a LinkedIn post. Dubash has worked for the organization for more than six years. He was in charge of developing and scaling the company's digital roadmap, ...

India Today hosts Karnataka roundtable 2023

India Today's Karnataka Roundtable 2023 brings together political heavyweights, business leaders, and celebrities ahead of the vital state assembly elections on May 10. The Karnataka Roundtable, hosted by the India Today Group, will take ...

Anuja Trivedi joins Shemaroo Entertainment

Anuja Trivedi has quit as executive director, and content studio strategy head, at Disney Star, and will join Shemaroo Entertainment as chief marketing officer, according to a LinkedIn post. She will begin her new position on May 1. Tr...

Pak regulatory body warns cable ops on carrying Indian TV channels

Pakistan's electronic media watchdog yesterday ordered Pakistani cable TV operators across the country to stop airing Indian TV channels, warning that stringent action would be taken if they were found v...

Upputuru, Mitter, Pawar appointed Jury Chairs for ABBY-23

Emmanuel Upputuru, Founder of Efgh Brand Innovations, Sabyasachi Mitter, Founder and Managing Director of ibs + Fulcro, and Bobby Pawar, Chairman and CEO of Havas Group India, will serve as Jury Chairs for the Green Abby, Technology, and Static Print

Ofcom debates ad rules for public & commercially funded TV

Ofcom has sought views on whether to remove some or all of the stricter advertising rules that apply to commercially-funded public service broadcasters.

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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!