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TV9 Bharatvarsh hosts political summit ‘Satta Sammelan’

TV9 Bharatvarsh, a Hindi news channel from TV9 Network, held the latest edition of its successful political summit series ‘Satta Sammelan-Uttar Pradesh’ in Lucknow.

The Summit, held on Janu...

Ajay Devgn excited to make digital debut with riveting ‘Rudra’

Bollywood superstar Ajay Devgn, who is making his debut on a streaming platform with ‘Rudra-The Edge of Darkness’, has said he is thrilled about his foray into long-format content with a nuanced, multi-faceted character in the show.

The upcoming Disney+ Hotstar VIP crime-drama series...

WarnerMedia announces senior content hires in Asia

WarnerMedia on Friday announced three senior content hires in Asia to bolster its original productions teams in advance of the launch of HBO Max in the region. In the Singapore-based team, Mark Francis has been appointed group lead of production and development (s...

Google partners with Airtel to invest up to $1 billion

Bharti Airtel (Airtel), one of India’s premier communications solutions providers, and American tech giant, Google on Friday announced a long-term, multi-year agreement to accelerate the growth of India’s digital ecosystem. As part of this partnership, Google plans to

Voot Kids brings action-adventure series

India’s largest and most loved content platform for kids, Voot Kids, has pulled out all stops to enthral its young viewers with an unlimited dose of entertainment with a new high octane superhero series ‘Blazing Teams: Masters of Yo Kwon Do to India’. The skewed animation is specially offered for a pre-teen audience, well-received internation...

BARC report: Hindi TV channels’ ad volumes grew 15% Dec-21 vs. 2020

Even as the country continues to debate whether lockdowns are an easy way out to arrest spread of newer variants of COVID-19 virus, the BARC India Think Report for December 2021 showed Q4 of last year recorded the highest ad volumes for a quarter since 2019 with a bumper festive spike.

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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!