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Koo appoints Sunil Kamath as CBO

Multilingual social media platform Koo has announced the appointment of Sunil Kamath as a chief business officer, CBO, according to an update on his LinkedIn account. Kamath will lead growth strategies, marketing, business partnerships, monetization, and expansion at the platform. Kamath brings a wealth of experience to Koo, having spent o...

Disney+ Hotstar sets premiere date for ‘Ghar Waapsi’

Family drama ‘Ghar Waapsi’ will arrive on Disney+ Hotstar on July 22, the streamer announced on Monday. ‘Ghar Waapsi’ follows Shekhar, played by Vishal Vashishtha, who returns to his hometown Indore after he is fired from his high-paying job in Bengaluru, but keeps it a secret from his family, PTI reported from Mumbai. Disney+ Hotstar shar...

aha to premiere ‘Sammathame’ on July 15

aha, one of India’s leading regional OTT platforms has announced the digital premiere of the romantic comedy film ‘Sammathame’ on July 15 at 12 PM, only on aha. Written and directed by Gopinath Reddy, Sammathame stars Kiran Abbavaram and Chandini Chowdary in lead roles. The urban romance explores what happens when an independent woman cros...

MRSI announces new managing committee

Market Research Society of India (MRSI), India’s foremost industry-led market research body announces the formation of the Managing Committee for the tenure of 2022-2024. Manish Makhijani, Global Insights Director of Hindustan Unilever Ltd. was elected as the new President and takes over from Sandeep Arora, Executive Vice President, and Globa...

Zee elevates Manjyot Sandhu as VP & head of digital syndication and content acquisitions

Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) has elevated Manjyot Sandhu as vice president and head of digital syndication and content acquisitions (syndication). Sandhu made this announcement via a LinkedIn post “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Vice President - Head of Digital Syndication & Content Acquisitions (Syndicatio...

Spotify testing record feature

Music streaming platform Spotify is testing a feature to let users record, edit and publish podcasts directly within the main app. The introduction of this feature will let users get rid of other apps, including Spotify’s Anchor, to record and publish podcasts. The company started its experiment in New Zealand last month. According to The ...

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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!