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ZEE Entertainment’ Shiva Chinnasamy resigns

In a significant development for Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL), Shiva Chinnasamy, the Chief Technology and Product Officer (CTPO) and a pivotal figure in the company’s technological evolution, has resigned, The Storyboard18 reported.

His departure c...

SPN to b’cast inaugural World Pickleball League

Sony Sports Network has announced the television broadcast of the first-ever World Pickleball League (WPBL) in India. Scheduled to kick off on January 24, 2025, this franchise-based league marks a major milestone for Pickleball, a sport rapidly growing in popularity across the country. With an estimated 50,000 active players in India and near...

‘Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Ram’ to premiere at Maha Kumbh

In a historic first, the animated film 'Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Ram' will premiere at the Maha Kumbh festival on Wednesday. The special screening of the Hindi version will take place at 10 am at the Divya Prem Sewa Camp, ...

LinkedIn appoints Deepak Agarwal as Chief AI Officer

Professional networking giant LinkedIn has announced the appointment of Deepak Agarwal as its new Chief AI Officer (CAIO). Bringing 24 years of experience in engineering and artificial intelligence to the role, Agarwal's return to LinkedIn marks a pivotal step in the company’s AI journey, IANS reported. ...

Sonal Gupta joins Zee as SVP syndication

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL), one of India's leading media and entertainment companies, has announced the appointment of Sonal Gupta as its new Senior Vice President - Syndication through their Linkedin post. Effective November 2024, Gupta brings over 15 years of industry expertise to her new role, st...

Netflix surpasses 300mn subscribers in Q4

Streaming giant Netflix has wrapped up 2024 with extraordinary milestones, reporting record-breaking growth in revenue, subscribers, and profitability. The company added a staggering 19 million paid subscribers in the fourth quarter, bringing its global total to 301.6 mil...

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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!