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Havas India appoints John Thangaraj as CSO

Havas India has announced the appointment of John Thangaraj as the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Havas Creative Network India. In this newly created role, Thangaraj will oversee the strategic direction of several key divisions within the Havas Creative N...

Ad industry to petition SC for intervention

Advertising industry bodies are planning to file an intervention petition in the Supreme Court of India to address the new ‘Self Certification’ policy, sources in the advertising industry told ETBrandEquity. The move is triggered by a notification by the Ministry of...

Network18 appoints Sanchayan Paul as CHRO

Network18, a leading media conglomerate, has announced the appointment of Sanchayan Paul as its new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)-Designate. Paul shared his new role on his LinkedIn profile. Paul brings with him a wealth of experience from his extensive 25-year career in human resources, having previously held key positions at major co...

COAI gets VodafoneIdea’s Abhijit Kishore as chairperson

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the premier industry association representing leading telecom, internet, technology, and digital services companies, has announced its new leadership for the 2024-25 term. Effective June 2024, Abhijit Kishore, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Vodafone Idea Limited, has been appointed as the ...

ET NOW dominates YouTube as most watched business news channel

ET NOW, India's leading English business news channel, has reinforced its dominance in the digital news video landscape, emerging as the most-watched business news channel on YouTube. According to Playboard, ET NOW amassed an impressive 89.54 million views in the English cohort and 110.73 million views in the Hindi cohort for the months of Ap...

Sumeet Raghvan celebrates 1,000 episodes of ‘Wagle Ki Duniya’

The beloved television show 'Wagle Ki Duniya - Nayi Peedhi Naye Rishtey' has achieved a significant milestone, celebrating the completion of 1,000 episodes.

The show's lead actor, Sumeet Raghvan, who portrays Rajesh Wagle, shared his thoughts on the show's success and its re...

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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!