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Dish TV India proposes Manoj Dobhal as CEO-Designate

The Board of Directors of Dish TV India Limited proposed Manoj Dobhal, the Company's current Chief Operating Officer (COO), as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)-Designate and advised the management to seek prior approval from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) by the Uplinking Guidelines. T...

JioCinema notched concurrent viewership of 2.5 crore during CSK-GT match

The Chennai Super Kings vs. Gujarat Titans match on Tuesday clocked the highest ever concurrent viewership on JioCinema, said Viacom18. The final overs of the second innings of the match saw the concurrent viewership on JioCinema touch 2.5 crore. CSK made its way to the finals by winning the playoff match by 16 runs. The previous viewer...

AVIA, CAP hail Philippines Bill’s passage aimed at blocking pirate sites

Asian media organisation The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) and the Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) have hailed the passage of a legislation (House Bill 7600) through the House of Representatives in Philippines to amend the country’s Intellectual Property Code to allow for pirate sites to be blocked in the ...

Nielsen launches digital audience measurement tool in India

Nielsen has launched a Digital Content Ratings Solution (DCR) in India for the measurement of independent digital audience content. In a privacy-conscious digital world, DCR is a currency-grade solution to the industry's growing need for quality online audienc...

Fahadh Faasil’s ‘Pachuvum Athbutha…’ to premiere May 26

The Malayalam film ‘Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum’, starring actor Fahadh Faasil, will be available for streaming on Prime Video.

Digital India Act to curb high-risk AI, enable innovation: IT Minister

India’s federal government yesterday announced that the upcoming Digital India Act (DIA) will strictly deal with misinformation and 'high-risk AI' to prevent user harm, with the first draft of the Bill expected in the first week of June.

During the second round of pre-drafting public consultations with various s...

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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!