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Boman Irani starrer ‘Masoom’ enter the Top 10 list of most viewed shows

Reliance Entertainment’s ‘Dreamers & Doers Co.’ produced show ‘Masoom’, streaming on Disney+ Hotstar, is one of the top 10 most-watched shows in 2022, across all platforms. As per the company’s press release, the show has been seen by 16.4 million viewers. For the first two weeks after its premiere, the program was ranked first across all...

Jio Entertainment appoints MX Player‘s Viraj Singh as CRO

Viraj Jit Singh has been appointed as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) by Jio Entertainment Services. Singh shared the news through a post on LinkedIn. His post read: “Blessed, grateful and excited for the opportunity - Chief Revenue Officer at Jio Entertainment Services.” Before joining Jio, Singh worked at MX Player for over four years as a S...

India strengthens TV, radio services near China border

The Indian government, fully cognizant of the importance of messages in border areas, is taking additional steps to beef up public broadcaster Prasar Bharati’s networks in such sensitive areas.

Schemes for installation of 100W FM

Media Quick View: Likelihood of near-term weakness in exhibition as Hindi content remains below par

By Karan Taurani @ Elara Capital

There is a high likelihood of near-term weakness for exhibitors as Hindi content remains below par, though regional and Hollywood films continue to show strong performance.

- Ranbir Kapoor starrer Sha...

More UK teens TikTok for news but trust quotient low

Even as overall reach of TV (74 percent), and internet (66 percent) platforms remained steady in the United Kingdom, a new Ofcom research shows TikTok’s reach for news has increased from 1 percent in 2020 to 7 percent in 2021) with half of its user base (for news) aged 16-24 years.

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Slowdown expected in global social media ad sales

Wall Street is bracing for the slowest global revenue growth in the history of the social media sector, as intensifying competition from TikTok and Apple in advertising threaten to compound economic woes in the second quarter.

The dour expectations come after a blowout 2021, when soc...

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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!