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Republic says emerged No. 1 network as per BARC data

Republic Media Network claimed it stood vindicated as its channels emerged as the numero uno as per BARC audience data. In a statement it said, across Republic TV, Republic Bharat has continued to dominate the Hindi news genre ...

‘Puzhu’, ‘Salute’ to have direct release on SonyLiv

The streaming platform, SonyLiv has announced the direct-to-digital release of 2 new Malayalam films – ‘Salute’ and ‘Puzhu’. The platform will see the father-son duo Mammootty and Dulquer Salmaan launching their films for the very first time on the same OTT platform. ‘Salute’ is a grounded procedural drama, which...

BARC resumes audience ratings for TV news channels

BARC India has resumed the ratings for individual news channels with the release of data for Week 10, 2022. Following an industry-wide consultative process, the BARC Team, along with the BARC TechComm, developed the Augmented Data Reporting Standards for News and Special Interest genres, aligned with the Industry’s needs. As per these revi...

NXTDigital board approves merger with Hinduja Leyland Finance

The board of directors of NXTDigital Ltd (NDL) on Wednesday, has accorded in-principle approval for the merger of Hinduja Leyland Finance Ltd (HLFL), a non-banking finance company into NDL, subject to all statutory or regulatory approvals and approval of the shareholders. The proposed acquisition will result in the merged entity

ABP digital platforms showcase high viewer engagement on poll counting day

ABP Network’s digital platforms, including ABP Live and the social media handles of ABP News and ABP Ganga, showcased phenomenal viewer engagement during the counting day (March 10) of votes cast in the recent elections in five States.

The interaction numbers have not only broken ABP Network’s past viewer engag...

Comms minister admits RoW process hampered b’band rollout

The Indian government has admitted that the process of getting Rights of Way (RoW) permissions is one of the few impediments to ramping up broadband penetration in the country, but added corrective steps are being taken.

India’s junior Minister for Communications Devusinh Chauhan sai...

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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!