IBW Admin - Indian Broadcasting World

Yahoo Appoints Jen Rubio to its board of directors

Yahoo today announced the appointment of Jen Rubio, Co-Founder, and CEO of travel lifestyle brand Away to its board of directors. Rubio becomes the seventh independent director to join the Yahoo Board, adding to its expansive and diverse expertise to help guide Yahoo in its growth and transformation. As per the company,

Netflix’s ad-supported plan will block downloads of shows, films

Netflix Inc. isn’t planning to let users of its new ad-supported tier download shows and movies to their devices for offline viewing. The move suggests Netflix is doing what it can to distinguish the upcoming service from its current offerings. The streaming giant, which eschewed advertising for years, is planning to roll out the ad-supported...

India Today Group forays into original content space

India Today Group has forayed into the original content space with the launch of its newest venture- ‘India Today Originals’.

Wipro locks multi-year deal with UK govt. treasury

Technology services and consulting company Wipro Limited on August 18 announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract to deliver Service Integration and Management (SIAM) Services to HM Treasury (HMT), the UK government's economic and finance ministry. The IT services major said the service will make it possible to seamlessly integra...

Apple brings software updates for iOS, iPadOS

Apple has released new software updates for iPhones, iPads, and Macs to fix two security vulnerabilities known by the tech giant to be actively exploited by attackers. The two vulnerabilities were found in WebKit, the browser engine that powers Safari and other apps, and the kernel, essentially the operating system's core. The two flaws affec...

BARC Ratings: 9XM tops in Urban India

Popular music channel, 9XM has beaten all expectations by overtaking all TV channels in Urban India and being declared the most watched channel, according to BARC 13-21 ABC; HSM URBAN (August 6 – August 12, 2022). In the era of movies and soaps, the audiences have given their clear verdict to

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS

Quote-UnQuote

“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!