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BARC viewership: NBDA says ‘vindicated’; NBF ‘disappointed’ at unavailability of data still

A day after the Indian government directed BARC India to immediately release the audience data for TV news channels, NBF expressed ‘disappointment’ on the unavailability of viewership nu...

NBCU partners iSpot.tv to measure audience in new ways

It’s not just India where audience measurement and methodologies have found itself under scrutiny. Even in a developed market like the US, such measurements have been put under a spotlig...

Voot partners with Ullu to bring 100 shows free

Viacom18’s and India’s leading advertising-led video-on-demand platform, Voot, has announced a content partnership with on-demand streaming platform Ullu. As part of the partnership, Voot will now be home to 100 action-packed shows from the Ullu library for the audiences to binge on. This is in lin...

BARC Rating 1st Week: Sun TV maintains lead position in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 1st Week (1st January – 7th January 2022) has released its report. In India, Sun TV is continued to dominate the list of top 10 channels for the past seven long weeks...

CoinDCX appoints Divakar Prayaga, senior VP, head of information

India’s safest cryptocurrency exchange platform, CoinDCX has announced the appointment of Divakar Prayaga as senior vice president (VP) and head of information security. In his new role, Prayaga will be responsib...

Rocket scientist Somnath made Space Dept. Secy, ISRO chief

The Indian government on Wednesday appointed senior rocket scientist S Somnath as the next chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and also Secretary in the Department of ...

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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!