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Dish TV gets MIB nod for provisional licence

India’s first private sector DTH platform, Dish TV, has obtained an in-principle approval from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for provisional license with effect from April 1, 2021.

In a notice to the stock exchange BSE yesterday, the company said the 20-year approval w...

जी में ‘मनीष चोखानी’ को मिली यह अहम जिम्मेदारी

जी एंटरटेनमेंट इंटरप्राइजेस लिमिटेड (जील) ने मनीष चोखानी को नॉन एग्जिक्यूटिव नॉन इंडिपेंडेंट डायरेक्टर के पद पर नियुक्त किया है। मीडिया रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, जी का कहना है के मनीष चोखानी ने इंडिपेंडेंट डायरेक्टर के रूप में 31 मार्च को अपना दूसरा कार्यकाल पूरा कर लिया है।...

T-Series joins Indian music rights body IPRS

Super Cassettes Industries, popularly known in the country as music label T-Series, has joined the Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS), an umbrella organisation of over 5000 artistes.

The music label's presence as a member will significantly benefit authors and music composer memb...

Rajinikanth honoured with Phalke award

Superstar Rajinikanth Sir will be honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar announced on Thursday. The announcement comes days ahead of the April 6, 2021 assembly polls in Tamil Nadu where the 70-year-old Rajinikanth resides and has a massive following among the people, a P...

Filmstream starts streaming in India with Samsung TV Plus

International content company SPI/FilmBox continued to expand its global reach of ad-based digital product Filmstream in new territories through key alliances with industry leaders. Filmstream, which offers a wide range of independent and c...

Indian radio segment’s revenues fell 54% in 2020

Indian radio segment revenues fell 54% in 2020 to INR 14.3 billion, while ad volumes fell 27% and skewed towards non-metros, while rates fell over 37% on an average, according to the Ficci-E&Y Indian media and entertainment report.

As live event revenues faltered due to the pande...

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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!