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The Q appoints Sujata Samant as head of marketing

The Q, India’s fastest growing youth-focused, Hindi GEC, has announced the appointment of Sujata Samant as Head of Marketing. She will report to Krishna Menon, COO. In her new role, she will be responsible for driving

Disney+ to launch in S. Korea, HKG, Taiwan Nov. 2021

The Walt Disney Company announced that Disney+, the highly anticipated streaming service, would launch in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in November 2021.

According to a company press release,

India’s most popular radio show is ‘Bhoole Bisre Geet’

In a new addition to NewsOnAir ranking measurements, rating of most popular programmes on Vividh Bharati has also been featured. The three most popular radio shows on Vividh Bharati National channel are

Riteish Deshmukh, Tamannah in Netflix’s ‘Plan A Plan B’

Bollywood actors Riteish Deshmukh and Tamannaah Bhatia will be seen sharing screen space in Netflix’s ‘Plan A Plan B’.

Directed by Shashanka Ghosh, ‘Plan A Plan B’ is being touted as a...

As Balaji Telefilms OTT biz performed well, original content to increase

Content production company Balaji Telefilms has said the pandemic has accelerated the digitalisation process in the country, which augurs well for the entertainment industry and particularly for OTT, in which it intends to ''pursue and invest'' in more original co...

Russia TV channel abandons talks on blocked YouTube account

Tsargrad TV, a news channel owned by a sanctioned Russian businessman, said it had abandoned talks with Google to have its YouTube account unblocked and on Monday accused the U.S. group of dragging its feet in negotiations.

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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!