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TV ad volumes for June 2021 grew by 6% over June 2019: Barc India

With the economy showing steady signs of recovery, India’s advertising community continues to place their faith in television, indicates BARC India’s latest THINK report titled ‘TV Ad Volumes Insights - The Mid-Year Analysis’. Committed...

Parliamentary panel to question Ministries on Pegasus issue

A parliamentary standing committee, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, will question the officials of the Ministry of Information and Technology (Meity) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in connection ...

Olympics 2020 with Doordarshan and All India Radio

Though Sony Pictures Network India has the rights of the Olympics for the India region, TV rights have also been shared with India’s national broadcaster Prasar Bharati by the Games’ ruling body....

Twitter may let users login with Google account soon

The micro-blogging site Twitter is working on a way to let users log in using a connected Google account.

As per Mashable India, “The ‘options’ have already been enabled on users.”

Amazon Studios announces unscripted show ‘Tampa Baes’

Amazon Studios has green-lighted the ‘Tampa Baes’, an unscripted docu-series that follow a group of young lesbian friends in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Quoting an Amazon statement a PTI report said t...

Zee set to onboard over 500 tech experts in its digital hub

Leading media and entertainment company Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEE) is expanding its digital footprint by setting up a cutting-edge technology hub in Bengaluru to drive innovation and exponential gr...

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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!