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BBC Studios integrates media & streaming biz in APAC

BBC Studios has announced the formal integration of its media and streaming business in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), and Asia into a single APAC region, under the leadership of Robi Stanton, who has been appointed to the expanded role of President, APAC Media & Streaming.

The...

UEFA boosts content protection measures via new alliances

European football’s governing body UEFA has joined the Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) under AVIA and the Clearing House for Copyright Infringement on the Internet (CUII) to expand anti-piracy intelligence and capability in key markets.

Following the announcement of its recent ground-...

News18 Network touches 1mn YouTube viewers on Bihar poll result day

As the political battle for Bihar unfolded and vote counting gathered pace on Friday, News18 Network set a new benchmark on YouTube by surpassing one million concurrent live viewers across its Hindi and regional channels. Combined live streams from News18 Indi...

After WC ’25 win, Indian women cricketers’ brand values soar

The brand value of India's top women cricketers has gone through the roof following their fairy tale World Cup triumph on home soil with top sports marketing experts calling it a "watershed moment" for the sport. After a hat-trick of defeats nearly derailed their campaign, India stunned seven-times champions Australi...

War movie ‘120 Bahadur’ makers launch customised stamp

The makers of ‘120 Bahadur’, an upcoming war drama based on the Battle of Rezang La in 1962, have launched a customised ‘My Stamp’ honouring the soldiers of the 13th Battalion of the Kumaon Regiment. The stamp, based on ...

Disney misses Q4 revenue estimates; cable TV unit a weak link

Walt Disney missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue yesterday as ongoing weakness in its cable TV unit overshadowed solid growth in streaming and theme parks.

The media and entertainment giant also unveiled plans to boost its dividend by 50 percent and double its share buy...

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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!