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FreeDish auction nets Rs.208cr in 2 days; major GECs return

Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has generated a whopping Rs.208.10 crore in just two days from its ongoing DD FreeDish MPEG-2 slot suction, The Economic Times has reported. The auction saw some of India’s biggest General Entertainment Channels (GECs) retur...

Saqib Saleem, Saba Azad to star in ZEE5’s ‘Crime Beat’

Actors Saqib Saleem, Sai Tamhankar, Rahul Bhat and Saba Azad are set to enthral audiences in the upcoming thriller series ‘Crime Beat’, premiering on ZEE5 on February 21. ‘Crime Beat’ follows the journey of a rookie crime journalist struggling to...

People helming ‘India’s Got Latent’ face wrath of NCW, police, parliament

Even as apologies were bandied around and proponents of free speech beat their chests, the Maharashtra Cyber Department filed a police report yesterday against the YouTube reality show ‘India's Got Latent’, following criticism over inappropriate comments made by social media influencer Ranveer Allah...

MSD helms India-Pak cricket rivalry ad for Champions Trophy

Star Sports Network and Disney+ Hotstar, the official broadcasters of ICC tournaments in India, have unveiled the latest installment of their campaign for the much-awaited ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025. This time, the spotlight is on the blockbuster India...

GroupM: digital to contribute 60% of Indian ad revenue in 25’

GroupM, the media investment group under WPP, launched the latest ‘This Year Next Year’ (TYNY) advertising forecast with updates for February 2025 and stated yesterday Indian advertising is to grow by 7 percent in 2025 to reach Rs.1,...

WAVES Reel making challenge gets 3k+ entries from 20 nations

It’s like shaping the future of storytelling --- one Reel at a time. The WAVES 2025 Reel-making challenge, one of the many such challenges organised by the Indian government, has received 3,379 registrations from across India and 20 countries as of February 5.

The WAVES (World Audio-...

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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!