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Guest Column: My encounters with King Khan & Big B

This was in 1996 September when I moved to Mumbai after watching the SRK classic ‘Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman’. I had joined the New Indian Express (NIE) newspaper as Assistant Business Manager. The City of Dreams welcomed me with open arms and I was exuberant and bubbling with enthusiasm.

Guest Column: Revolutionizing M&E and the road to hybrid future

The media and entertainment (M&E) industry is experiencing a sweeping transformation, blending legacy formats with technological advancements to meet evolving consumer demands. While Over-the-Top (OTT) platforms have revolutionized content consumption, the potential resurgence of cable TV and the rise of Internet Pr...

Guest Column – 2024: A Pivotal Year for India and Indian Media

2024 was a landmark year for India and its media landscape. Amidst global political turbulence, India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, emerged as a beacon of political stability, weathering the once-in-a-century pandemic while ensuring continuity in governance. This stability has set the stage for the c...

Guest Column: Roadmap for DTH, cable TV, CTV, FreeDish

As the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's ( TRAI's ) report for Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators for July24 -Sept 24 is published, the worst fears of the DTH ( and Cable TV players) are coming true.

Guest Column: Prasar Bharati’s OTT foray & regulatory breach

The Indian broadcasting industry has long been a cornerstone of the nation’s media landscape, evolving significantly from its humble beginnings with Doordarshan in 1959.

Over the decades, the sector witnessed seismic shifts—first, the liberalisation wave of the 1990s, which introduce...

JioGames integrates Google GameSnacks into its services

JioGames, the gaming platform owned by Reliance Jio, has announced the integration of Google’s GameSnacks portfolio into its JioGames app and Jio set-top boxes. This move marks a significant expansion for JioGames, a hub that connects gamers, game publishers, spectators, and gaming communities. According to The Economic Times,

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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!