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Guest Column: Zee-Sony merger is a potboiler in the making

“Takes a licking and it keeps on ticking”. In 1956, and for decades thereafter, this was the tagline that sold millions upon millions of Timex watches. For all time, though, the line is now a proverb.

For the spirit of indefatigab...

Article:- Sun TV – Q1FY22 Update | Mcap: INR 207bn, Reduce | TP: INR 565

Ad recovery delayed; Digital, a laggard

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We believe, ad revenue recovery to pre-COVID levels may be delayed to FY23 for SUNTV due to: 1) higher share in local advertising, which remains severely affected on uncertainty over COVID Wave III and 2) poor recall for fiction...

TV Monthly Monitor – July’21 – STAR leads GECs; Zee posts MoM gains, regionally

Listed broadcasters: Overall performance

Zee Group: Regional plays strong, GECs continue to struggle with Zee Anmol the only hope

The Zee Group’s performance was mixed in July 2021, as flagship GECs – i.e. Zee Anmol and Zee TV – failed to feature in the top-10 channel list. However, Zee Telugu entered the top...

Guest Column: India’s 1st rural GEC, Azaad, promises more originals

‘Azaad’, claiming to be India’s first premium Hindi television entertainment platform featuring content exclusively for the ‘rural mindset’, has been launched with select hand-picked syndicated family entertainment that’s localized in Hindi language.

Movie Exhibiton Sector Update | India cinema to outperform global trends | PVR, Buy, TP : INR 2100 | INOX, Buy, TP : INR 520

Several near-term risks abate, backed by ramp-up in vaccination

We believe strong recovery overseas will drive Hindi movie producers to release their films in cinema halls, as this was a key reason big releases did not happen in January (overseas collection contribute 28-30% of revenue for a big movie. Multiplexes cater to middle- and ...

Guest Column: Bringing broadband to masses via terrestrial wireless

Our country has been trying to bridge the significant digital divide that still persists in spite of some phenomenal work done by various stakeholders, including the Indian Government. Nearly 50 percent of the population still does not have access to the simple Internet leave alone broadband.

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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!