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Goafest 2024, ABBY Awards shift venue to Mumbai

In a strategic move, the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) and The Advertising Club (TAC) have announced the relocation of Goafest 2024 and ABBY Awards Powered by One Show 2024 from their traditional venue in Goa to Mumbai. The decision, aimed at a...

‘Lord Curzon Ki Haveli’ to close UK Asian Film Fest

Actor Rasika Dugal and Arjun Mathur-starrer ‘Lord Curzon Ki Haveli’ will serve as the closing film at the prestigious UK Asian Film Festival, the makers said yesterday. Anshuman Jha, who makes his directorial debut with the movie, and Dugal are expect...

ZEEL withdraws NCLT merger application with Sony

ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd on Tuesday said it has withdrawn its application, seeking implementation of the merger with Sony, filed before the National Company Law Tribunal Mumbai bench. The company applied with the NCLT on January 24, 2024, seeking directions...

60 top ex-cricketers to star in new podcast series ‘180 not out’

Some of international cricket's most accomplished former players, including Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina and Courtney Walsh, will share their insights on challenges, controversies and future prospects of the game in a recently-released podcast series, '180 not out'. The podcast features over 60 former cricketers and ex...

Singapore court orders blocking of 26 pirate sites

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) has commended the Singapore High Court’s recent decision to block an additional 26 illegal streaming sites and over 100 associated domains responsible for ...

ZEE arm invests Rs 8.76 cr in PR firm news reach

ZEE, through its wholly owned subsidiary IDPL, has agreed with Media, PR & Advertising firm Newsreach to invest Rs 8.76 crore. The investment will be done through subscribing to equity shares and/or convertible equity-linked instruments (Optionally Conv...

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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!