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Banijay Asia launches ‘Race to Space Thailand’

Banijay Asia, a part of Banijay Entertainment, has announced its latest disruptive format, ‘Race to Space Thailand’, a groundbreaking reality show that aims to send the first-ever Thai citizen into space. The format, conceptualised by Banijay Asia and SERA (Space Exploration & Research Agency) and produced by Deepak Dhar’s CreAsia Studio ...

Meta tells tribunal CCI charges on mkt. access ‘erroneous’

Fair trade regulator CCI has "erroneously" defined the relevant market and has not identified any actual conduct by Meta, which has or would have denied market access to rivals, Meta Platforms told NCLAT on Monday. Senior Advocate Amit Sibal, appearing for Meta<...

Zee CEO Punit Goenka outlines firm’s future growth plans

Zee Entertainment is transforming for the next era and building a strong springboard to propel into the future with a roadmap for long-term success, its CEO Punit Goenka said on Monday while addressing the shareholders in the AGM of the company. After focusing on implementing sharp, result-oriented steps in line with our strategic growth plan...

Dheeraj Sinha elected president of The Advertising Club for 2025–26

The Advertising Club has announced its managing committee for the fiscal year 2025–2026 at its 71st Annual General Meeting, with Dheeraj Sinha, CEO – FCB India and South Asia, elected as president. According to a report by The Economic Times, the newly e...

Ofcom consults on draft suggestions to promote media literacy

Ofcom yesterday opened a consultation on a set of recommendations designed to help a broad range of services (broadcasters, streamers and online platforms) to take active steps to empower the public by giving them the skills and information needed to critically and safely engage with the content they see.

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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!