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Govt. warns industry bodies on rampant surrogate advertising

Concerned over surrogate advertisements on television and social media platforms, the government has directed industry bodies like CII, Ficci and Assocham and those related to advertising and broadcasting to ensure compliance of...

Media QuickView: Chances low for Sony-Zee merger getting stuck

By Karan Taurani@Elara

As per our analysis, Zee/Sony as a combined entity will command an ad revenue share of 28 percent; which is much below threshold of 40 percent --- that means there is a low likelihood of an issue on this.

In terms of presence across variou...

Adani group rejects NDTV claims on need for tax clearance

The Adani group rejected claims by New Delhi Television Ltd. (NDTV) that a major stake sale by its founders would require clearance from India's tax authorities, as a public wrangle to take control of the popular news network intensified.

The Adani conglomerate run by India's richest...

United Cloud leverages Nagra forensic to shutdown piracy

NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and the world's leading independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, on August 31 announced that United Cloud, the innovation center of the United Group, the leading multi-play telecoms and media provider in South East Europe, has selected NAGRA’s NexGuard Watermarking to expand...

Sony-Zee merger may result in ‘unparalleled bargaining power’: CCI

A merger between the Indian unit (Culver Max Entertainment/Sony Pictures Networks India) of Japan's Sony and Zee Entertainment to create a $10 billion TV enterprise will potentially hurt competition by having "unparalleled bargaining power", India’s antitrust watchdog found in an initial review, according to an offic...

Zee reentering sports part of content strategy

By Karan Taurani, Elara Capital - Disney Star will license the TV broadcasting rights of the ICC Men’s and Under 19 global events for a period of four years, to ZEE. - Disney Star will continue to be the exclusive home for streamin...

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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!