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Viacom18’s Manisha Sharma quits

Manisha Sharma, the programming visionary behind Viacom18's Hindi mass entertainment business, has announced her departure from the organization. Having served as the Chief Content Officer for Hindi Mass Entertainment, Viacom18, for the past couple of years, Sharma's exit marks the end of an era charact...

DD channels had viewership of 700+ mn in ’22: Anurag Thakur

The government has said that over 700 millions viewers watched Doordarshan’s TV channels in 2022, adding that steps have also been taken to improve quality of content across the public broadcaster’s slate of channels.

SC feels TV self-regulation should be effective; may issue guidelines

The Supreme Court yesterday said that the self-regulation of television channels should be effective.

A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud made these remark...

Disney Star elevates Vishal Kaul; to oversee PKL

Vishal Kaul has been elevated to associate director of Marketing and Head of Marketing for Pro Kabaddi League (Mashal Sports) at Disney Star. Kaul announced the development on LinkedIn: "I'm delighted to share that I have been elevated to Associate Director Mark...

Data protection law is world class legislation: IT Minister

Union Minister of State for Electronics & IT, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, participated in an interaction with students, startups, and prominent citizens in Bengaluru on Saturday and recounted the journey behind the creation of the ...

Suryadeep Basiya named head of Gujarati at Shemaroo

In a move set to bolster its regional content offerings, Shemaroo Entertainment, a leading player in the Indian media and entertainment industry, has appointed Suryadeep Basiya as the Head of the Gujarati category. The announcement comes as the company co...

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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!