Industry - Indian Broadcasting World

Former Nielsen India head Dolly Jha joins Barc India

Dolly Jha has been named Chief of Product & Research at the Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC), the world's largest television audience measurement body. Jha holds an IRMA Postgraduate Diploma in Management and has worked for KANTAR, ITC Foods, and Nielsen for nearly three decades. ...

Phil Nelson named EVP of CNN International Commercial

Phil Nelson has been named to lead CNN Worldwide's international business operations and work with commercial partners outside of the United States. Nelson is responsible for all international Advertising Sales, Content Sales & licensing, and Commerci...

Nielsen’s Dolly Jha quits

Dolly Jha, the Managing Director at Nielsen India., has left the company after 13 years. She announced the move on LinkedIn, writing, “My 13-year-old stint at Nielsen ended yesterday. It has been a privilege to serve as the Managing Dir...

Sony Corp bets big on India, kandos; looks forward to India unit-Zee merger

Japan’s Sony Group Corporation is betting big on India, especially with an impending merger of its India unit with Zee Entertainment, amongst other segments of the company’s business to create kandos or emotions....

Havas Media Group India bolsters senior leadership with key elevations

To further strengthen its structure, Havas Media Group India, the media expertise division of Havas India, has announced a significant elevation of its senior leadership team across functions. In line with its growth, the strategic restructuring is part of the agency's aggressive expansion of its bus...

75% of violative ads on digital media; celebs continue misleading consumers: ASCI

Even as the digital media spreads its wings in India, a report by advertising watchdog ASCI has revealed a disturbing trend: 75 percent of violative ads have been spotted on digital media, raising concerns about the online safety of consumers.

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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!