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Adani Group bets big on media; acquires majority NDTV stake

India's Adani Group said on Tuesday its media unit will buy a majority stake in New Delhi Television, one of nation's most popular, in the most high-profile bet by billionaire Gautam Adani in the vibrant media sector.

S. Sivanandan named new head of Disney+Hotstar

It’s sort of a homecoming for Sajith Sivanandan, named on Tuesday by Disney as the new head of Disney+Hotstar, as he had started his media career with Star TV in the mid-1990s, responsible for certain regional markets for music channel Channel V, which was shuttered by Star in 2018.

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Balaji Telefilms appoints Bhavini Sheth as COO

Balaji Telefilms announced the appointment of Bhavini Sheth as a chief operating officer, according to regulatory filings. Sheth will be responsible for building the new film slate, articulating the studio’s business strategy, initiating new business avenues, and partnering with a new pool of talent. She will be working directly with Shobha K...

Yahoo Appoints Jen Rubio to its board of directors

Yahoo today announced the appointment of Jen Rubio, Co-Founder, and CEO of travel lifestyle brand Away to its board of directors. Rubio becomes the seventh independent director to join the Yahoo Board, adding to its expansive and diverse expertise to help guide Yahoo in its growth and transformation. As per the company,

India Today Group forays into original content space

India Today Group has forayed into the original content space with the launch of its newest venture- ‘India Today Originals’.

Nikhil Madhok quits Disney + Hotstar

Disney + Hotstar EVP & Head of Original Content, Nikhil Madhok has stepped down from his post after a stint of over four years, according to a post on LinkedIn. He joined the streaming platform in July 2018 as responsible for the entire slate of Specials from content strategy, ideation, curation, script development, production, and launch...

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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!