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CNN-News18 defence editor Shreya Dhoundial quits

Shreya Dhoundial, Defence Editor at CNN-News18, has decided to quit her post. She was associated with the network for close to 17 years. “With that, it's a wrap from me @CNNnews18 after 17 years. It's been a privilege. Thank You & See you all soon,“ Shreya said in her Twitter post. https://twitter.com/shreyadhoundial/status/15377897572...

Zee Media appoints Devdas Krishnan as CBO for India Dotcom

Zee Media has appointed Devdas Krishnan as a chief business officer (CBO) for India Dotcom Pvt Ltd business, to further strengthen its presence as one of the leading digital news networks in India. Krishnan updated his LinkedIn account with this information. With his proficiency in Marketing, Sales, and Operations, Krishnan will aggressively ...

IT Minister reiterates govt. resolve on stricter SM accountability

Information Technology and Electronics Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said there is a clear consensus in the country on making social media platforms more accountable, and assured that the government will bring legal changes and regulations needed to do so.

The Internet on mobile phon...

Zee Media CRO Abhay Ojha passes away Sunday

Zee Media Corporation Ltd (ZMCL)’s young Chief Revenue Officer Abhay Ojha passed away early Sunday following a cardiac arrest.

Ojha, who had joined ZMCL earlier this year, is survived by his wife and two children.

Condolences poured in from industry ...

Viacom18 let go of IPL TV rights in favour of digital

Mukesh Ambani’s group ultimately dropped the pursuit of television broadcast rights to India’s top cricket league that Walt Disney Co. secured for $3 billion as the Indian conglomerate saw limited opportunity for long-term profit from the legacy platform.

Viacom18, the joint venture ...

Prasar Bharati unveils procurement policy to streamline processes

In the spirit of ease of doing business at India’s Prasar Bharati, for the first time a procurement policy has been etched out that was released by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra.

The pubcaster’s procurement policy is a directive to all procur...

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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!