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John Malone to step down from WBD board

Warner Bros Discovery announced that influential media mogul John Malone will not be seeking re-election to its Board of Directors. The decision was disclosed in a regulatory filing made by the company on Monday, sending ripples through the business and entertainment sectors.

AIDCF team discusses industry issues with Vaishnaw

A high-level team of the All-India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF) yesterday met Minister of Information & Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi and discussed vital industry issues relating to the cable TV distribution...

PM Modi: WAVES will empower Indian content creators go global

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the first ever World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) will encourage Indian artists to create content and make them global. Addressing the Rising Bharat Summit or...

Prashant Nigam joins Ullu & Atrangii as VP of Revenue

Prashant Nigam has joined Ullu and Atrangii Network as the Vice President of Revenue, marking a new chapter in his expansive career. Nigam, who announced his new role via a LinkedIn update, brings with him decades of expertise across content licensing, syndi...

NCLAT dismisses IDBI appeal against Zee

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) announced that the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Delhi, has dismissed an appeal filed by IDBI Bank Limited against the company. The NCLAT has upheld the earlier order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai, dated May 19, 2023, which had dismissed an insolvency...

Govt. says pvt. sector TV channels can ride pubcaster’s WAVES

The government has said that private TV channels, authorised and cleared by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB), were most welcome to be part of Prasar Bharati’s streaming platform WAVES.

“Permitted private satellite TV channels are allowed on the WAVES platform,”

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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!