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BARC: TV welcomes 869 new advertisers in July 2021

Followed by the strong positive trend for television ad volumes in H1 2021, July 2021 re-affirms the advertisers' trust in the medium as 869 new advertisers came on board in July 2021 and ad volumes registered 23 percent growth vis a vis July 2019 and 14 percent growth over July 2020.

Viacom18 appoints Viraj Raje as Head of Programming for Colors Marathi

Viacom18 on Wednesday announced the appointment of Viraj Raje as the Head of Programming for Colors Marathi. He will be responsible for managing the channel’s content strategy and creative framework. As per the company’s press release, ...

Bombay HC seeks govt. response on digital rules by Aug 12

The Bombay High court on Tuesday asked the country’s federal government to file a reply as to why an interim stay should not be given to the implementation of the Information Technology (IT) Rules, 2021, as demanded by two petitions.

Netflix India ropes in Srivats TS as VP marketing

Netflix India has appointed Swiggy’s SVP Marketing & CX Srivats TS as Vice President, Marketing. He will be the Head of Marketing for Netflix India, Srivats said in his LinkedIn pos...

Wipro appoints Jason Eichenholz as Global Partnerships Lead

IT software company Wipro on Monday announced the appointment of Jason Eichenholz as Senior Vice President and Global Partnership Lead. According to ANI, Eichenholz has two decades of experience in enterprise technology, brings deep clo...

Apple global rollout of photo checking in tandema with local laws

Apple Inc. will roll out a system for checking photos for child abuse imagery on a country-by-country basis, depending on local laws, the company has said.

Apple said it would implement a system that screens photos for such images before they ...

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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!