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HDFC, LIC, TCS amongst Kantar’s Top 100 global brands

Very few Indian brands figured in the list of world’s most valuable brands even as Amazon and Apple were top of the pops, though Chinese brands were seen rising up the leaders list and were more valuable than Europe’s top brands, according to a global ranking by Kantar’s BrandZ.

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Zee denies merger talks with Reliance-controlled Viacom18

This is a news that a classic case of ‘if wishes were horses’. And, it’s not the first time that the buyout of India’s homegrown media company has made headlines --- at least for the last two years or so.

Before the sale (or merger) of Zee Entertainment to Viacom18, a Reliance Indust...

IMI launches India’s 1st Top 20 international singles charts

The Indian Music Industry (IMI), the organisation that represents the recorded music industry in India, yesterday released its first-ever International Top 20 Singles chart.

The charts, formulated using streaming figures of international singles, are compiled by global music technolo...

Supriyo Mookherjee India head for Cinedigm

Newest Division of Cinedigm will Develop Streaming Services for Booming Indian & South Asian Markets in Addition to Powering Cinedigm's Global Portfolio of Streaming Services.

Cinedigm, a NASDAQ-listed streaming entertainment company, has named Supriyo Mookherjee as Chief Operat...

Undersea cable project sinks after US red flags China company

A World Bank-led project declined to award a contract to lay sensitive undersea communications cables after Pacific island governments heeded U.S. warnings that participation of a Chinese company posed a security threat, two sources told Reuters.

The former Huawei Marine Networks, no...

DocuBay debuts in UK

DocuBay, a premium international documentary SVOD streaming service, owned by India’s IN10 Media, said it’s now available in the United Kingdom.

Mansi Darbar, Network VP, Strategy & Development, IN10 Media Network, in a LinedIn post on Saturday said: DocuBay, a Global SVOD OTT Pl...

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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!