Industry - Indian Broadcasting World

Gary Knell to end his NatGeo stint May-end

Gary Knell, the chairman of National Geographic Partners, will end his stint at the company at the end of May, according to a LinkedIn post.

“I wanted to reach out to let you know that I have decided to leave National Geographic at the end of May, having effectuated the transition of...

India sees huge headroom for TV & digital growth

Amidst the somber pall of the pandemic, there was still much optimism for the industry in the country best described as an India with many India's.

At the Asia Video Industry Association’s (AVIA) recent Future of Video India conference, industry leaders remained upbeat on th...

SIA-India ropes in Rajeev Gambhir to head tech, policy

Newly-launched satellite industry trade body Satellite Industry Association-India (SIA-India) has brought in media industry veteran and tech expert Rajeev Gambhir as Senior Director, Technology and Policy.

Gambhir would be part of the secretariat of SIA-India that’s headed by Anil Pr...

Starlink service gets 5 lakh preorders; India says reviewing promos

SpaceX has received more than 500,000 preorders for its Starlink satellite Internet service and anticipates no technical problems meeting the demand, founder Elon Musk said earlier this week.

“Only limitation is high density of users in urban areas,” Musk tweeted, responding to a pos...

Playbox TV appoints Samson Jesudas as New Director & Business Head

The Integrated Internet Media Distribution Company PlayboxTV has appointed Samson Jesudas as the new director & Business heartfelt. Apart from the new role, he will continue to oversee the ISP business. Samson will be responsible for building nationwide

India projected to add 21 mn pay TV subs by 2026

The Global Pay TV Subscriber Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research predicts 15 million additional pay TV subscribers between 2020 and 2026, which would take the global total to 1.02 billion.

Between 2020 and 2026, 92 countries will add pay TV subscribers and 46 count...

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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!