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‘Rajani’s maker Razdan says original episodes of DD’s cult show lost

Actor-director Karan Razdan, who is back with a new version of the popular 1985 show ‘Rajani’, says the episodes of the original serial, starring former wife Priya Tendulkar, are lost. The serial, which Razdan wrote and Basu Chatterjee directed, featured late star Tendulkar as a middle class housewife who ta...

Prakash Raj is brand ambassador for 17th Bengaluru film fest

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah yesterday held a meeting with the organising committee of the 17th Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes) to review preparations for the upcoming edition of the prestigious cinematic event. The meeting focused on logistical arrangements, programming and outreach as the st...

NDTV appoints Akhil Gupta as new CFO

Akhil Gupta has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of NDTV, part of the Adani Group, marking an important leadership development for the media organisation as well as a significant milestone in Gupta’s professional journey. In his new role, Gupta will lead NDTV’s finance function, supporting strategic growth, governance and financial s...

Kavita Khandelwal joins ZEE News as regional head

Kavita Khandelwal has moved on to a new professional chapter, taking charge as Regional Head at ZEE News. The appointment marks a significant transition in her media career, coming after nearly five years at Republic Media, where she played a key role across marketing and sales leadership functions.

The dev...

WAVES initiatives strengthened AVGC ecosystem: Murugan

The Indian government has said that various initiatives taken under the newly conceptualised WAVES movement, apart from other measures, has contributed to strengthening of the country’s animation, visual effects, gaming and comics or AVGC ecosystem

Detailing the various government st...

Govt. spending Rs. 2,540cr to modernise DD, Akashvani: Murugan

The Indian government is taking sustained measures to strengthen the functioning and audience reach of public broadcasters Doordarshan and Akashvani in an increasingly competitive broadcasting environment, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan has said.

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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!