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Delhi HC allows BCCL to drop plea against Republic TV parent

The Delhi High Court has permitted Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd (BCCL) to withdraw its contempt plea against ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd, which owns Republic TV, and its editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami over the use of ‘Nation Wants To Kno...

Ormax Media appoints Sanket Kulkarni as head of business development – theatrical

Ormax Media has announced the appointment of Sanket Kulkarni as head of business development (theatrical). Kulkarni will be in charge of the company's Indian film industry business development and account servicing initiatives. In the areas of content, marketing, and business strategy, he and his t...

Viacom18 appoints Kiran Mani as digital biz CEO

Viacom18 has appointed Google's Kiran Mani as the CEO of the digital business. Currently, Mani is Google's General Manager and MD for Android and Google Play for Asia Pacific. Mani will be in charge of driving the growth of JioCinema, which has disrupted the video streaming market with its free offer...

Manoj Dobhal takes over as Dish TV CEO

Manoj Dobhal has taken over as the new CEO of India’s first home-grown DTH service, Dish TV. Dhobal said in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday, “Grateful & Thankful to everyone at Dish TV India Ltd. To all stakeholders for ...

Govt. assures Delhi HC on rules to check vulgarity on SM, OTT platforms

The Centre or the federal government has assured the Delhi High Court that its policy governing social media platforms and intermediaries will incorporate necessary rules and regulations to ensure the space occupied by them is fr...

Astrum Advisory appoints Sunil Lulla as Chairman

Sunil Lulla has been named chairman of Astrum, India's first science-based specialist reputation management advisory. Lulla will be instrumental in strengthening Astrum's position as a trusted ad...

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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!