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Zee CEO Punit Goenka says open to future mergers

Punit Goenka, CEO of Zee Entertainment, addressed key questions surrounding the company's performance, leadership changes, and the much-discussed merger with Sony in an interview with Zee Business news channel.

Goenka clarified that while the merger with Sony did not materialize, he ...

WAVES’ Tech Triumph S3 to showcase India’s gaming talents

World Audio Visual Entertainment Summit (WAVES), IEIC and WinZO have launched the Tech Triumph Season 3 to showcase India’s gaming innovation at global platforms

A win in Tech Triumph Season 3, the nation’s biggest gaming competition, will earn the winners a chance to showcase their ...

Parliamentary panel to petition MIB on digital media content rules

Several members of a parliamentary committee yesterday raised the issue of social media influencer Ranveer Allahbadia’s crass comments on a YouTube show called ‘India’s Got Latent’, calling for strict action and strengthening measures to curb such incidents.

BJD MP Sasmit Pa...

Zee News, Times Navbharat bid Rs. 13 cr+ for FreeDish slots

There was some hectic action in auction for shelf space on Doordarshan FreeDish amongst news channels, as per information available from the industry.

Zee News paid Rs.13.55 crore for a slot, while Times Navbharat coughed up Rs. 13.40 crore.

Earlier,...

WAVES Reel making challenge gets 3k+ entries from 20 nations

It’s like shaping the future of storytelling --- one Reel at a time. The WAVES 2025 Reel-making challenge, one of the many such challenges organised by the Indian government, has received 3,379 registrations from across India and 20 countries as of February 5.

The WAVES (World Audio-...

JioStar Network appoints Yojana Phadnis as creative strategy manager

JioStar Network has named Yojana Phadnis as Manager Creative Strategy for Star Sports, bringing her extensive expertise in marketing and communications within the media and entertainment industry to the role. Phadnis, who announced her appointment on Linke...

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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!