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Anil Jayaraj quits as head of Viacom18 Sports

Anil Jayaraj, the CEO of Sports at Viacom18, has called it quits after a near three-year stint. The development comes at a time when the Reliance Industries-backed company is amid a merger with Walt Disney's Star India, the Econom...

Nachiket Pantvaidya named GM of SPI India

Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced the appointment of veteran executive Nachiket Pantvaidya as the General Manager of Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP) in India. In this new role, Nachiket will oversee local Indian productions, collaborati...

DD News, AIR emerge as highly trusted news brands in a Reuters study

Despite declining trusts in some news brands in India --- especially as alternative sources like social media being available and

ABP Network appoints Samvrit Bhattacharya as national sales director for digital sales

ABP Network has announced the appointment of Samvrit Bhattacharya as the national sales director for digital sales. Based in Noida and reporting directly to Rupali Fernandes, Bhattacharya will focus on scaling revenue, delivering impactful client solutions, an...

Sansad TV, IGNCA in pact for content on Indian art & culture

To make Indian art and culture more accessible to the people, an important agreement has been signed between the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and Sansad TV (Parliament television).

Under this agreement, not only programmes produced by IGNCA will be telecast on S...

Sony Pictures Ent buys US cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has acquired US cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the companies said on Wednesday, a move that will give the studio control over movie distribution.

The movie theatre chain will be managed under SPE's newly established division,

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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!