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Zee completes 30 years in India

The private satellite TV industry, the catalyst of the Indian Media & Entertainment Industry, ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., marks the completion of 30 glorious years in India. In its glorious journey of three decades, the Company has consistently evolved, paving its way to become one of the most iconic home-grown brands. From a h...

Zee Media quits the world of BARC audience ratings

In a bold and decisive decision, Zee Media (housing the Zee branded news channels) has decided to quit the BARC India-generated audience ratings system.

In a late evening statement on Tuesday, Zee Me...

CCI gives conditional okay to Sony-Zee merger deal

Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday gave its conditional approval for the proposed merger between media groups Sony and Zee, a PTI report said earlier in the day.

The approval has ...

Jio to launch low-cost 4G laptop; 5G services kickstart in India

Even as Prime Minister Modi launched 5G services in India on Saturday, and Jio and Airtel announced availability of services from Diwali and Oct. 1, respectively in select cities, a media report said on Sunday that Jio will laun...

RailWire customers can now use home b’band plans on RailTel wifi

Broadband RailWire customers can now use their home broadband plans on RailTel's high speed wifi network across 6,105 railway stations, the public sector company said on Saturday.

RailWire...

Disney appoints Carolyn Everson to board

The Walt Disney Company announced that Carolyn Everson, a veteran media and technology executive, will join its Board of Directors, effective November 21. Everson, 50, a well-respected executive with deep experience in consumer-facing companies, will be ...

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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!