Industry - Indian Broadcasting World

Google elevates Gaurav Bhaskar as director of corporate communications & public affairs SEA and SA

Google's Gaurav Bhaskar has been elevated as director of corporate communications & public affairs, SEA, and SA and will now be based out of Singapore. Previously, he was the director of corporate communication, in India. Bhaskar announced this update on his LinkedIn profile and his post reads: “After 13+ years with Google in India, I'...

ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT elevates Sanjeev Agarwal as COO

ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT LTD. (OIL) the subsidiary of NXTDigital Limited (NDL), the media vertical of the global conglomerate, Hinduja Group, has elevated Sanjeev Agarwal as Chief Operating Officer (COO). NXTDigital made this announcement via a LinkedIn post, 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗲𝗲𝘃 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗹, Mumbai-based broadband industry executive ...

NDTV scribes fear job cuts after Adani deal goes through

Shares in India's NDTV Ltd. jumped the maximum permitted 5 percent to a 14-year high on Wednesday, after billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate moved to take a near 30 percent stake in the media group that could eventually lead to it taking control.

New Delhi Television's (NDTV) sha...

Havas Worldwide India appoints Anupama Ramaswamy as CCO

Havas Worldwide India has appointed Anupama Ramaswamy as its chief creative officer (CCO). She comes on board to further catapult the creative transformation of the agency, which has seen unparalleled business growth over the last three years. Ramaswamy will be reporting to Bobby Pawar, chairman, and chief creative officer, Havas Group Ind...

Adani Group bets big on media; acquires majority NDTV stake

India's Adani Group said on Tuesday its media unit will buy a majority stake in New Delhi Television, one of nation's most popular, in the most high-profile bet by billionaire Gautam Adani in the vibrant media sector.

Adani's unit will indirectly buy a 29.18 percent stake in New Delh...

S. Sivanandan named new head of Disney+Hotstar

It’s sort of a homecoming for Sajith Sivanandan, named on Tuesday by Disney as the new head of Disney+Hotstar, as he had started his media career with Star TV in the mid-1990s, responsible for certain regional markets for music channel Channel V, which was shuttered by Star in 2018.

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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!