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ZEEL files application to recall NCLT order

Zee Entertainment Enterprises has filed an application with the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) seeking the recall of the tribunal's August 10, 2023 order, which sanctioned the merger scheme with Sony Group Corporation's India media units, Culver Max Entertainment and Bangla Entertainment. The Indian entertainment giant filed the applica...

NBF raises FreeDish, CTV issues in meeting with PM

A delegation of the News Broadcasters Federation (NBF), an industry body of TV news channels, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday and discussed a host of issues. According to some people who attended the meeting, the NBF delegation raised, amongst others, the issues of DD FreeDish slot auctions, the downside of having singular audience...

WBD appoints Shauna Spenley global CMO of D2C biz

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has appointed Shauna Spenley as the Global Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for its direct-to-consumer segment, overseeing streaming marketing efforts for WBD’s key products, including Max and Discovery+.

Ambani: RIL, Disney India merger start of new entertainment era

A day after anti-trust regulator CCI greenlit the mega merger of media assets of RIL and Walt Disney, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani yesterday said the deal marks the beginning of a new era in India's entertainment industry.

Welcoming Disney to the Reliance family, Ambani said just ...

PM Modi to meet NBF to discuss future of news industry

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet with a delegation from the News Broadcasters Federation (NBF), India’s largest body of news broadcasters, on Thursday in New Delhi. The meeting aims to discuss the future of the broadcast news industry in India, add...

Cabinet approves expansion of private FM Radio to 234 new cities, towns

In a significant move to expand the reach of private FM radio across India, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the rollout of FM radio services to 234 new cities and towns. This initiative will be carried out through the third batch of ascending e-auctions for 730 FM channels, with an estimated reserve pr...

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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!