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Jio Star appoints Vivek Sharma as YME cluster biz head

Jio Star has announced a significant leadership change with the appointment of Vivek Mohan Sharma as the new Business Head of the Youth, Music and English (YME) cluster, The Economic Times reported yesterday. This move comes in the wake of Anshul Ailawadi...

Mayank Dalal takes charge as Gujarat Titans’ head of marketing

Mayank Dalal, a seasoned marketing professional renowned for his strategic expertise in sports media, has officially assumed the role of Head of Marketing at Gujarat Titans. His appointment marks a significant milestone for the IPL franchise, as the team looks to harness innovative marketing strategies to engage its passionate fanbase and fur...

Gayatri Yadav joins Reliance as Group CMO

In a strategic move aimed at reinforcing its market leadership, Reliance Industries has appointed veteran marketer Gayatri Yadav as its new Group Chief Marketing Officer. With over 15 years of experience in spearheading innovative brand strategies and di...

As FreeDish MPEG4 stream is upgraded, applications invited for slots

Prasar Bharati has announced auctions for limited MPEG4 slots on its free DTH platform FreeDish for April 2025-March 2026 period, while clarifying that presently the MPEG4 streams are undergoing upgrades and more rounds of auctions would be held once the process is completed.

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Chrome DM celebrates 17 years, unveils BrandPulse Global leadership team

Chrome DM marked its 17th anniversary with a grand celebration in New Delhi, bringing together stakeholders from across the media and entertainment sector, top business leaders, and government dignitaries for an enchanting evening of reflection and forward-thinking. Hosted by Pankaj Krishna, Founder and CEO of

ZEEL’s acting CHRO Dheeraj Jaggi resigns

Dheeraj Jaggi, the Acting Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL), has resigned from his role, citing personal reasons. This was confirmed by the company in an official exchange filing. Jaggi, who had been instrumental in driving internal transformation, culture, and capabilities within ZEEL, expresse...

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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!