News - Indian Broadcasting World

Govt. to crackdown on surrogate ads; firms, endorsers to face heat

India, which bans direct advertising of liquor, is set to announce sweeping rules that will bar even surrogate ads and sponsoring of events, which could force firms such as Carlsberg, Pernod Ricard and Diageo to redraw marketing campaigns.

Such "surrogate ads" often get round the ban...

SPNI responds to Tata Play’s removal of Sony channels from bouquets

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has expressed concern over Tata Play's unexpected decision to remove Sony channels from the bouquets of nearly 10 mn subscribers. The company believes this move was made without prior notice to SPNI or consideration for subscribers'...

Ritesh Khosla appointed general counsel of SPNI

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has announced the appointment of Ritesh Khosla as the new General Counsel, effective September 1, 2024. He will succeed Ashok Nambissan, who is retiring after a distinguished tenure. Ritesh Khosla, with over two decades of experience, began his career as a practicing lawyer before joining

Network18 identifies new focus areas, Avinash Kaul and Puneet Singhvi to drive business growth

Network18 has announced new focus areas for its leadership team to better navigate the evolving media landscape and enhance focus on product innovation, technology, and audience growth. These strategic moves are designed to boost revenue and improve cost efficiency amidst a rapidly changing news delivery environment. In a memo to senior manag...

Mona Jain exits Zee Media after 1.5 Years as CRO

Mona Jain, Chief Revenue Officer at Zee Media Corporation Limited (ZMCL), is departing the organisation after a tenure of 1 year and 6 months. Jain's plans remain undisclosed. At Zee Media, Jain was instrumental in overseeing the network’s revenue strate...

Star terminates $1.5 bn deal with Zee

Disney-owned Star India has terminated its alliance agreement with Zee Entertainment for the USD 1.5 billion International Cricket Council (ICC) TV rights on June 20, according to a regulatory filing by Zee. However, the broadcaster has decided to seek damage...

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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!