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India TV chairman Rajat Sharma elected president of NBDA

Rajat Sharma, Chairman of India TV, has been elected as the President of the News Broadcasters & Digital Association (NBDA). The decision was unanimously made during a board meeting held today, marking Sharma’s ascent to lead the largest organization r...

Senior journalist Arun Nautiyal passes away

Arun Nautiyal, a distinguished senior journalist with a career spanning nearly three decades, passed away from a sudden heart attack on Sunday night. He was associated with ABP Network for over 20 years and had recently joined Zee News, where he served as Output...

IBDF moves NCLAT against Google’s app service fees

The Indian Broadcasting & Digital Foundation (IBDF), representing television broadcasters and OTT platforms, has approached the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) seeking relief from an interim order by the Competition Commission of India (C...

Adil Zainulbhai reappointed Network18 chairman; Rahul Joshi as MD

Former McKinsey India head Adil Zainulbhai has been reappointed as chairman of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's listed media company Network18, while veteran journalist Rahul Joshi has been given another three-year term as managing di...

Sahil Chopra promoted to AVP at Viacom18 Media

Viacom18 Media Private Limited has announced the promotion of Sahil Chopra to the position of Associate Vice President. Chopra, who previously served as Senior Director of Brand and Sports Marketing at JioCinema, will now take on a broader leadership role within the company. In his previous role at

NBDA makes self regulation changes to include digital news

The News Broadcasters & Digital Association (NBDA) has announced significant amendments to its regulations, aiming to adapt to the rapidly evolving media landscape. The association, representing the collective voice of news, current affairs, and digital bro...

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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!