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Zee asks Sony India for merger deadline extension

India’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises said in a stock exchange filing on Sunday that it had sought a further extension of a merger deadline from the Indian arm of Japan’s Sony Group “to make the scheme effective”. Zee Entertainment said in a separate filing on Saturday that independent board directors Vivek Mehra and Sasha Mirchandani had not...

Shemaroo appoints Swati Darekar Hindi GEC prog. head

Shemaroo Entertainment has made a significant addition to its leadership team by appointing Swati Darekar as the Head of Programming for the Hindi General Entertainment Channel (GEC). With an illustrious career in the domain of General Entertainment Channels, Darekar's expertise is poised to shape th...

Adesh Kumar Gupta steps down as Director from ZEEL

In a recent development, Adesh Kumar Gupta, currently serving as a Director at Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL), has communicated his decision not to pursue re-appointment following the upcoming annual general meeting (AGM). Gupta conveyed this through a formal letter addressed to the company, citing...

Prasar Bharati invites tenders for OTT marketing, PR agency

India’s public broadcaster has invited offers from professional agencies for undertaking marketing and PR activities ahead of the launch of its OTT platform.

The scope of work will include conceptualising, designing non-traditional and attractive merchandise for different audiences a...

BBC India forms new entity to meet FDI regulations

Four BBC staff members on Tuesday announced plans to leave the organization and form a new entity in India named Collective Newsroom, which will provide services "as commissioned by the BBC" and in compliance with the country's foreign direct investment (

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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!