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Havas Worldwide India bolsters strategy, planning teams with key appointments

Havas Worldwide India, a prominent creative entity under Havas India, has taken significant strides in enhancing its strategic prowess and account planning expertise. The agency has recently welcomed two noteworthy additions to its team – Mohini Varma, now serving as Executive Vice President & Planning ...

Priya Dogra leaves WBD

Priya Dogra, who has served as the head of Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA for 14 years, is departing from her position due to the discontinuation of her role following the high-profile merger of Warner Media and Discovery. Dogra had played a cr...

Subhash Chandra poised to regain Dish TV control: Mint report

Media maverick and India’s home-grown moghul Subhash Chandra is difficult to write off. And, true to his style, he’s poised to stage a media comeback by regaining control of the country's first private sector DTH service, Dish TV, along with few other assets.

LS passes by voice vote Data Protection Bill

India’s lower house of parliament Monday approved a Bill that seeks to ease data storage, processing and transfer norms for Big Tech companies as well as local firms seeking growth abroad.

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DD National to air new series showcasing India’s illustrious history

Doordarshan, India's public broadcaster, is set to air a new series, 'Sone ki Chidiya - Naya Bharat, Nayi Udan,' to highlight India's glorious past and steps to reclaim it through a collective effort of nation-building. The Saadho Sangha Foundation, a spiritual movement based in Dharamsh...

DD FreeDish supports 357 edu TV channels: Anurag Thakur

India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati facilitates delivery and supports 357 educational TV channels, including co-branded ones, on Doordarshan’s DTH service, FreeDish, the government has said. “Prasar Bharati has made 51 co-branded educational TV channels available to the viewers on

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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!