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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 (

Disney, Reliance working on ops merger: Report

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Walt Disney Co. are finalising details of a non-binding term sheet to move ahead with plans to merge their India media and entertainment operations, said executives involved in the matter....

NxtDigital HR chief Thakur honoured with leadership award

Vaishali Thakur, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at NXTDIGITAL, has been honoured with the esteemed Great Indian HR Empowerment Leader Award. The accolade, curated by Transformance, stands as a testament to Thakur's unwavering dedication, innovation, and remarkable contributions to the HR domain, NxtD...

Prasanth Kumar re-elected AAAI president; Rana Barua appointed Vice President

Prasanth Kumar, CEO, South Asia of Group M Media (India) Pvt. Ltd was re-elected as President of the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for the years 2023–24 at the Annual General Meeting of AAAI held on December 1. Ran...

Parliamentary panel discusses GST burden on cable TV distributors

India’s parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and IT, which also has the cable TV broadcast sector under its jurisdiction, discussed recently in detail the issue of GST levied on cable TV distributors and its impact, apart from other industry related matters.

According t...

Viacom18, Netflix, others to lobby for B’cast Services Bill revamp

Netflix, billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Viacom18 and other streaming companies plan to collectively lobby the Indian government to delay or revamp a broadcast bill they fear will be onerous for the sector, sources familiar with the matter ...

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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!