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NBCU names Mark Marshall global advertising chief

NBCUniversal named Mark Marshall chairman of global advertising and partnerships on Wednesday, making permanent a role he has held since becoming interim chairman in May, when ad chief Linda Yaccarino left the company to become CEO of Twitter, now known as X. "Mark stepped into this role on an inter...

Wardwizard Appoints Tarun Sharma as president marketing & branding

Wardwizard Innovations and Mobility Ltd., a leading manufacturer of electric vehicles in India under the renowned 'Joy e-bike' brand, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tarun Sharma as the President of Marketing and Branding. This strategic move marks a significant step forward for the company in it...

Viacom18 bags TV, digital rights for India cricket to up dominance

Viacom 18 yesterday created a near monopoly in the Indian cricket broadcasting sphere by bagging both TV and digital rights of the national team’s home series for the next five years with a cumulative bid of approximately Rs 6,000 crore, beating Star India and Sony in a three-way battle.

On News18 India, Minister Puri explains LPG price cut rationale

News18 India's Managing Editor Kishore Ajwani conducted an exclusive interview with Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas with the main theme centered around the government’s decision to reduce the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders for domestic use by Rs 200 per cyl...

Former BBC, NYT chief Mark Thompson to head CNN

News industry leader and former chief of BBC and New York Times Mark Thompson has been appointed to the role of Chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) said yesterday Thompson will report to WBD CEO David Zaslav and the appointment will be effective on October 9. In his new role, T...

Of succession, JioAirFiber launch & Jio Platforms’ global ambitions

Asia’s richest person Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani doesn’t believe in doing things small. He only makes the announcements --- and big ones at that --- when the finished product or service or plan is ready to disrupt the status quo. Even as he smoothed the way for his three kids to succeed him, wife Nita on the company’s Board in a thought-out succ...

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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!