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Shemaroo appoints Saurabh Srivastava as COO for digital business division

Shemaroo Entertainment, a prominent media and entertainment company, has appointed Saurabh Srivastava as (COO) for its Digital Business division. Srivastava brings a wealth of experience to his new role, having previously served as the Head of Product & Revenue Strategy for the Hindi Entertainmen...

Moneycontrol appoints Javed Sayed as chief content & strategy officer

Moneycontrol, a leading financial news platform, has appointed Javed Sayed as its Chief Content & Strategy Officer. Sayed brings a wealth of experience to the role, having previously l...

BBC suspends presenter amid allegations of teenager photos scandal

A BBC news presenter has been suspended amid allegations of involvement in a scandal concerning explicit photos with a teenager. The presenter is accused of paying a teenage individual thousands of pounds to pose for sexually explicit images, starting when the person was 17 years...

Disney Star Aravamudhan K joins Viacom18 as Head of Public Policy

Disney Star's Aravamudhan K, widely known as Aru in the broadcast industry, has recently joined Viacom18 to lead the company's public policy efforts. With over 15 years of experience at Star India, now a part of The Walt Disney Company (TWDC), Aru brings a wealth of expertise in government relations a...

Unleashing the Power of Connectivity: DoT, MYGOV launches Bharat Internet Utsav

To celebrate the transformative role of the Internet, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in collaboration with MYGOV, is celebrating Bharat Internet Utsav, in which citizens can share videos of up to 2 minutes on how the internet has transformed people's lives on any of the social media handles with the...

Jio to sign $1.7 billion 5G gear deal with Nokia

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the telecom arm of India's Reliance Industries, is expected to sign a $1.7 billion contract with Nokia to acquire 5G network equipment. According to Economic Times, the deal could be finalized this week in Helsinki...

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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!