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Pranav Bakshi quits Times Network

Pranav Bakshi, Senior Vice President, Head of Digital Video, Strategy, Partnerships, and Marketing at Times Network, has decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities. He announced his departure from the group on LinkedIn at noon on Friday, saying, "With nearly a decade done! It's time ...

Gurinder ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ Chadha to direct Disney musical

‘Bend It Like Beckham’ filmmaker Gurinder Chadha is all set to direct a Disney musical feature, inspired by a dynamic princess from Indian history.

According to a PTI report from Los Angeles, which quoted entertainment news outlet Deadline, the filmmaker will co-write the sc...

WBD promotes David Decker to oversee content sales

David Decker has been promoted to Warner Bros. Discovery's President, Content Sales, effective January 2, 2023. Bruce Campbell, Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer, Warner Bros. Discovery, announced ...

Ravish Kumar quits NDTV

Senior journalist Ravish Kumar has decided to quit his post as senior executive editor at NDTV India. As per an IANS report, the news channel is said to have announced his resignation through an internal communication on Wednesday. NDTV said that his resignation came into effect immediately. “Few jour...

Rohit Jain new IAMAI chief of Digital Entertainment Committee

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), on Wednesday, said it has appointed Rohit Jain, MD, Emerging Markets Asia, Lionsgate, as the new Chairman of its Digital Entertainment Committee for the period of 2022 to 2024. He is succeeding Amit Goenka, Head of ZEE5 Global. Meanwhile, Amit Doshi, ...

Accuracy more important than speed in news reporting: Anurag Thakur

India’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said that ‘presenting authentic information is the prime responsibility of media’ and that facts should be properly checked before they are put in the public domain.

He al...

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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!