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Excel Entertainment appoints Vishal Ramchandani as CEO

Excel Entertainment has announced the appointment of Vishal Ramchandani as CEO. Vishal, who has been with Excel since 2008, has been an integral part of the company's success, serving as Business Head since 2018. Vishal, who holds an MBA, began his career in film as a Marketing Professional at E...

Shemaroo Entertainment appoints Anuja Trivedi as CMO

Shemaroo Entertainment has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Anuja Trivedi as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Anuja will be in charge of the company's overall marketing strategy, driving business growth, leading strategic initiatives, and strengthening consumer...

Russell Barrett, Mandie van der Merwe, Rajdeepak Das, Pallavi Chakravarti appointed Jury Chairs for ABBY-23

Russell Barrett, Chief Creative Officer of TBWA, Mandie van der Merwe, Chief Creative Officer of Dentsu based in Sydney, Australia, Pallavi Chakravarti, Founder and CCO of Fundamental, and Rajdeepak Das, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Leo Burnett, South Asia & Chairman, Creati...

MIB hands 48-hr suspension to Vissa TV for airing vulgar ads

Telugu news channel Vissa TV, owned by Raj TV Network, has been directed by the Indian government to go off air for 48 hours and later run an apology for five days for airing ‘vulgar’ and ‘misleading’ ads on prime time.

The offending adver...

Abhay Ojha appointed Zee Media CEO after MIB clearance

Abhay Ojha has been named as Chief Executive Officer of Zee Media Corporation (ZMCL), the company said in a regulatory filing. Ojha’s appointment was formalised after the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting gave the necessary clearances as mandated under rules. In February, the company in...

Indian M&E grew 20% in 2022; digital media up by 27%: Ficci-EY report

The Indian media and entertainment (M&E) sector grew 20 per cent in 2022 to reach Rs 2.1 trillion, 10 per cent above its pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to a Ficci-EY report released yesterday.

The digital media’s contribution t...

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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!