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Vaishnaw promises more telecom reforms; urges industry to play its part

The Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the telecom sector in the country will witness more reforms in coming years, but asserted that the industry too will have to do its bit and reciprocate by improving quality of service significantly.

News18 Tamilnadu appoints senior scribe Karthigaichelvan as editor

News18 Tamilnadu, a leading Tamil news and current affairs channel owned by Network18, has appointed senior journalist Karthigaichelvan S as its editor.

Karthigaichelvan S shared the news on his Twitter account. Karthiga...

CNN appoints Marc Stewart as Asia correspondent

CNN has announced the appointment of Marc Stewart as an international correspondent to be based in Asia.

He will be responsible for reporting on key stories from the Asia-Pacific region for the network’s television and digital platforms. Stewart has reported from several countries in the Asia-Pacific region d...

Planet Marathi OTT announces new appointments

Planet Marathi OTT, Vistas Media Capital Company, has announced two new appointments, Shailesh Amonkar and Darshan Gangakhedkar in the roles of strategic advisors. They will assume responsibilities of mentoring and guiding the team on monetization and str...

The Advertising Club re-elects Partha Singh as president

The advertising, marketing, and media industry’s apex body – The Advertising Club announced the Managing Committee for the current fiscal, at its 68th Annual General Meeting. Partha Sinha, President – Response Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., has been re-elected to lead the body. Speaking about the appointment, Partha Sinha, President, of ...

Sony, Zee ready to offer concessions to cool CCI merger concerns

A unit of Sony Group and India's Zee Entertainment have proposed offering concessions such as pricing discounts to help ease concerns of the country's antitrust regulator over their merger, which will create a $10-billion TV behemoth, two sources told Reuters.

The concessions are a b...

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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!