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Eutelsat & Sunil Mittal-led OneWeb sign merger pact

French satellite company Eutelsat Communications and its British rival OneWeb, helmed by Indian billionaire Sunil Mittal, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the objective of creating a leading global player in connectivity through the combination of both companies in an all-share transaction, the companie...

Prasar Bharti aims to monetise ‘Swaraj’ on OTT platforms

Prasar Bharati has invited applications from private OTT platforms for exclusive global licensing rights to stream ‘Swaraj- Bharat Ke Swatantrata Sangram Ki Samagra Gatha’, a 75-episode show produced by the pubcaster to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence that will be broadcast on the DD’s network i...

OMG India appoints Anand Chakravarthy as CGO

Omnicom Media Group (OMG) India on Tuesday announced the appointment of Anand Chakravarthy as its new chief growth officer. He will report to Kartik Sharma, group CEO of OMG India. Chakravarthy is set to use his strategic foresight and over two decades of rich industry experience to create new opportunities for growth and play an instrumen...

IAA honours Avinash Pandey with ‘Media Person of the Year’ award

Avinash Pandey, CEO of ABP Network, has won the ‘Media Person of the Year’ award at the 9th edition of ‘IAA Leadership Awards for Excellence in Marketing, Advertising and Media.’ The felicitation ceremony took place on July 25 in Mumbai. The International Advertising Association (IAA) Leadership Awards are given annually to individuals who...

Bharat24 beefs up editorial room; ropes in prominent anchors

Bharat 24, an upcoming national Hindi news channel has further strengthened its editorial team with the appointment of popular Hindi news anchors Mimansa Malik, Sachin Arora, and Poornima Mishra ahead of its launch next month. Malik had announced her departure from Zee News on Saturday itself and, according to indus...

CNN appoints Kristine Coratti to lead global communication

Kristine Coratti Kelly, CCO of the Washington Post, is joining CNN Worldwide as the network's head of global communications. Kelly will head CNN's brand strategy and teams beginning next month, covering media relations and publicity, creative marketing, events and brand initiatives, and employee and external communications. According to Th...

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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!