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Rahul Sarangi joins Disney + Hotstar as VP

MX Player Vice President & Head- New Business, Rahul Sarangi has resigned from his post and joined Disney + Hotstar as Vice President- Head of Short Form & New Content Initiatives. Rahul has nearly two decades of experience across digital and linear content as well as production a...

ASCI issues final guidelines for influencers to promoting brands

The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) on Thursday, 27 May, issued the final guidelines for influencer advertising on digital media. The draft guidelines initially were issued in February and take the feedback from the stakeholders- advertisers, agencies, influencers, and consumers. ASCI also tied up with Big Bang Social, which ...

Network18 Digital appoints Siddharth Raj Jain as CTO

The country’s premier multilingual digital news platform, Network18, has announced the appointment of Siddharth Raj Jain as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Network18 Digital. Siddharth will lead all t...

हिंदुस्तान टाइम्स समूह के साथ जुड़ीं भावना लालचंदानी

हिंदुस्तान टाइम्स समूह का डिजिटल बिजनेस संभालने वाली कंपनी 'एचटी डिजिटल स्ट्रीम' ने भावना लालचंदानी को बतौर वाइस प्रेजिडेंट (डिजिटल बिजनेस और कैटेगरी हेड) के रूप में नियुक्त किया है। बता दें कि भावना लालचंदानी इससे पहले सोनी म्यूजिक एंटरटेनमेंट में जनरल मैनेजर के तौर पर अपनी जिम्मेदारी निभा रही थी। भावना लालचंदानी को इंडस्ट्री का 17 सालों से ...

IBF reboots itself; gets digital ready

The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), the apex body of broadcasters, is being renamed as Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF), as it expands its purview to cover digital platforms to bring all digital (OTT) players under one roof. IBDF is in the process of forming a new wholly-owned subsidiary to handle all matters pertaining to...

Media industry veteran & IBW’s advisor Col. Khare passes away

Media industry’s veteran and Indianbroadcastingworld’s member of advisory board Col (Retd.) V.C. Khare has passed away at his Noida home after a brief hospitalization.

Often referred to as the Bhishma Pitamah (the ageless and knowledgeable warrior of Mahabharat), C...

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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!