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Indian advertising to grow by 20%; global figure by 19%: GroupM

The mid-year forecast done annually of the media industry by GroupM, in 2021 has thrown up some interesting numbers. Global advertising is expected to grow by 19 per cent (excluding U.S. political advertising) during 2021, a significant upward revision from December forecast.

This re...

Aaron Herps new GM of AVIA’s anti-piracy body

Hong Kong-registered the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has appointed Aaron Herps as the General Manager of its Coalition Against Piracy (CAP), following the departure of Neil Gane, who is taking up a position with the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, a unit of Motion Pictures Association of America...

Global TV services mkt. to grow at 5.4% CAGR in 2021-27

A new report published by Allied Market Research says the global television services market size is expected to reach $499, 800 million by 2027 at a CAGR of 5.4 per cent from 2021 to 2027.

Rise in adoption of subscription based revenue models in developing countries and high populate...

Aimed to carve up Big Tech, US antitrust bills introduced

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced four bills on Friday aimed at reining in the power of the tech giants, with one potentially leading to their break-up.

Two of the bills address the issue of giant companies, such as Amazon.com Inc and Alp...

NYOOOZ offers free ad space to support distressed, small local biz

NYOOOZ, one of the few independent local city-specific news publishing platforms in India, has decided to offer free ad space equivalent to Rest. 25 lakhs (Rs. 25,00,000) to help all distressed and small businesses in tier 2 and tier 3 cities.

This initiative is to help the small bus...

Viacom18 appoints Vivek Sharma as head of branded content

Viacom18, India’s fastest growing media and entertainment network, announced the appointment of Vivek Mohan Sharma as Head of Branded Content.

Vivek will be reporting to Mahesh Shetty, Head, Network Sales, Viacom18, a press release issued by Viacom18 said. In his new role, Sharma will be responsible for leadi...

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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!