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Network18 appoints Puneet Singhvi as CSO, Mitul Sangani to lead News18 Digital as CEO

In a strategic leadership realignment aimed at strengthening its core digital and strategic operations, Network18 has appointed Puneet Singhvi as the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of the group and elevated Mitul Sangani to the role of Chief Executive Officer of News18 Digital. The announcement, made on April 4, signals Network18’s intent to sh...

No proposal received for Indian Starlink-like service: Govt

The Indian government has said it has not received any proposal from any Indian company to operate or collaborate with Indian space agency ISRO for satellites similar to Elon Musk’s Starlink, which offers high-speed broadband-via-satellite to consumers around the globe and is now seeking to enter the Indian market to...

Rahul Kanwal quits TVTN; rumoured to be joining NDTV group

Luytens Delhi and the Press Club of India were rife with rumours for over 48 hours about TV Today Network’s Rahul Kanwal leaving for greener pastures. Late evening yesterday the confirmation came in the form of an official announcement by the TVTN boss Kallie Purie.

“After more than ...

India’s startups shine at Games24x7’s TechXpedite pitch day

India’s most promising tech startups took center stage as Games24x7 hosted the Pitch Day of its TechXpedite Accelerator Program, providing a platform for 12 selected ventures to showcase their innovative solutions. The startups—Choira, Mple.ai, Glovatrix, LiaP...

WAVES ‘Create in India Challenge’ crosses 85k registrations

The Create in India Challenge (CIC) Season-1, launched as part of the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) set to take place in Mumbai from May 1-4, has achieved a new milestone of crossing 85,000 registrations, in...

DD FreeDish subs base 49mn homes; likely to reach 53mn: FICCI-EY report

Forty-nine million homes! Some may say the figure is debatable --- insisting the number’s higher. But still there’s an official ring to it now.

“We estimate that free TV, on the back of Prasar Bharati’s (Doordarshan) FreeDish satellite service, grew in 2024 to reach around 49 million...

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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!