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Kavitha Jaubin elevated to content, strategy head at aha Telugu

Seasoned media executive Kavitha Jaubin has been elevated to the position of Head of Content & Strategy for aha Telugu. The development was made public by Jaubin herself through a LinkedIn post earlier this week.

Eeshita Ghosh appointed as managing partner at WPP Media

WPP Media has elevated senior media professional Eeshita Ghosh to the role of Managing Partner. The announcement was shared via a recent LinkedIn post, highlighting Ghosh’s extensive experience across leading media agencies and her continued growth within the WPP ecosystem. Prior to this appointment, Ghosh served as Managing Partner and Of...

Edstead appoints Elvis Anthony as CCO

In a strategic move to strengthen its creative leadership, research-driven documentary studio Edstead has announced the appointment of Elvis Anthony as its new Chief Creative Officer & Creative Head. A long-time collaborator and foundational figure at Ed...

On Chrome Talkies, Google’s Neha Barjatya talks marketing & messaging

In the latest episode of Chrome Talkies, Neha Barjatya, Marketing Director at Google India, sat down with Pankaj Krishna, Founder & CEO of Chrome DM, for a deeply reflective conversation on the evolving purpose of marketing. Moving far beyond the confines of...

NBF condemns attack on Mahaa News office

The News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) today strongly condemned an attack on the offices of Monica Broadcasting, which owns and operates, Mahaa News, terming it “a direct assault” on journalistic freedom and integrity. An unruly mob of over 40 people, all...

Gaming a core pillar of India’s M&E economy: MIB Secy Jaju

“Gaming now forms a very important pillar and part of the overall digital media and entertainment landscape,” said Sanjay Jaju, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, while speaking at Storyboard18’s Digital Entertainment Summit (DES) 2025 yesterday. His remarks underscored gaming’s rise from a niche hobby to a major force withi...

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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!