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India TV marks No.1 position in style with gala celebrations

India’s leading Hindi news channel India TV has been on the top of the nation’s news rating charts (BARC: 15+, HSM, 6-24 hrs) continuously for the last six weeks and it was time for all its staff to celebrate the occasion at a glittering party hosted by Chairman & Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma and Managing Director Ritu Dhawan at the Taj Pala...

ABP Live launches new campaign for smart TV app

ABP Network has launched a promotional campaign for its ABP Live smart TV app. The app, which is available on Android TV, Apple TV, Fire TV, LG Smart TV and other platforms, offers a range of advanced features that make it a must-have for any Indian television viewer. The new promotional campaign is designed with special features specifica...

Good News Today to air new season of ‘The Horses Stable’

After a successful stint last year, Good News Today (GNT) is all set to release the new season of ‘The Horses Stable: Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikander’ on July 23. Sponsored by Bada Business and GM Modular, the show is a joint...

India TV dominates with 13% mkt. share in Hindi news category

India TV’s dominance of the Hindi-speaking market (HSM) continued for yet another week as, according to BARC India data, its market share was the highest (13.0 percent) amongst the twelve Hindi news channels. A close second was Aaj Tak, which had a market share of 12.8 percent in the HSM with Republic Bharat in the third position with 12 perc...

British MPs for continuance of BBC public funding

Members of the Communications and Digital Committee of the UK House of Lords (Upper House) while frowning down on BBC’s “stagnation and decline”, have, however, favoured continuance of public funding of the broadcaster, apart from additional alternatives.

The new report, titled ‘Lice...

TV9 launches multilingual personal finance OTT app

TV9 Network has announced the launch of Money9, India’s first multilingual personal finance OTT channel. A unique proposition, the company said in a statement, the Money9 OTT app is now live on Android and IOS platforms with seven language options—- Hindi, English, Bangla, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati and Kannada. Money9 is committed to de-ja...

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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!