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BBC to launch a new, upgraded news channel next April

BBC is coming out with a new channel which is likely to launch next year, according to the British public broadcaster, and is part of plans to have a digital-led organisation. The new product will replace its two existing separate news channels for UK and global audiences. The channel, which will be called BBC News, is expected to launch in A...

News18 Bihar/Jh, News18 UP/UK launch sawan-related shows

The month of sawan (mid-July to mid-August) marks the start of the monsoon season in India and is devoted to worshipping Lord Shiva. News18 HSM channels will also celebrate this holy month with a special programming lineup ...

Aaj Tak, Sudhir Chaudhary launch new digital campaign

Aaj Tak, the flagship Hindi news channel from the India Today Group, and veteran journalist Sudhir Chaudhary broke records with their new technology-driven interactive digital campaign. Chaudhary had recently joined Aaj Tak as Consulting Editor after quitting his editor’s post at Zee Media sometime back. According to a statement from Aaj T...

TV9 Network announces several digital services for HSMs

TV9 Network, with its content distributed across digital platforms, is set to expand its reach further with the launch of digital channels in key Hindi-speaking markets (HSMs) like Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.

News18 Assam launches ‘fight the flood’ campaign

News18 Assam-Northeast, owned by Network18 on July 6, launched ‘Fight the Flood – Stand with Assam’, a unique campaign urging viewers to donate to the CM’s relief fund and accelerate rehabilitation. It is high time when we all should come together and join hands for the brothers and sisters of Assam, the channel said in a statement. This s...

Sudhir Chaudhary joins Aaj Tak after leaving Zee News

Sudhir Chaudhary will be joining as Consulting Editor in Aaj Tak. Sudhir and Aaj Tak are collaborating to bring to 100 million viewers an exciting new show anchored by him. This show will be under the supervision of News Director Supriya Prasad. “I know the mills have been hyperactive and this announcement should give a closure :-). The na...

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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!