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IPL’s TV viewership declines for the second week in a row

Television viewership of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has dipped for the second week in a row. According to the average Broadcast Audience Research Council of India’s TV ratings, viewership of matches in the second week is down by 12-17 percent compared to the first week of the tournament across different age groups. The viewership in ...

Sony Max brings World TV premiere of ‘Ashwamedham’

Hindi Movie channel, backed by Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI), is ready to premiere the thriller film ‘Ashwamedham’ on Sony MAX on April 17 at 12:00 Pm. Starring debutant Dhruva Karunakar, Shivangi Khedkar, and Ambati Arjun amongst others. The movie begins with Dhruva (Dhruva Karunakar), a young man running a chain of cyberc...

Kristen Stewart to star in ‘Love Lies Bleeding’

Hollywood star Kristen Stewart is set to topline a romantic thriller film by director Rose Glass. Titled ‘Love Lies Bleeding’, the film has been set up at Hollywood Studio A24 and examines a romance fuelled by ego, desire, and the American Dream. ‘Glass’, best known for her 2019 indie hit ‘Saint Maud’, is directing from the script as she c...

The Q launches 5 new shows

The Q, India’s youngest Hindi general entertainment channel with a multi-platform presence, continues to solidify its position as the fastest-growing channel in its category. Having experienced success on DD Free Dish since its launch in April 2021, The Q continues to drive innovation and synergies with the creator economy to bring to television...

BARC Rating 14th Week: Sun TV regains top spot in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 14th Week (2nd April – 8th April 2022) has released its report. In India, Sun TV who gets the second spot in the past three weeks has backed again to its seat of the first spot in the list of top 10 channels across genres (All India 2+), the channel registered 2462.15 impressions. Star Maa is i...

Cumulative AIR stations’ listenership Q1-22 56 mn

The listenership of All India Radio live streams on the NewsOnAir App has seen a jump of 2 Million over a period of just one month. Listenership of All India Radio streams witnessed a rise from 17 Million in February 2022 to 19 Million in March 2022. The cumulative listenership for the first quarter of 2022 stood at 56 Million. For the first...

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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!