Sports - Indian Broadcasting World

Pro Kabaddi League 12 opens with record-breaking viewership on JioStar

The twelfth season of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) stormed onto screens with a roaring start, as Opening Day ratings on JioStar Network outperformed last year’s debut. On the digital front, the league witnessed a threefold rise in reach, while overall watch-...

IPL tickets to cost more as GST upped from 28% to 40%

Indian cricket fans, who love turning up for IPL matches across the country, will have to shell out more for tickets next season with the government raising the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on admission to these games from 28 per cent to 40 per cent.

According to a Ministry of Financ...

BCCI opens bidding to fill Dream11’s jersey slot

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has invited bids to fill the lead sponsorship slot left vacant by Dream11, as the fantasy sports giant exited in the wake of stricter regulations on online gaming. According to IANS, the BCCI on Tuesday released an official Invitation for Expression of Interest (IEOI) for the Indian national te...

BGMS S4 returns with bigger format

The OnePlus Android Battlegrounds Mobile India Masters Series (BGMS) is back with its fourth season, promising to be the biggest edition of the tournament so far. Organised by NODWIN Gaming in association with JioStar, the tournament will air live on Star Sports Khel and JioHotstar from August 18 to September 14 between 5 pm and 8 pm. This year’...

ICC, Google in pact to elevate women’s cricket, fan engagement

The International Cricket Council (ICC) will partner with Google to enhance fan engagement in women’s cricket via a landmark women’s-only global partnership. The collaboration will lead to the world cricket governing body leveraging the tech giant’s advanced technology and commitment to supporting women’s sports, en...

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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!