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TV ratings for ongoing IPL down as per audience data

TV ratings for TATA Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL) have been seeing a significant fall in its current season. Along with weakening viewership, the advertiser count on linear TV is on a declining trend this year.

As per the latest BARC India aud...

BARC ratings: CNN-News18 tops English news genre

As per the latest data released by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, CNN-News18 has continued its dominance in the English news segment, with 243 AMA’000s on ...

IPL 2023: Advertisers and viewers desert TV for digital

The current season of the TATA Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL) has seen a significant drop in TV ratings. Along with declining viewership, the number of advertisers on Linear TV is decreasing this year. According to the most recent BARC data, the frequency of IPL match-watching on TV is decreasing. The n...

JioCinema becomes official streaming partner for Poker Sports League

The Poker Sports League (PSL) has announced JioCinema as its official streaming partner for Season 5. The tournament will begin on July 22 and will be streamed live exclusively on Jio Cinema until the grand finale on August 20 with a prize pool of Rs 1.5 crore. Pranav Bagai, CEO and Co-found...

Viacom18 acquires rights for Ultimate Table Tennis S4

Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) will return to India for Season 4 in collaboration with sports network Viacom18 as the exclusive media partner.

The league will be live-streamed on JioCinema and broadcast on Sports18 as part of the partner...

SPN names Sania Mirza as tennis brand ambassador

Sania Mirza has been named tennis Ambassador for Sony Sports Network by the sports broadcaster Sony Sports Network. Mirza will appear on the network as an expert panellist. The Australian Open, Roland-Garros, and US Open, as well as the Davis Cup, are all broadcast on Sony Sports Network. ...

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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!