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Disney bags India, Asia b’cast rights for Aussie cricket

The Australian cricket chief said Sunday they had agreed to sell broadcasting rights in India to Disney Star in a seven-year deal, reportedly worth hundreds of millions of dollars, which includes the popular men’s and women’s Big Bash T20 leagues.

The Walt Disney-owned media group is...

Disney plans to raise ESPN+ subscription fee 43%

Walt Disney Co. plans to raise the monthly subscription fee for its sports streaming platform ESPN+ by $3 a month, a 43% hike, the company has announced.

The price of an ESPN+ subscription in the US will rise to $9.99 per month starting August 23, while the cost of an annual subscrip...

SPNI acquires rights for Athletics Championships

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has acquired the media rights for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, which is scheduled from July 15 – 24, 2022, in Eugene, Oregon, United States. As per the company, this deal will give SPN rights to broadcast the upcoming edition of the World Athletics Championships on its sports channels across Indi...

Wardwizard Innovations to sponsor India tour of Ireland ‘22

Wardwizard Innovations and Mobility, the manufacturer of ‘Joy e-bike’, has become the official ‘Powered By’ sponsor of the Indian cricket team’s tour of Ireland 2022. For the first time since 2018, India and Ireland will square off at Malahide Cricket Club Ground in a T20I series and lock horns in two matches in Dublin from 26-28 June 2022. ...

Sony Sports to air India tour of Ireland, England

Sony Sports Network is all set to provide Indian fans with non-stop cricketing action. Starting June 26, 2022, the broadcaster will Live telecast two bilateral series with an India tour of Ireland and an India tour of England in succession. Team India returns to the shores of Ireland for two T20i matches after their last series there in 2018....

ICC to release today media rights tender for India market

The International Cricket Council (ICC) will release its first Invitation To Tender (ITT) for media rights for the next cycle of

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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!