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Media Sector – TV Industry Channel Check Series – Update & Our view

Posted on 5 years agoNovember 24, 2021 by IBW Admin

We conducted channel checks across various segments of TV/digital to gauge near term business prospects and impact of Sony/Zee merger if it goes through; enclosed below are some snippets from our conference Snippets from our channel check series (TV industry and Zee/Sony Merger) and our view Synergies for Zee/Sony on TV/digital business and cultural impact […]

Jyoti Deshpande made Viacom18 CEO

Posted on 5 years agoOctober 1, 2021 by IBW Admin

Viacom18, Thursday, has announced the appointment of Jyoti Deshpande as chief executive officer (CEO) with immediate effect. She is already serving on the boards of Network18 and investee companies Balaji Telefilms and Saavn Media. In her new assignment, she will help to bring synergies across all of Reliance’s media interests and investments and further equip […]

NBDA elects Rajat Sharma as President

Posted on 5 years ago by IBW Admin

India’s leading body of news broadcasters, News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDA), on Monday announced Rajat Sharma, chairman and editor-in-chief, India TV, has been elected the President at the board meeting. The board also elected Avinash Pandey, chief executive officer, ABP Network Pvt. Ltd., Vice President and M.K. Anand, managing director and chief executive officer, […]

Pen Studios appoints Utpal Das as group CEO

Posted on 5 years agoSeptember 25, 2021 by IBW Admin

Production and distribution company Pen Studios has announced the appointment of Utpal Das as group chief executive officer (CEO). He will be leading all the businesses under Pen Studios and its affiliates, the company announced on their Twitter handle. Das comes with over 30 years of industry experience across engineering, consumer, healthcare, and media. He […]

India DTH platforms petition TRAI on unfair advantage of DD Free Dish

Posted on 5 years agoSeptember 9, 2021 by IBW Admin

If the continued face-off between sector regulator TRAI and broadcasters is a worrying element in these difficult times, another front seems to be simmering that could throw up some more regulatory challenges. Direct to home (DTH) service providers, including Tata Sky, have asked TRAI to level the playing field with pubcaster Doordarshan’s FTA DTH platform DD […]

78% surveyed own smart TV; 65% subscribe to more than one streamer: India report

Posted on 5 years agoSeptember 17, 2021 by IBW Admin

With a digital transformation taking place in India and consumers steadily moving away from traditional linear TV to CTV (connected TV) and streamers, according to a new study, over 65 percent respondents subscribe to more than one OTT app and out of the audience surveyed, 78 percent owned a smart TV. There is over 40 percent adoption for the leading eight OTT […]

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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!