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Sony LIV’s Rocket Boys S2 partners with Swiggy

Sony LIV's critically acclaimed show ‘Rocket Boys’, which tells the story of India's greatest scientists, has returned for season 2. The show has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from both audiences and critics. Sony ...

Sony Music Entertainment India appoints Vinit Thakkar as MD

Sony Music Entertainment India (SME) today announced the appointment of Vinit Thakkar as the company's managing director. Thakkar will be in charge of the company's operations in one of the world's fastest-growing and most dynamic music markets, working closely with regional and global teams to str...

News18 India announces flagship summit ‘Chaupal’

The next edition of News18 India Chaupal, the company's flagship initiative, is set to take place. The highly anticipated event will bring together the who's who of politics as well as thought leaders from a variety of other fiel...

Aaj Tak leads pay TV; ABP News tops FTA universe: ChromeDM

The distribution game in the world of broadcasting can be a fickle little thing. To maximize returns in an oversaturated market, broadcasters must strategize wisely and devise a clever plan. While most genres depend on their content to garner posit...

AIDCF team meets Anurag Thakur; highlights industry concerns

A delegation of All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF), an industry body of MSOs, yesterday met Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur and highlighted its concerns in general, including the vexed is...

News channels likely to continue jostling for FreeDish berth

Even as auctions for Bucket D MPEG2 slots on Doordarshan FreeDish continued yesterday, some major TV news channels, who are yet to find a berth on the free to air DTH platform, are likely to bid when Bucket A+ is thrown open again to all genres.

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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!