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BARC Week 48: Star Plus, Sun TV lead in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 48th Week (26th November – 2nd December 2022) has released its report. In India, Star Plus has been taking the first spot in all genres with 2506.37 impressions (All India 2+), whereas Sun TV has taken the second spot with 2505.95 impressions, and Star Ma...

Aakash Singhal joins TV9 Bharatvarsh as chief manager sales

Aakash Singhal, a sales and marketing professional, has joined TV9 Bharatvarsh as Chief Manager (Group Head) - Sales. Singhal was most recently Senior Manager - Sales at Aaj Tak HD, and he announced the move on LinkedIn. During his time at

Manoj Bajpayee courtroom drama titled ‘Bandaa’

On Wednesday, acclaimed actor Manoj Bajpayee revealed the title of his upcoming courtroom drama and it’s called 'Bandaa.' Vinod Bhanushali's Bhanushali Studios Limited, Suparn S Varma, and Zee Studios are producing the film. The actor, who shared the title and his first look fro...

Govt. blocked 827 pornographic websites in 2018: IT Ministry

The Indian government had directed Internet Service Providers to block 827 websites that hosted pornographic content in 2018 even as monitoring harmful websites is a continuous process, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) said Wednesday. In 2018, Government directed Internet S...

Kirti Kulhari’s short film to premiere on Disney+Hotstar

Streaming platform Disney+Hotstar will release the short film 'Rest Of The Night,' starring actor Kirti Kulhari, on Saturday. Prayrit Seth wrote and directed the short, which stars Kirti...

Ofcom to study impact of adverts in & around TV shows

A new audience research commissioned by UK’s media and telecoms regulator Ofcom reveals viewers’ attitudes towards commercial references in and around TV programmes. In addition to income from adverts in commercial breaks, broadcasters can generate revenue from references in programmes. These commer...

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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!