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Shashi Sinha appointed new BARC India Chairman

Shashi Sinha, Chief Executive Officer at IPG Mediabrands India, has been unanimously elected as the new Chairman of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India by the Board following its meeting held on Friday.

Sinha, who also represents the Advertising Agencies Association of I...

5 content self-regulatory bodies registered with MIB: Minister

The Indian government on Friday said that there were 20 legal cases against the IT Rules 2021 pending in various high courts of the country, while five self-regulatory bodies (SRBs) for content regulation had registered with the authorities.

“There are 20 (twenty) cases in various Hi...

Sony Max world TV premiere for ‘Satyamev Jayate 2’

Hindi movie channel Sony Max is ready to premiere actor John Abraham starrer actioner ‘Satyamev Jayate 2’ on March 27.

A sequel to the 2018 hit of the same name, the Milap Zaveri directorial released theatrically on November 25, PTI r...

Twitter rolls out a new feature

Twitter has rolled out yet another useful functionality for its users. Twitter’s DM section now has an improved search bar for users to easily look for specific chats and messages. This announcement was made via a recent tweet. The search bar in Twitter’s DM section allows users to look for

Randeep Hooda to portray Veer Savarkar in new film

Actor Randeep Hooda will play freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar in an upcoming biographical film. Titled ‘Swatantra Veer Savarkar’, the movie will be directed by filmmaker Mahesh V Manjrekar and produced by Anand Pandit and Sandeep Singh. "’Swatantra Veer Savarkar’ will highlight India's freedom

Netflix acquires Boss Fight Entertainment

Netflix has acquired Boss Fight Entertainment, a mobile game studio based in Texas. Boss Fight was formed by former Zynga Dallas and Ensemble Studios employees in 2013. It's headed by CEO David Rippy alongside CCO Bill Jackson and COO Scott Winsett. "This studio's extensive experience building hit games

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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!