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BARC 51st Week: Star Plus, Sun TV leads in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 51st Week (17th December – 23rd December 2022) has released its report. In India, Star Plus maintained its first sport with 2470.31 impressions (All India 2+), whereas Sun TV has led to the second spot with 2403.69 impressions, and Star Maa is on the third sp...

UFI, Approach Ent launch new music video ‘Tanhai’

Tanhai, a music video by UFi Productions and Approach Entertainment, was released at a launch event in New Delhi. Tanhai has a stellar cast that includes Big Boss & TV Actress Dalljiet Kaur, Arjun Suryavanshi, and Ashish Matta. Mujeeb Ul Hassan of Harjaiyaan (2020) fame has sung and appeared in Ta...

‘Rocket Gang’ to start streaming on Zee5 from Dec 30

Rocket Gang’, directed by Bosco Leslie Martis, is set to start streaming globally on ZEE5 from December 30, the platform announced Wednesday.

The musical supernatural comedy, which marks popular choreographer Martis’ directorial debut, ope...

Airtel to invest Rs 27k crore in network; sees uptick in DTH, b’band biz

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has plans to invest Rs 27,000-28,000 crore in its telecom network with a focus on 5G rollout, a company official said on Wednesday.

While the company is planning to increase capital e...

Jio launches 5G services in 11 cities

Reliance Jio on Wednesday launched its 5G services in 11 cities, including Lucknow, Trivandrum, Mysuru, Nashik, Aurangabad and Chandigarh, marking the largest multi-state rollout of the services till date.

AVGC task force suggests DD Kids channel to promote Indian heritage

A task force on the AVGC sector set up by the Indian government, in collaboration with the industry, has recommended creation of a kids channel, DD Kids, by public broadcaster Doordarshan, a move that’d promote children-specifi...

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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!