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Havas Worldwide India bolsters strategy, planning teams with key appointments

Havas Worldwide India, a prominent creative entity under Havas India, has taken significant strides in enhancing its strategic prowess and account planning expertise. The agency has recently welcomed two noteworthy additions to its team – Mohini Varma, now serving as Executive Vice President & Planning ...

ESPN, Penn Entertainment ink deal for sports betting venture

Walt Disney's ESPN and casino-owner Penn Entertainment have announced a strategic partnership to introduce a sports betting venture, slated to operate under the banner of 'ESPN Bet.' The joint venture aims to capitalize on t...

Trai issues advisory to DPOs on CAS, SMS

TRAI today issued a crucial directive to all Distribution Platform Operators (DPOs) stipulating that for any new deployment of CAS or SMS systems occurring on or after March 1, 2024, the operators must exclusively utilize systems that have been rigorously tested by a t...

Vir Das is set to star in OTT series ‘Call Me Bae’

Indian comedian and actor Vir Das is set to star in the upcoming OTT series ‘Call Me Bae’from Dharmatics, the digital arm of Dharma Productions, after announcing his largest world tour to date.

BCCI may rake in Rs 6-7,500 cr from home games: Elara Caps

The Indian cricket board may rake in Rs 6,500 crore to Rs 7,500 crore from selling the separate TV and digital rights for India's home games, but the base price this time is 25 percent lower per match than in the earlier cycle, Elara Capital has said.

"We expect the Board of Contro...

Farhan Akhtar announces ‘Don 3’

Filmmaker Farhan Akhtar dropped yesterday the announcement video for 'Don 3'. Reportedly, Ranveer Singh has replaced Shah Rukh Khan in the thir...

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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!