DIGITAL - Indian Broadcasting World

IAMAI, CII, Producers Guild tell TRAI cable TV, OTT need different rules

Three powerful industry organisations, IAMAI, CII and Producers Guild, in a clear pushback to demands from the cable operators to bring in economic regulations for streamers, have said that cable TV and OTT services are not ‘interchangeable’ and would require differing com...

Twitter picks up minority stake in US digital ad firm Aleph

Twitter Inc. has picked up a minority stake in Aleph Group Inc., the digital advertising firm said on Tuesday as it seeks to go public in the United States.

Aleph did not reveal any financial terms of the investment but said Twitter's stake buy would help the company expand its educa...

Zee Telugu lines up Sanskranthi shows

Zee Telugu from the ZEEL family has unveiled a power-pack lineup of programming for 2022 with a bang. Continuing to satiate the diverse entertainment needs of its audience, the channel has planned an extravagant line-up of programs t...

Tatas to be the new IPL title sponsor

Tata Group will replace Chinese mobile manufacturer Vivo as the Indian Premier League's title sponsor from this year, the event's governing council decided in a meeting on January 11. "Yes, Tata group is coming in as IPL title sponso...

NXTDIGITAL launches combo package

India’s premier integrated digital platforms company NXTDIGITAL Limited, the media vertical of the Hinduja Group, with a presence in digital cable, satellite (HITS), broadband, content syndication and teleshopping, has launched a 'combo’ package for its subscribers across India. In the combo pack, ...

Discovery invests in OpenAP

American pay television network and flagship channel Discovery on Monday announced that it has agreed to invest and become a minority owner of OpenAP, the advanced advertising joint venture company created by several media industry gian...

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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!