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Disney India elevates Saket Arbhi to Director of Brand Management

The Walt Disney Company has promoted Saket Arbhi to the role of Director – Brand Management, a position he announced on LinkedIn. In his new capacity, Arbhi will lead corporate brand management, brand strategy, franchise management, and CRM enablement for Disney’s marquee properties, including Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Ge...

Disney+ introduces broad password-sharing crackdown

Disney is cracking down on password sharing across its Disney+ platform, following the successful lead of Netflix. This week, Disney+ began rolling out its new paid-sharing program to users across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and several Latin A...

Disney sees AI helping to personalize new ESPN app

Walt Disney's ESPN network is exploring the use of artificial intelligence to help personalize its news and recap show ‘SportsCenter’ as younger audiences embrace streaming television, ESPN Chairperson Jimmy Pitaro said on Wednesday. Disney is crafting a plan to offer its flagship ESPN network as a standalone app for the first time next year,...

CCI approves $8.5 bn merger of Disney, Reliance media assets

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the $8.5 billion merger of Reliance Industries' media assets with those of Disney's Indian operations, subject to certain voluntary modifications. The approval, announced on Wednesday, marks a significant development in the Indian media landscape, The Economic Times reported. The deal,...

Disney hires Adam Smith as chief product and technology officer for entertainment, ESPN

Disney has taken a significant step to strengthen its technology leadership by appointing Adam Smith, a long-time YouTube executive, as the new Chief Product and Technology Officer for Disney Entertainment and ESPN. Smith will oversee the development and deployment of technology across Disney's vast entertainment portfolio, including its sports ...

Disney to sell 30% Tata Play stake to Tata Group for $1 bn

Walt Disney has finalized a deal to sell its minority stake in the subscription television broadcaster Tata Play to the Tata Group, according to a report by Bloomberg. The transaction values the satellite TV provider, Tata Play, at about $1 billion. The T...

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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!