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Big FM hosts second edition of ‘Big Marathi Entertainment Awards’

BIG FM hosted the second edition of the BIG Marathi Entertainment Awards in grand style, honoring the best in the Marathi television industry. The extravagant evening was replete with glitz, glamour, and prolific talent as it witnessed some of the biggest names from the Marathi television industry sashay ...

ACKO is co-presenting sponsor for ‘Shark Tank India’ 2

'Shark Tank', which debuted in India in 2021, quickly established a stronghold in the market, receiving an overwhelming response from brands and advertisers. The show will return for its second season on January 2, 2022. In an era of impactful marketing and effective advertising,...

Twitter users vote for Musk to step down as CEO

Twitter users voted in a poll for Elon Musk to step down as chief executive of the social media platform, in a backlash against the billionaire less than two months after he took over. About 57.5 percent votes were for "Yes", while 42.5 percent were against the idea of Musk stepping down a...

Media QuickView: B’casters revised RIOs to have positive revenue impact

Karan Taurani @Elara Capital Most large broadcasters, except Disney and TV18, have submitted their RIO and bouquet package prices. As per our checks, the prices of bouquets been revised upwards by 10 percent on an average (slightly ahead of our estimates of 8 percent price hike). This hike is bound to have a...

Zoya Akhtar’s wraps up ‘The Archies’

The production of Zoya Akhtar's live-action musical film 'The Archies' was completed on Monday. The Netflix film is an Indian adaptation of the popular American comic Archies Comics, which is set in the 1960s. ...

MX Player to stream ‘Sales Man of the Year’

Salesman of the Year', a slice-of-life miniseries headlined by Hussain Dalal, will arrive on MX Player on December 21. The five-episode show, created by MX Studios, revolves around Hyderabad-based salesman Karthik...

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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!