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SatCab’21 is back to cheer the TV industry with a fab lineup of speakers

The SatCab Symposium 2021, an initiative of the Aavishkar Media Group, is back after a break to spread some cheer in the TV and video content industry with a fab lineup of speakers, representing a cross-section of the media spectrum, though the shadow of the pandemic continues...

BARC report: Nov-21 displays steady growth of TV ads, brands

Television ad volumes continued to showcase steady growth with 156 million-seconds in November 2021, three percent higher than November 2020 and 31 percent higher than November 2019, according to ‘BARC India THINK Report- Ad Volumes Nov. ’21.

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Shakun Batra’s ‘Gehraiyaan’ to release on Jan 25

Filmmaker Shakun Batra's upcoming film, starring Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday and Dhairya Karwa, is set to have its world premiere on Amazon Prime Video on January 25, 2022. Titled ‘Gehraiyaan’, the film is billed as a drama about "complex modern relationships". It ...

Consumers now gaming more, but spending less: GWS survey

Consumers average more than 90 minutes of smartphone gaming and approximately seven separate gaming sessions per day, according to Global Wireless Solutions’ (GWS) ‘State of Mobile Gaming in 2021’.

Global satco body ESOA reboots to GSOA as new members like Amazon join

Chief Executives of the world’s leading satellite operators have announced in Paris that global satco body the EMEA Satellite Operators Association (ESOA) is expanding to include satellite operators from all world regions and will change its name to GSOA or the Global Sate...

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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!