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BBC Studios takes ownership of Firebird Pictures

BBC Studios has increased its investment in Firebird Pictures, the scripted independent production company set up by Elizabeth Kilgarriff and Craig Holleworth. The deal sees the BBC’s main commercial arm taking full ownership ...

Prasar Bharti appoints Gaurav Dwivedi as CEO

Senior IAS officer Gaurav Dwivedi was on Monday appointed the Chief Executive Officer of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati. A 1995-batch officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, Dwivedi will have a five-year tenure from the date he assumes charge. Earlier, Dwivedi...

BARC Week 43: Sun TV tops in all genres; Goldmines leads in HSM

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 43rd Week (22nd October – 28th October 2022) has released its report. Sun TV continues to dominate the list of top 10 channels for the past few weeks across all genres (...

Nikhil Madhok joins Amazon Prime Video

Nikhil Madhok, former EVP & Head of Original Content of Disney+ Hotstar, has joined Amazon Prime Video as Head of Hindi original content, according to a post on LinkedIn. Under his leadership, he will oversee the growth and expansion of its original con...

Times Now honors indomitable spirit of ordinary Indians

The English news channel Times Now hosted Amazing Indians in New Delhi on September 9. Amazing Indians celebrated and honored the indomitable spirit of 12 Amazing Indians who through their grit, determination, and selfless acts of service have significant...

Spotify beats expectations, shuts down Car Thing

Spotify reported second-quarter revenue above analysts' estimates on Wednesday helped by a 14 percent jump in paying subscribers, and forecast an upbeat current quarter although it will stop production of its dashboard accessory, Car Thing.

The company's shares ...

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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!