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NXTDigital appoints Anil Malik Sr. VP, Sales & Ops

India’s premier integrated digital platforms company NXTDIGITAL Limited, the media vertical of the Hinduja Group, has appointed Anil Kumar Malik as Senior Vice President, Sales & Operations to lead the digital television business. The company made this a...

Another TV5MONDE channel hops onto AsiaSat satellite

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd., a premier satellite solutions provider, has announced that TV5MONDE S.A.S., the global television network and leading broadcaster of French language programming, has selected AsiaSat 5 to distribute ‘TV5MONDE Pacifique HD’ to serve audiences in regions of North East Asia an...

‘Jack Ryan’ to premiere on Prime Video

The third season of ‘Jack Ryan’, headlined by John Krasinski, will premiere on Prime Video on December 21. The streamer shared the release date of the new installment of the political action thriller series, which follows the titular dashing CIA age...

Guest Column: The degradation of India’s wired cable TV

By Vinod Kumar Chawla

Cable TV operators are facing tough times as the industry seems to be in a dying phase --- something similar to the fall of cinema halls, VCR/VCD in the years 1990 to 2005.

There are several reasons for the dea...

SonyLIV to stream ‘Cobra’ on Sept. 27

Streaming platform SonyLIV has announced the power-packed action and drama film ‘Cobra’ to stream on September 27. Chiyaan Vikram portrays multiple roles in ‘Cobra’, which is spiced with action and emotions, all rolled into one. The Tamil film revolves aroun...

BARC 38th Week: Goldmines, Sun TV leads in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 38th Week (17th September – 23rd September 2022) has released its report. In India, for the past few weeks, Sun TV who has been taking the first spot in all genres has led back from Goldmines 2540.84 with 204...

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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!