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SAP, TV9 join hands to celebrate India’s SMEs

After the rousing reception Dare to Dream Awards received from homegrown enterprises in 2021, SAP and TV9 Network are back with the 2022 edition of India's biggest entrepreneurial platform to acknowledge the Pioneers of New India. As India celebrates 75 years o...

Anshuman Misra joins Graphic India as EVP, India head

Graphic India, the global leader in Indian themed character entertainment, announced today that Anshuman Misra has joined the company as EVP and Country Head for India. In his new role, Misra will be working closely with Los Angeles-based global Founder & CEO Sharad Devarajan to expand the company’s operations in the region across animati...

Viswanathan V moves on from Disney+ Hotstar

Viswanathan V, head of brand and sports marketing at Hotstar, has decided to move on after a two-and-a-half-year stint. Viswanathan V announced his departure from Hotstar via a LinkedIn post. In his post, he said, “I recently decided to move on from

Sujata Samant joins Viacom18 as Colors Marathi mktng. head

Media content marketer Sujata Ajgaonkar Samant, has joined Viacom18 Media as the Marketing Head for Colors Marathi. In a LinkedIn post, Samant announced her appointment. In her post, Samant said, “Happy to share the news with my professional networ...

MX Player unveils Vdesi shows with November slate

With November, the winter mood sets in India and MX Player is geared up to fulfill the entertainment needs with Vdesi or foreign shows, including anticipated international programmes in Korean, Chinese and Philippine languages. The winter slate of programs...

Radio City onboards Anjum Chopra as host for ‘Cricket ka Blockbuster’

Mumbai Radio City is back with its show ‘Cricket ka Blockbuster’, for which the company has on-boarded former cricketer and current cricket analyst Anjum Chopra as the host. The objective of the sh...

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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!