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Sony SAB launches new show

The Indian pay television GEC channel Sony SAB has launched a brand new show titled ‘Alibaba – Dastaan-e-Kabul’. Set against the backdrop of the enchanting city of Kabul and produced by Peninsula Pictures, the show has a stellar ensemble cast that ...

Teleperformance appoints Anish Mukker as CEO for India operations

Teleperformance, a global leader in omnichannel customer experience, plans to deepen its digitally integrated business services and transformation solutions with the appointment of Anish Mukker as CEO of the company. Mukker will focus on high-growth revenue strategies and further increase the company’s nationwide footprint to serve clients an...

NXTDIGITAL board approves proposed merger with Hinduja Leyland Finance

The Board of Directors of NXTDIGITAL Limited on Tuesday approved the proposed scheme of arrangement between NXTDIGITAL Limited (NDL) and Hinduja Leyland Finance Limited (HLFL) and their respective Shareholders – for the merger of HLFL with the Company, subject ...

News18 Network launches channel for Jammu/Kashmir/Ladakh/Himachal

News18 Network, the news network seen by more than 70 crore Indians annually in 15 languages across 21 news channels, has launched News18 Jammu/Kashmir/Ladakh/Himachal on the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence. With the launch of this channel, News18 Network is now available in 18 languages, with the addition of Dogri, Kashmiri, and Lad...

Esports launches new FanSpace platform

Esports Collective (ESC)-owned esports fan engagement platform, FanSpace will be launched on August 15 in its beta mode and will go public on September 18. FanSpace aims to solve the access and information flow problem that the grassroots and the larger gaming community can benefit from. The data-driven approach will aim to cater to the ne...

BARC Rating 31st Week: Sun TV tops all genres; Star Plus leads in HSM

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 31st Week (30th July – 5th August 2022) has released its report. Sun TV continues to dominate the list of top 10 channels for the past few weeks across all genres (All India 2+), the channel registered 2473. 53...

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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!