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BARC Rating 28th Week: Sun TV maintains lead position in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 28th Week (9th July – 15th July 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 23...

Good News Today to air new season of ‘The Horses Stable’

After a successful stint last year, Good News Today (GNT) is all set to release the new season of ‘The Horses Stable: Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikander’ on July 23. Sponsored by Bada Business and GM Modular, the show is a joint...

Is Meta trying to ape TikTok in FB revamp?

Meta Platforms said it was revamping the main feed on its Facebook app to prioritize "discovery" of new content, instead of posts from accounts users follow, a bid to style its apps after short-form video competitor TikTok and try to attract

Twitter blames Musk, weak ad mkt for poor quarterly show

Twitter Inc. on Friday blamed its ongoing battle to close its $44-billion acquisition by Elon Musk and a weakening digital advertising market for a surprise fall in quarterly revenue and a net loss.

The results come as Twitter has sued Musk for dr...

Network18 consolidated revenues for Q1 up 10%

Network18 Media & Investments Limited, the holding company for TV18 that runs the company’s broadcast business, including India’s largest news network, on Tuesday announced a 10 percent increase in consolidated revenues for the first quarter ending June 2022.

The company said its...

‘Minus One’ S2 to premiere on Lionsgate Play

Streaming service Lionsgate Play on Tuesday announced that the second season of the relationship drama series ‘Minus One’ has started production and will be released exclusively on its platform.

Created by Sidhanta Mathur and Shubham Yogi, the show features actors Aisha Ahme...

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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!