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Applause extends footprint in South with Chennai office

With an eye to upscale its regional content repertoire, Applause Entertainment, a venture of the Aditya Birla Group, today announced its expansion in the southern market and sets up a dedicated office in Chennai. Buoyed by the opportunities that regional OTT space presents, Applause will further develop its South content acquisition and creat...

BARC Rating 25th Week: Sun TV maintains lead position in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 25th Week (18th June – 24th June 2022) has released its report. In India, 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 2448.13 impressions. Star Maa is in the second spot with 2366.59 impressions, and St...

Media ownership: existing rules adequate, USIBC tells TRAI

The US-India Business Council (USIBC), an influential trade body, has said that broadcast regulator TRAI’s attempts to explore fresh regulations on media integration restrictions should follow after a market study has been conducted.

It also pointed out that “existing regulators are ...

‘Love Hostel’ to have world TV premiere on &pictures

Vikrant Massey-starrer ‘Love Hostel’ is set to premiere on &pictures on July 2, at 10:00 PM. Set in the depths of Haryana, when Jyoti and Ashu sign their official marriage certificate, they not only declare love for each other to the world but also put their lives in danger. Thus, begins the deadly chase and trail of dodging bullets. D...

Instagram tests turning video into reels

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform, Instagram is experimenting with a change that converts video posts on the platform into Reels. Meta spokesperson says, “We are testing this feature as part of our efforts to simplify and improve the video experience on Instagram.", The Hindu reported. The impact will have on current videos on Instagram is...

Government warns ed-tech companies on misleading ads

The Indian government has warned ed-tech companies, some of which are unicorns, against unfair trade practises, including misleading advertisements and fake reviews.

Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh, in a meeting with ed-tech companies on Friday, said ...

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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!