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India TV elevates Amit Sinha as president-strategy & research

India TV has elevated Amit Sinha as president of strategy and research. He has been associated with the company since January 2021. Sinha updated his LinkedIn profile. Sinha has 17 years of experience in providing insight-led (quantitative and qualitative) inputs that have informed brands, content, promo communications, marketing, scheduling,...

ABP Network, IIM Indore ink MoU to combat fake news

ABP Network on Monday entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore to strengthen both parties’ professionalism and contribution towards the development of an informed and open society through a mutual academic-practice collaboration framework. The agreement aims for both parties collect...

QYOU India expands digital footprint; ups CTV presence

With a unique proposition to bring the digital ecosystem to linear TV for its viewers, India’s youngest and fastest-growing entertainment brand, QYOU Media India, exponentially builds itself as a holistic entertainment network in India. A pioneer in driving synergies between linear TV and digital, to capture newer and wider audience segments,...

Govt. bans online betting ads; Indians not to be made targets on Net

The Indian government on Monday issued an advisory to print, electronic and digital media to refrain from carrying advertising related to online betting platforms as betting and gambling was illegal in most parts of the country.

The advisory comes in light of instances of a number of...

Telegram confirms Premium tier with more features

Telegram was planning to establish a premium layer, the company’s founder and CEO, Pavel Durov, has said, revealing this was indeed the case as rumours began to circulate on the Internet last month. According to ANI, Telegram Premium, as it will be called, will be available by the end of the month. Before you g...

Actor Shekhar Suman calls for censorship for clean comedy

Actor Shekhar Suman believes stand-up comedians need to have a responsible approach towards their craft and ensure their remarks don't hurt sentiments of any section of the society. Suman, 59, is a known face in the television comedy circuit, courtesy popular 1990s sitcom ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’ and talk show

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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!