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Invesco patches up with Zee patch ahead of Sony merger

The US investment firm Invesco said on Thursday it would abandon efforts to shake up top management at Zee Entertainment, citing a planned merger between the Indian TV network and the local unit of Japan's Sony Group, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI). Zee's shares rocketed 18 percent higher on the news. Alleging corporate governance iss...

Edtech firm Byju’s named sponsor for Fifa WC ’22

Ed-tech company BYJU'S, which also sponsors the Indian cricket team, on Thursday said it has been named as an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup 2022 to be held at Qatar. BYJU'S, through this partnership, will leverage its rights to the football World Cup 2022 marks, emblem, and assets, and run unique promotions to connect with football ...

TV9 says retained No. 1 network as per BARC data

Seventy-four weeks of a concerted effort to cover up the emergence of a new leader in the Hindi news genre has come to naught. As TV9 Bharatvarsh has become the country’s most-watched national Hindi news channel disrupting the old order dominated by legacy channels. The BARC data for television news channels

Channels kept pace with evolving consumer preferences: MK Anand

Times Now MD& CEO MK Anand welcomed the resumption of BARC audience data for news channels, saying the network has been able to keep pace with changing viewer preferences. MK Anand said, “The last two years have been extremely tough, with the pandemic transforming the world. People’s lives changed dramatically altering consumer behavior a...

BARC Rating 10th Week: Star Maa regains top spot in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 10th Week (5th March – 11th March 2022) has released its report. In India, Star Maa who gets the second spot from the past four weeks has backed again to their seat of the first spot in the list of top 10 channels across genres (All India 2+), the channel registered 2541.6 impressions. Sun TV h...

Republic says emerged No. 1 network as per BARC data

Republic Media Network claimed it stood vindicated as its channels emerged as the numero uno as per BARC audience data. In a statement it said, across Republic TV, Republic Bharat has continued to dominate the Hindi news genre ...

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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!