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Times Network appoints Nikunj Garg Mirror NOW editor

Times Network, part of one of India’s biggest media houses the Times of India group, on Thursday announced the appointment of Nikunj Garg as Editor of Mirror NOW. In his new role, he will report to MK Anand, MD & CEO, Times Netw...

BARC Rating 39th Week: Star Plus maintains lead position in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 39th Week (25th September – 1st October 2021) has released its report. In India, Star Plus who gets the first spot last week has been continued to dominate the list of top 10 channels...

News18 India appoints Gunjan Arora Mann as Regional Head of North, East

Indian media television channel, News18 India, owned by Network 18, has announced the appointment of Gunjan Arora Mann as regional head of north and east. The news was shared by Gunjan on her LinkedIn account. She will be held at the ...

MTV, Ogilvy launch ‘Memory Karaoke’

India’s leading youth entertainment MTV has collaborated with Ogilvy to launched Memory Karaoke- an empowering initiative to help those people who are living with early Alzheimer’s cope with memory loss. With the new initiative ‘Forgetting Isn’t Funny’,

SC issues notice to TRAI in NTO 2.0 case; next hearing Oct 8

India’s Supreme Court Monday issued notice to broadcast and telecom regulator TRAI in a case related to its tariff regulations, challenged by the broadcasters and some others like Star TV, Zee and Sony. TRAI has to file its views on the

NBDA elects Rajat Sharma as President

India’s leading body of news broadcasters, News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDA), on Monday announced Rajat Sharma, chairman and editor-in-chief, India TV, has been elected the President at the board meeting. The board also elected Avinash Pandey, chief executive officer,

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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!