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India’s affiliate industry to hit USD-835-million by 2025, says Industry Experts at IAMAI’s Affiliate Summit

India’s affiliate industry has tremendous potential for growth and is on track to touch the USD 835 million by 2025 from around USD 300 million currently, said Parul Bhargava, CEO, vCommission, in her welcome address at the seventh edition...

Star TV elevates Sarika Shankarnarayan as Business Head- Star UK, Europe, South Africa

Disney-owned Star TV Network has elevated Sarika Shankarnarayan as Business Head – Star UK, Europe, South Africa. She will be the Head of Marketing for Star Network for the UK, Europe, and South Africa and mainstream sponsorship for Star U...

IAMAI’s India Affiliate Summit to take place on Aug 25

The Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has organized the seventh edition of the India Affiliate Summit (IAS) on August 25. Where the decision-makers from the different spheres of the affiliate marketing industry

MIB formally recognises NBF’s self-regulatory body

India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has officially recognised the News Broadcasters Federation (NBF)’s self-regulatory body, making it the first such government recognised organisation.

According to a press statement, the

EPIC ON partners with ISPs to tap ‘Bharat’

The increase in smartphones and cheap data availability has led to unprecedented growth in content consumption in the country. These consumption habits saw a further jump forced by the Covid-19 pandemic. As per the company’s press relea...

SC issues notice to TRAI in NTO 2.0 case; next hearing Sept 7

India’s Supreme Court Wednesday 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...

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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!