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Vodafone Idea assigns Reema Jain as its CDO

Telecom company, Vodafone Idea has assigned Reema Jain as the new Chief Digital Officer of the company, said by the company’s MD & CEO, Ravinder Takkar. Reema will lead the company’s digital strategy, execution, and adoption across the company....

Sidharth TV Network launches a new TV Channel

Odisha’s Sitaram Agarwal of Sidharth TV Network launched two new TV Channels in their network - Sidharth TV (GEC) and Sidharth Gold (Music And Movies) on May 15. The fourth Channel from the group is expected to be launched by the end of 2021. Earlier, the group had launched its first TV channel, ‘

Ad Firm MediaBrands launches MediaBrand Content Studio

Media agency Mediabrands India announced the launch of Mediabrands Content Studio (MBCS) in India on Monday. Globally, MBCS was launched in November 2020. MBCS is a data-driven content practice, built on the intelligence and cognizance that media provides about which content connects brands with pe...

ZEEL appoints Vivek Arora as Head Alliances & Partnership

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, ZEEL has roped in Vivek Arora as Head - Alliances & Partnerships, South Asia. Before joining ZEEL, he was with TV18 Broadcast as Vice President Distribution for 3.9 years. Before TV18, Vivek had worked with Havas as a Project Lead where he was re...

Starcom appoints Niti Kumar as Chief Operating Officer

Starcom, A Human Experience Company, strengthens its leadership team by appointing Niti Kumar as chief operating officer. In this role, she will be responsible for Client deliverables, Revenue Growth, and New Business Development across the agency’s offices. She is an experienced media and marke...

BBC Studios appoints Alex Gale to make non-scripted content

BBC Studios International Production has appointed a first-look development deal with the award-winning documentary maker Alex Gale. Where Alex was co-develop the premium non-scripted content with BBC studios local production companies in Australia, India, South Africa, and Germany. These develo...

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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!