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Ajit Varghese quits Sharechat

Ajit Varghese, the Chief Commercial Officer of ShareChat, a regional language social media app, has left the company. In a LinkedIn post today, he announced his departure. He joined ShareChat as CCO in 2020. He was instrumental in driving the company's revenue growth, and the company experienced 5X growth ...

Zee Theatre to air Kunaal Roy Kapur’s ‘Shadyantra’

Kunaal Roy Kapur, who has appeared in films and television shows such as 'Delhi Belly,' 'Nautanki' Saala,' 'Loins of Punjab,' and 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani,' is thrilled to play a cop for the first time in Zee Theatre's teleplay 'Shadyantra.' 'Shadyantra’, is a murder mystery with psychologic...

Chris Rock’s Netflix live comedy premieres March 2023

Netflix has announced that Hollywood star Chris Rock's upcoming comedy special will premiere on the platform on March 4. The special, titled 'Selective Outrage' will be Netflix's first-ever live global stream. It is Rock's second special for the streaming service, following 'Tamborine' i...

Cashfree Payments partners with Sony TV for Shark Tank India S2

‘Shark Tank’, which debuted in India in 2021, quickly established a stronghold in the market, receiving an overwhelming response from brands and advertisers. The show will return for its second season on January 2, 2022. In an era of impactful marketing and effective advertising, brands are increasingly seeking partnerships that are one-of...

ABP Ananda concludes 16th edition of ‘Sera Bangali’

ABP Ananda, India's leading Bengali News Channel, has completed the 16th edition of its most popular event, 'Sera Bangali - 2022.' The event honored ten outstanding Bengali personalities whose achievements were recognized on a global scale. ‘Sera Bangali’ by

Guest Column: MIB follows up on TRAI’s +ive SESGs suggestions

By Rajiv Khattar

The difference between the connected and unconnected is still significant and data shows that nearly 60 percent of India is still not fully connected. With the pandemic we have seen the importance of the Internet penetration as it helps in bringing c...

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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!