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ECOA appoints Hiren Gada as new president

The Entertainment Content Owners Association of India (ECOA) has appointed Hiren Gada, chief executive officer of Shemaroo Entertainment as its new president.

The appointment was announc...

Nielsen enables ‘Always On’ measurement for YouTube campaigns

Nielsen’s ‘Always On’ Digital Ad Ratings (DAR) will now measure YouTube video ad campaigns. This release expands Nielsen’s coverage of YouTube and YouTube TV in DAR and will provide advertisers and agencies with the data needed to better understand reach, m...

Dish TV AGM adjourns after rejecting 4 of 6 resolutions

The annual general meeting of satellite television provider Dish TV ended sine die (adjourned without an appointed date of resumption) after shareholders rejected four of the six AGM resolutions.

Ken Barker quits Netflix

Netflix on Sept. 23 disclosed, in a regulatory filing, that Ken Barker, the streamer’s principal accounting officer for the past four months, is resigning, effective Oct. 7. The streamer said Barker’s resignation was a personal decision and not the resul...

‘Brahmastra Part One’ earns Rs 75 crore globally first day

‘Brahmastra Part One: Shiva’ has raised Rs 75 crore (Rs. 750 million) in gross box office collection worldwide on its opening day, the makers said on Saturday.

Billed as a trilogy, the first installment of the big-budget fantasy adventure epic starring Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Amitabh Bachchan was ...

Spotify beats expectations, shuts down Car Thing

Spotify reported second-quarter revenue above analysts' estimates on Wednesday helped by a 14 percent jump in paying subscribers, and forecast an upbeat current quarter although it will stop production of its dashboard accessory, Car Thing.

The company's shares ...

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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!