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Umesh Bansal exits Zee Studios, joins B4U/IVY as MD & CEO

In a key leadership move in the media and entertainment space, Umesh Bansal has stepped down from Zee Studios and is set to take over as Managing Director and CEO at B4U/IVY. His transition marks a notable shift in senior leadership w...

Fujifilm Instax launches festive season digital campaign

Fujifilm India has launched a series of digital ads signifying the importance of capturing moments that consumers hold close to their hearts, with a device that would capture them perfectly. The campaign focuses on a young household celebrating Diwali and the daughter creating memories that would last ...

Prime Video unveils slate of sports programmes

Amazon Prime Video has launched a new slate of new sports content for the coming year, which will see exclusive films and series supplementing a growing suite of live sports productions.

The new lineup, according to TVBSports.com, would see more English Premier League covera...

Zee-Sony proposed merger still has a long way to go, but raises hope

The Zee Entertainment and Sony Pictures Network India proposed merger, where the latter would hold majority stake, has been creating headlines in the global media world and not just in India. So much so that an industry exec exulted this was right up there with the coming toge...

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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!