Media - Indian Broadcasting World

YouTube shorts now watched by over 1.5 bn users

Google-owned music and video streaming platform YouTube has confirmed that more than 1.5 billion logged-in users are now watching Shorts every month, less than two years after its launch. According to IANS, YouTube also promoted Shorts’ ability to drive viewers to creators’ long-form video channels as a by-product of its investment in Shorts....

Dhanush’s ‘Thiruchitrambalam’ to release in August

Actor Dhanush has announced that his upcoming Tamil-language movie ‘Thiruchitrambalam’ will release in the theatres on August 18. The musical comedy-drama film is written and directed by Mithran Jawahar who previously collaborated with Dhanush for ‘Yaaradi Nee Mohini’, ‘Kutty’, and ‘Uthamaputhiran’. The 38-year-old actor shared the news of...

Star Sports partners with NODWIN Gaming for BGMI tourney

Star Sports has partnered with NODWIN Gaming to broadcast the Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) master series tournament from June 24 to July 17, 2022 in Hindi, Tamil, and English. The tournament will be aired LIVE on Star Sports 2 from the NODWIN Studios. The participating teams will play for a prize pool of Rs.1.5 crore. The addition of ...

Govt. approves 5G spectrum auction; allows tech cos’ entry

The Indian government on Wednesday approved a proposal to conduct 5G spectrum auction by July-end, while stating that part of the bandwidth would be reserved for private captive networks to spur a new wave of innovations. Until now, according to Reuters, India's telecoms services have been run by specialist companies in a market dominated by ...

Media, ad experts divided over IPL media rights bid prices

The humongous sum of Rs 48,390 crore (approximately $ 6.2 billion) fetched from media rights of IPL cricket has divided industry experts, with some feeling that the market can easily absorb it, while others said anything 'puffy and inflated' puts pressure on the sport. For advertisers, two separate entities bagging the TV and digital rights a...

Govt. transfers 10 in-orbit comms satellites to NSIL

India’s federal cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the transfer of 10 in-orbit communication satellites from Government of India to NewSpace India Ltd. (NSIL), a wholly owned public sector enterprise under the administrative control of the Department of Space.

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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!