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Zee Tamil launches new comedy show ‘Joker Poker’

Zee Tamil, a Tamil GEC from the ZEEL family, has announced the launch of its rib-tickling non-fiction offering – ‘Joker Poker’, which airs every Sunday at 2 pm. The fun-filled show not only has some fun skits but some entertaining games as well. Each week 4 celebrity guests are put into two comic teams, who go head-to-head in four challenging...

MIB advises TV news channels to shun sensationalism

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued an advisory Saturday to all TV channels to desist from sensationalising coverage of events like the Russia-Ukraine war and clashes between two communities in parts of Delhi and also refrain from putting out unconfirmed reports. “It has…been found that in the recent past several Satellite TV ...

News18 Odia launches new campus campaign

News18 Odia, owned by Network18 has introduced a new campaign — Campus Ferilu Aaame (Back to Campus) – which will throw light on how students and teachers are preparing for post-pandemic physical classes. The month-long campaign started on April 9 and will go on till the end of the month. As the students and teachers are all set to reunite...

Nickelodeon unveils new shows as it dominates kids genre in India

Building the category through immersive storytelling and path-breaking innovation, Viacom18’s kids’ franchise, Nickelodeon has established leadership in the kids’ entertainment space and enjoys a cumulative network share of 32 percent within the genre. The franchise on Wednesday delivers the highest reach of 48 million kids per week and boast...

OTT broken language barriers, says Bengali superstar Abir Chatterjee

The burst of content on OTT platforms and its popularity has shattered language barriers for the audience, and ensured that actors continuously "buck up" and improvise to stay ahead of the competition, feels Bengali superstar Abir Chatterjee. A variety of entertainment material up for grabs on a host of OTT streaming sites notwithstanding, go...

Madison Media appoints Vinit Kumar as VP

Madison Media has announced the appointment of Vinit Kumar as vice president (VP), in Delhi, the news was shared by Vinit through his LinkedIn post. Vinit will report to Abhik Banerjee, chief operating officer, Madison Media Plus. Kumar has over 16 years of experience in all facets of media ranging from integrated marketing communications,...

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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!