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BBC News appoints former NBC news executive Deborah Turness as CEO

British broadcasting company BBC News on Thursday has appointed ex-NBC news executive Deborah Turness as the CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs. She will join the BBC from ITN, where she served as CEO. At the BBC, Turness is the first executive to have a ‘...

BARC Rating 52nd Week: Sun TV gets lead in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 52nd Week (25th December – 31st December 2021) has released its report. In India, Sun TV is continued to dominate the list of top 10 channels for the past six long weeks across all genres (All India 2+), the channel registered 2826.17 impressions, Star Plus...

MX Player renews S2 of ‘Bhaukaal’

Streaming platform MX Player has renewed ‘Bhaukaal’, for season 2 after the crime issues of season 1 were burned up. Based on the life of IPS officer Naveen Sekera, Produced by Applause Entertainment in association with Baweja Studios Production. The...

Kapil Sharma to make digital debut on Netflix

Ace comedian Kapil Sharma is all set to make his digital debut with Netflix's stand-up special 'Kapil Sharma: I`m Not Done Yet'. The project will release on the streaming platform on January 28, ANI reported from Mumbai. On Wednesday, Kapil took to Instagram and shared the poster, "Let's me...

Airtel withdraws corporate structure plans

Bharti Airtel, India’s premier communications solutions provider has withdrawn the scheme of arrangement for the new corporate structure announced in April last year. The company said in a BSE filing, “The board is of the belief that the existing corporate struc...

Netflix new original series ‘All of us are Dead’ to release Jan 28

Streaming platform Netflix is set to release its new K-drama series titled ‘All Of Us Are Dead’ on January 28 Earlier the streaming giant has released a new teaser for the forthcoming TV series, featuring a school campus overrun by zombies, explosions, the army being mobilised and more. Backed by Film Monster by JTBC Studios The clip al...

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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!