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ABP Network appoints Saurabh Yagnik as COO

ABP Network, one of India's leading media conglomerates, has appointed Saurabh Yagnik as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) with P&L responsibilities. Yagnik’s appointment is effective from today.

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Shagun Seda joins Viacom18

Shagun Seda, formerly of Netflix India as Marketing Director (Films & Series), has joined Viacom 18 Media as Senior Vice President & Creative Head, Marketing. According to her LinkedIn profile, she will be in charge of the Mar...

Riding IPL success, JioCinema to now lure paid subs

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's streaming service will add more than 100 films and TV shows to its platform, building on the popularity of its cricket broadcasts in its attempt to compete in the fast-growing Indian market with global heavywe...

Govt. to invest $200 mn in AI, build improved E-Governance apps: Minister

According to Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology (Miety), India would spend $200 million to establish an Artificial Intelligent (AI) ecosystem that will make e-governance platforms more accessible. The

OTT makes Indian content accessible to global audience: I&B secy Apurva Chandra

One of the primary reasons why Indian material is more acceptable globally now is that it is being translated into more languages, which OTT platforms have enabled, said Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting...

WBD announces ‘Harry Potter’ series

Warner Bros. Discovery announced Max, its upgraded streaming service, which will be available in the United States on May 23. Max is the home of...

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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!