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AXN formally bids adieu to India; surrenders downlink permission

Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited has surrendered the permissions given by Indian authorities to downlink AXN and AXN HD television channels.

The Indian government, while acceding to the surrender request, has also directed distribution platforms to refrain from carrying the t...

Balaji Telefilms appoints Abhishek Kumar as group CEO

Balaji Telefilms announced the appointment of Abhishek Kumar as group chief executive officer, according to regulatory filings. Kumar comes with over two decades of experience in business strategy, M&A, operations, and investing in technology and media. He moves on from Jupiter Capital, wherein he was working as the COO and general partne...

Spotify expands video podcasts for creators

Swedish music streaming platform Spotify has announced expansion of video podcasts for creators in six new countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, and Mexico. This is the first time Spotify has allowed this feature in non-English speaking countries. "These are markets with especially strong podcast creator communities t...

‘Koffee with Karan’ S7 records the highest viewership

Screwed it! Brewed it! Everyone’s viewed it! The nation tuned in for a brand-new season of intriguing conversations and entertaining camaraderie on Thursday with Hotstar Specials ‘Koffee With Karan’ Season 7’s first episode seeing smashing day 1 viewership on Disney+ Hotstar. ‘Koffee with Karan’ became the highest watched and subscribed show ...

RAILTEL launches OTT services with broadband plans

RailTel, one of India’s largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers, announced the launch of 13 Over-The-Top (OTT) services to customers through its popular retail broadband service Railwire, on Thursday. According to the company’s press release, a total of 13 OTT services will be offered to Railwire subscribers bundled with unlimited br...

Kalli Purie launches new digital venture ‘India Today North-East’

India Today Group Vice-Chairperson Kalli Purie on Tuesday launched the Group’s special digital venture 'India Today North-East' at the ongoing fifth edition of the India Today Conclave East. Speaking at the conclave, Kalli Purie said, "This is India Today Conclave East's fifth edition. It has been a fantastic orientation to the region. Thank ...

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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!