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News18 Green Ribbon Champions 2024 celebrates environmental visionaries

The third edition of News18's Green Ribbon Champions concluded on September 25, 2024, celebrating individuals and organizations making remarkable contributions to environmental sustainability in India. Launched in 2023, this initiative recognizes key players in the country's drive toward a greener, more sustainable future. This year’s event f...

News18 India emerges leader in Hindi news segment

News18 India has emerged as the leader in the Hindi news segment, according to the latest Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India ratings. The channel said it has moved percent percent ahead of Aaj Tak, commanding 74,576 AMA'000s compared to Aaj Tak's 73,249 AMA'000s. According to a press note from the News18 group, TV9 Bharatvarsh f...

News18 regional channels dominate YouTube viewership on Lok Sabha Election 2024

News18's regional channels achieved remarkable success on YouTube during the Lok Sabha Election 2024 counting day on June 4. News18 Odia, News18 Assam Northeast, and News18 Gujarati led the viewership, thanks to their extensive coverage and real-time updates. ...

News18 launches unique OOH campaign in GroupM offices

News18 Network has launched an innovative and interactive out-of-home (OOH) campaign at GroupM offices, creating significant buzz around its extensive election coverage. In this unique campaign, strategically placed branded screens at GroupM offices initially appeared to be standard OOH media displays. However, employees were pleasantly surpr...

News18’s Indian languages cluster holds top spot in poll season

Latest ComScore data shows that News18 Network’s Indian languages cluster has maintained its position as the number one digital news platform in the genre in March 2024. According to a media statement from News18 Network, at a whopping 83.7 million Unique Visi...

News18 Regional Channels Dominate Digital Platforms During First Phase of Elections

On April 23rd, 2024, News18 Bangla, News18 Odia, News18 Assam North East, and News18 Gujarati language cluster channels showcased exceptional performance on social media platforms during the first phase of elections. The channels demonstrated outstanding coverage, reflecting their remarkable viewership and growing influence.

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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!