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India’s antitrust body studying film distribution & self-regulation

India’s antitrust body Competition Commission of India (CCI) is conducting a market study on film distribution in the country, with the larger intention of exploring the possibility of a self-regulatory mechanism within the industry to ensure a competitive landscape.

Separately, the ...

ZEE5 to premiere RRR in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam

ZEE5, India and Bharat’s largest home-grown video streaming platform and multilingual storyteller, on the eve of superstar NTR’s birthday, announced the release of the blockbuster movie ‘RRR’ on ZEE5 from May 20, 2022. Expanding its TVOD portfolio, ZEE5 is set to launch the movie in multiple regional languages Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Mala...

Adanis to take 49% stake in Quintillion Business Media

The Gautam Adani-founded Adani Enterprises Ltd., through a wholly-owned subsidiary, has taken a 49 percent stake in Quintillion Business Media Limited (QBML), which is part of Quintillion Media Limited.

Making the announcement of the shareholding percentage in a regulatory filing lat...

Google Cloud appoints GitLab’s Anthony McMahan to lead APAC

Google Cloud announced the appointment of Anthony McMahon as its new managing director of partner and alliance for APAC. He will be responsible for leading the company’s growth partnership business, including overseeing and deepening key partner relationships across the region. McMahon has over three decades of global experience in the tec...

Satinder Bindra joins Meta as Policy Communications Director APAC

Satinder Bindra has joined Meta as Policy Communications Director APAC. Announcing his new role with Meta, Satinder wrote on LinkedIn, “I’m proud and pleased to share that I’m starting a new position as Policy Communications Director APAC at Meta!” Prior to this, he was associated with ShowReel as Business Advisor where he established syst...

SC stays all HC proceedings related to IT, Cable TV Rules

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed further proceedings before the high courts in matters involving challenges to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 or the Cable Television Networks (Amendment) Rules 2021.

A bench of Justices ...

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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!