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Sony TV begins registration for ‘Shark Tank India’ S2

A perfect pitch is all that it took to get a life-changing deal! Firing up the business growth engine with 85000+ phenomenal entries, the first edition of Shark Tank India successfully paved the way for budding entrepreneurs from all walks of life where the Sharks invested Rs. 42 crores across 67 businesses. After a stupendous success of seas...

Vibhu Agarwal launches new Hindi GEC ‘Atrangii’

Vibhu Agarwal, the founder of the Ullu app, has announced the name of its new Hindi GEC, ‘Atrangi - Dekhte Raho’, which will be launched in the first week of June. The channel aims to bring quality content to the HSM markets and from the first day itself will launch with a rich original programming line-up of 4 hours. It will bring finite ser...

Global ecom vertical Havas Market launched in India

Havas Media Group India has launched Havas Market aiming to empower consumers in their shopping journey, providing meaningful e-retail experiences and generating incremental business for brands. Globally, Havas Market was launched in October 2020. To lead this division, the company has appointed Sharukh Lakhani as lead, Havas Market. He wi...

59% US OTT subs prefer 1-bill-1-account for various services

With the NAB show beginning this week in the US, Parks Associates announced a new study, Home Service Bundles: OTT as a Value-Added Service, which reveals 59 percent of OTT subscribers reported they prefer one bill and one account for all of their home subscription services, while 48 percent feel their home internet service provider adds more va...

Cinema created an identity for India in the world: Anurag Thakur

Cinema is India’s soft power, which has many benefits, and has helped in creation of an identity of the country abroad, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said Thursday. “Indian cinema is our country’s soft power, which rules the hearts of millions of people across the world,” Thakur said in Mumbai during a visit to the N...

News18 Odia launches new campus campaign

News18 Odia, owned by Network18 has introduced a new campaign — Campus Ferilu Aaame (Back to Campus) – which will throw light on how students and teachers are preparing for post-pandemic physical classes. The month-long campaign started on April 9 and will go on till the end of the month. As the students and teachers are all set to reunite...

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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!