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IPL: Numbers in line with estimates of Rs. 50k cr

By Karan Taurani /Elara Caps - As per media reports, Star has bagged TV media rights for IPL at around 23,500cr , which is a premium of 30% over the base price, in line with expectation as TV medium is largely matured and subject to tepid mid to high single digit ad growth; concerns persist on subs revenue front whi...

Apple revenue from gaming, music projected to up 36% by ’25

Apple Inc.'s revenue from gaming and music offerings is expected to jump 36 percent to $8.2 billion by 2025, J.P.Morgan has said as the iPhone maker taps its huge user base to drive its subscription services.

The two services are likely to have a combined subscriber base of about 180...

Telegram confirms Premium tier with more features

Telegram was planning to establish a premium layer, the company’s founder and CEO, Pavel Durov, has said, revealing this was indeed the case as rumours began to circulate on the Internet last month. According to ANI, Telegram Premium, as it will be called, will be available by the end of the month. Before you g...

Robust day 1 bidding ups valuation of an IPL match to over Rs.1 bn

The Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket media rights auction witnessed a robust bidding for TV and digital rights for the Indian sub-continent with the valuation of per match of the cash-rich league being earmarked at more than a whopping Rs 100 crore.

The cumulatively bids crossed R...

Google launches ads on YouTube Shorts

American tech giant Google has rolled out a suite of product innovations across ads and commerce. At the India edition of Google Marketing Live, the tech giant highlighted how with the surge of video watch time, the increased reliance on Search, and the growth in online shopping, brands, and businesses...

Spotify expects to reach $100 billion revenue in 10 years

Spotify Technology SA has said it expects to reach $100 billion revenue annually in the next 10 years and promised high-margin returns from its costly expansion into podcasts and audiobooks.

To reach its ambitious goal, the audio streaming company would need to make its revenue grow ...

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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!