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Clare Bloomfield named AVIA Chief Policy Officer

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has appointed Clare Bloomfield as its new Chief Policy Officer (CPO) with immediate effect.

Bloomfield has been with the team since 2017 as Director, Policy & Research, and more recently as Acting CPO, hel...

BCCI invites bids for events’ title sponsorship rights

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) yesterday released the Invitation to Tender (ITT) for title sponsor rights for BCCI events.

The official statement by BCCI outlined the comprehensive terms and conditions governing the tender process,...

ASCI whitepaper flags copyright ownership challenges vs. AI

Usage of generative AI tools in advertising can lead to displacement of creative labour, the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) warned yesterday.

The self-regulatory organisation for the industry recommended a few steps to mitigate ...

MIB Secy Apurva Chandra to hold additional charge of DoT

The government has handed Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra additional charge of the Department of Telecoms till an official is appointed as full-time secretary.

“The Competent Authority has a...

Locomotive Global Media expands creative team

Mumbai-based international production company, Locomotive Global Media, has recently announced a strategic expansion of its creative team. The move comes as part of the company's commitment to produce and develop a diverse range of films, mid-size fictional shows, and non-fiction shows in India....

TV9 Network’s 7 channels hop onto DistroTV to expand global reach

DistroTV, one of the largest independent, free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) app, yesterday announced its ground-breaking partnership with TV9 Network, the largest news network in India.

This collaboration will enable DistroTV users worldwide ...

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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!