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Viacom18, NBA announce multiyear broadcast and streaming partnership in India

Viacom18 and The National Basketball Association (NBA) on Friday announced a multi-year partnership to deliver live NBA games and programming to fans in India across television and over-the-top streaming. As NBA held its 75th Anniversary Season in 2021-22, Viacom18 as part of the partnership enable...

Viacom18 elevates Mallika Petkar as SVP, Sports

Viacom18 has elevated Mallika Petkar as senior vice president (SVP) – Sports. This development comes when the media and entertainment network is looking to expand its presence in the sports broadcasting segment. The news was shar...

GUVI signs cricketer Smriti Mandhana as brand ambassador

Indian Institute of Technology-Madras incubated startup company GUVI has roped in Indian women’s cricketer Smriti Mandhana as its brand ambassador.

She will be the face of GUVI and will feature across the online campaigns to strengthen the importance and scope of tech...

Amazon frontrunner in US’ NFL stake sale; bets big on sports

Streaming platforms and tech companies are emerging as big players in sports business --- estimated to be worth about $ 388 billion in 2020 --- globally. And, India is no exception.

After having snagged late 2020 the India territory

Premier League US b’cast rights may go for $ 2 bn

The English Premier League is nearing the sale of its US television rights for about $2 billion, setting a new overseas record, the Financial Times reported earlier this week, citing so...

Two new IPL teams, Lucknow & Ahmedabad, fetch BCCI $ 1.7 bn.

Business tycoon Sanjiv Goenka and international equity investment firm Irelia Company Pte Limited (CVC Capital) shelled out a combined Rs 12,715 crore (approximately USD 1.7 billion) to win the bids for two new IPL teams, a windfall that far exceeded BCCI's expectations, on Monday.

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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!