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COLORS secures top position in Hindi GEC category

With 234GRP, Viacom18-owned COLORS has capped a historic upsurge to become the No. 1 Hindi GEC in the 15-50 ABC HSM Urban segment – an audience cohort that advertisers keenly follow, the network said. In a year that saw Hindi GECs fuel overall television vi...

TV18, E18 merge with Network18; Viacom18 will be a subsidiary

India's TV18 Broadcast will merge with Network18 Media & Investments in a $1.2 billion deal that will help the Reliance-owned companies expand their reach and cut costs, according to the companies involved.

The all-stock deal, conveyed via regu...

Viacom18, Netflix, others to lobby for B’cast Services Bill revamp

Netflix, billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Viacom18 and other streaming companies plan to collectively lobby the Indian government to delay or revamp a broadcast bill they fear will be onerous for the sector, sources familiar with the matter ...

Kaumudi Mahajan joins Viacom18 as head of content strategy for Colors

Viacom18's Colors has appointed Kaumudi Mahajan as its Head of Content Strategy, marking a significant addition to the channel's leadership team. Mahajan, who previously held the position of Head of Entertainment Partnerships at Meta, announced her new role via a LinkedIn post. In her announcement, M...

Viacom18 LIVE announces ‘Vh1 Lift Off’

Viacom18's experiential and LIVE entertainment arm, Viacom18 LIVE, renowned for curating India's first multi-genre music and lifestyle festival, Vh1 Supersonic, is all set to unveil a groundbreaking event - 'Vh1 Lift Off.' This new intellectual property (IP) promises to be a landmark occasion that will ...

Nina Elavia Jaipuria moves on from Viacom18

Nina Elavia Jaipuria, Head - Hindi and Kids TV Network, Colors and Nickelodeon India at Viacom18 has moved on from the organisation. A Viacom18 Spokesperson said, “After 17 years of leading the pivotal businesses of Kids Entertainment and Hindi Mass Entertainment at Viacom18, Nina Elavia Jaipuria will b...

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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!