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Viacom18 launches new campaign for FIFA World Cup 2022

Viacom18 has shared the first campaign for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2022, which will begin on November 20. With the tagline ‘Isse Bada Kuch Nahi’, the campaign suggests that the world cup will overshadow all other entertainment. It calls it ‘The World’s Greatest Show’. For the football world cup, ...

IPL rights sell for $ 6.2 bn; winners Disney, Viacom18, Times Internet

The Indian cricket board BCCI on Tuesday reaffirmed its status as a cricketing behemoth by securing one of the biggest broadcast deals in the history of the sport, fetching an eye-popping Rs. 48,390 crore (USD 6.2 billion) through IPL media rights for a five-year period, starting 2023.

Viacom18 launches #MusicKaMadhouse-KaanPhod

India’s leading entertainment conglomerate Viacom18’s Youth, Music and English entertainment (YME) cluster has launched KaanPhod, an artist-first label, and platform offering language agnostic, music-centric content across multiple digital as well as major audio streaming platforms including Hungama, Wynk, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Jio Saavn, Resso...

M&E sector could be 5% of Indian GDP in 10 yrs: Viacom18 CEO Jyoti Deshpande

Viacom18 CEO and President of Jio Platforms Jyoti Deshpande is hopeful that in 10 years, with a little bit of help from the government, the Indian media and entertainment (M&E) sector could be contributing at least five percent to the GDP with the aim to be 2 percent of the GDP over the next three to five years.<...

Viacom18’s Fully Faltoo NFT collection debuts with 3013 tokens

Since its announcement to set foot in the rapidly growing digital space of non-fungible tokens, NFT marketplace Ful...

Debkumar Dasgupta quits IndiaCast

IndiaCast Media Syndication head (Middle East-Africa) Debkumar Dasgupta steps down from his post after a long stint of over two decades, said in his LinkedIn post. He will be in the company till December 31, 2021. Dasgupta was currently posted in Dubai a...

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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!