By Dominick Rodrigues
Mumbai: NXTDIGITAL Limited — India’s leading integrated digital platforms company and the media vertical of the global Hinduja Group — has elevated Vynsley Fernandes, CEO – Media Group, as the Managing Director while also inducting him onto the Boards of its subsidiaries in conjunction with his role.
As Managing Director & CEO of NXTDIGITAL Limited, he will continue to drive the business vision of the Hinduja Group in the media & entertainment sector, which is poised for exponential growth riding on new digital technologies.
Vynsley Fernandes joined the media business of the Hinduja Group on August 1, 2018 and has been instrumental in turning it around into a profitable and sustainable business. Vynsley has been associated with the Group since 2013, first consulting for the launch of the Hinduja’s HITS (Headend-In-The-Sky) business in India and then continuing to work with the cable and HITS platforms across multiple technology and operational functions.
Vynsley — a well-respected figure in the media & entertainment industry with nearly three decades of experience in delivering and managing assignments globally – including DTH & HITS platforms; digital cable networks; and news & entertainment channels- continues to represent the industry at various international and national forums and has several accolades to his credit including being recognized with the prestigious “CEO of the Year” award presented by World Leadership Congress in February 2021.
Prior to joining the media vertical of the Hinduja Group in August 2018, Vynsley was the
Executive Director at CastleMedia; a leading technology, media & entertainment consulting-to-delivery firm which he co-founded in 2010 and led the consulting practice, alongside focusing on pay television platforms, besides having a global client list. Vynsley also led the technical due diligence team – responsible for working with some of the top 500 private equity firms, looking to evaluate investments in the media technology space.
Prior to CastleMedia, Vynsley had managed high profile assignments for leading blue-chip media organisations including 21st Century Fox (then News Corporation), TATA SKY, ABP News and the 9X Network. He was the Principal Consultant at TATA Sky and part of the core team responsible for rolling out India’s leading DTH platform, prior to joining the 9X Network with responsibility for setting up the technology and operations of India’s first HD News channel.
Earlier, he served as Operations Director – responsible for launching a 3-channel news
network for STAR (now ABP News). He also spent a decade at STAR India managing key technology and operations portfolios.
NXTDIGITAL Limited (NDL) is the only integrated Digital Delivery Platform in the country covering satellite, digital cable and Broadband, while also distributing TV signals through a dual delivery platform consisting of the traditional terrestrial fiber route and India’s only Headend-In-The-Sky (HITS) satellite platform, under the brand names INDIGITAL and NXTDIGITAL respectively. Through these platforms, NXTDIGITAL caters to millions of subscribers across the country in more than 1,500 cities and towns through over 9,000 Cable Operators.
