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Katrina joins Swiss watchmaker Rado as brand ambassador

Swiss watchmaker Rado, renowned for its innovation in materials to create timeless designs, has named Bollywood star Katrina Kaif as its global brand ambassador.

Paramount+ unveils global subscription tiers

Paramount+, the streaming service from Paramount, has announced the international rollout of Premium and Advertising tier subscriptions.

The Premium plan is set to launch in Australia, Brazil, Canada and Mexico on November 16, offerin...

Ofcom finds UK adults love their messaging apps

While mobile phone calls are still a popular way to keep in touch with friends and family, most adults in the United Kingdom would rather go without them for a day than forgo their favourite messaging apps if they had to choose between them, according to

Tax authorities demand $12bn from gaming companies

Indian tax authorities have served notices to online gaming companies demanding about Rs. 1 trillion ($12.03 billion) in taxes that they have allegedly evaded, a government source said yesterday, according to Reuters.

In August, India decided to impose a 28 percent tax on online gami...

Snap sees upbeat Q4 as new ad features start to pay off

Photo messaging app Snap on Tuesday reported a surprise rise in quarterly revenue and forecast an upbeat current quarter as its efforts to bolster ad-targeting tools with artificial intelligence showed signs of paying off. Revenue for the third quarter ended September, according to a Reuters report, rose 5...

‘Shastry Virudh Shastry’ to release on Nov 3

‘Shastry Virudh Shastry’, starring Paresh Rawal, is set to be released in theatres on November 3, the makers announced yesterday. The film is directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprasad Mukherjee and produced by

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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!