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NXTDigital appoints Amrita Bhattacharya head of NXTplay

India’s premier integrated digital platforms company NXTDIGITAL Limited, the media vertical of the Hinduja Group, has appointed Amrita Bhattacharya as head of their aggregated OTT platform NXTplay. The company...

Bharat Express appoints Yana Mir as senior anchor

Bharat Express News Network, has announced the appointment of Yana Mir, a dynamic young journalist hailing from Jammu & Kashmir, as its new Senior Anchor. Yana Mir's role will encompass covering news and current affairs from the regions of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh, as well as national news of sig...

GreyMatters to lead communication efforts for CGIAR Gender Research Conference

GreyMatters Communications & Consulting, a leading Indian PR firm, has been awarded the prestigious communications and media mandate for the upcoming bi-annual CGIAR Gender Research Conference. The conference is scheduled to take place in New Delhi from October 9 to 12 and is jointly hosted by th...

MIB advises TV channels against showcasing people facing criminal charges

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) on Thursday issued an advisory to television channels, more specifically news channels, urging them to exercise caution when featuring individuals who are facing charges related to serious crimes, including terrorism, or are associated with organizations banned ...

Rupert Murdoch steps down as Fox Corp, News Corp chairman

Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as the chairman of Fox Corp and News Corp, ending a more than seven-decade career during which he created a media empire spanning from Australia to the United States, including in India.

His son, Lachlan Murdoch, will become the sole chairman of

Amazon unveils new slate of updated devices, including Alexa

Amazon.com Inc, playing a catch-up game, has unveiled a slate of new and refreshed devices and updated its Alexa voice assistant with generative artificial intelligence to attract users to the unprofitable product as competition grows from chatbots like Google's Bard.

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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!