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AVIA, Indonesian body sign pact to fight online piracy

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) and the Video Streaming Association of Indonesia (AVISI) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Jakarta. The signing, held at the Coalition Against Piracy (CAP)’s State of Pi...

Former BBC, NYT chief Mark Thompson to head CNN

News industry leader and former chief of BBC and New York Times Mark Thompson has been appointed to the role of Chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) said yesterday Thompson will report to WBD CEO David Zaslav and the appointment will be effective on October 9. In his new role, T...

TRAI extends submission date for broadcast consultation

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had extended the submission date for a consukltation process on "Review of Regulatory Framework for Broadcasting and Cable services". The consultation paper was floated by the regulator on August 8 and the last date of receiving comments from the stakehold...

Creative hunger loss made him stay off TV, says Mohit Raina

He became a household name with ‘Devon Ke Dev – Mahadev’ but actor Mohit Raina says he took a break from television as he felt his creative hunger was getting lost ther...

Adarsh Gourav to feature in ‘Alien’ prequel series

Adarsh Gourav has joined the cast of the 'Alien' prequel series, which will be produced by veteran Hollywood director Ridley Scott.

Sushant Singh set to host new season of ‘Savdhaan India’

A new season of 'Savdhaan India' with the theme 'Criminal Decoded' will premiere on Star Bharat ...

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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!