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Satcos exhort govt. to adopt global best practises on spectrum

Satellite industry body SIA-India on Friday said that it has suggested the Department of Telecom (Dot) adopt international best practices for spectrum allocation. SatCom Industry Association of India has submitted in response to the DoT's decision to bring ou...

Anupam Kher, Saiee Manjrekar to feature in family entertainer

Actors Anupam Kher and Saiee Manjrekar have been roped in for ‘Durgamati’ fame director G Ashok's next Hindi movie, the producer announced Friday. The family entertainer, revolving around an upper-middle-class family from Agra, is backed by entrepreneur-turned-producer Amit Bhatia. Bhatia, the founder ...

TV9 Bharatvarsh continues to grow for 7 weeks in a row

After its sustained leadership for 13 weeks post audience measurement data or ratings resumption, the Hindi news channel from TV9 Network, TV9 Bharatvarsh, observed a dramatic fall in BARC rolled viewership data. If last few weeks d...

Meity tells Karnataka HC: Twitter defiant of laws of the land

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) in its 101-page statement of objections before the Karnataka High Court has termed the microblogging platform Twitter of being defiant of the laws of the land. The case is slated to be heard on ...

Disney exploring membership programme like Amazon

Walt Disney Co. is exploring a membership programme that could offer discounts or special perks to encourage customers to spend more on its streaming services, theme parks, resorts and merchandise, according to people familiar with the discussions, The Wall Street Journal has reported.

Korean content shaping entire Asian video landscape: AVIA

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA), with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, welcomed over 200 delegates from across the region for its first ever Korean focused conference and its first in market event since 2019, with Korea in View, which took place on August 30 in Seoul.

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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!