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Google launches ads on YouTube Shorts

American tech giant Google has rolled out a suite of product innovations across ads and commerce. At the India edition of Google Marketing Live, the tech giant highlighted how with the surge of video watch time, the increased reliance on Search, and the growth in online shopping, brands, and businesses...

Colors Tamil to launch fiction show ‘Kanda Naal Muthal’

Tamil Nadu’s youngest GEC, Colors Tamil, Thursday announced the launch of its much-anticipated fiction show, ‘Kanda Naal Muthal’. A novel love story of two individuals who might be poles apart but come together due to unforeseen circumstances. The show revolves around the

Dipika Kaura joins Network18 as editor

Seasoned media professional Dipika Kaura has joined Network18 Group as editor, standards & practices. Kaura has worked with the network earlier as well in several different capacities. She was executive editor and head of the desk at CNN-News18 before she left the group in 2020. She was also ...

DTH Asscn. bats for uniform price regulations to remove disparity

Giving a call for economic regulations for all or none, India’s DTH Association has asked for leveling of the playing fields vis-à-vis other content distribution platforms as, unlike others, the direct-to-home companies also pay a 8 percent annual licence fee on their adjusted gross revenue.

DD DG Agrawal gets additional charge of Prasar Bharati CEO

With Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi S. Vempati tenure ending Wednesday and a successor not yet selected, Director-General of Doordarshan and DD News, Mayank Kumar Agrawal, has been entrusted with additional charge of CEO.

The decision on Agrawal’s interim dual charge was taken by Minister...

Spotify expects to reach $100 billion revenue in 10 years

Spotify Technology SA has said it expects to reach $100 billion revenue annually in the next 10 years and promised high-margin returns from its costly expansion into podcasts and audiobooks.

To reach its ambitious goal, the audio streaming company would need to make its revenue grow ...

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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!