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B’cast, mobile tech convergence will need changes in rules: MIB Secy

The convergence happening between broadcast and telecommunications technologies, enabling video consumption directly on mobile phones, especially with 5G’s arrival, would also necessitate some regulatory tweaks, a top official of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said.

‘KGF Chapter 2’ to stream on Prime Video from today

Prashanth Neel’s pan-India blockbuster, ‘K.G.F: Chapter 2’ will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on June 3.

The movie starring Yash in the lead role will be available to stream in 5 languages-Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam in more than 240 countries and territori...

Vi launches adtech platform Vi Ads

Vodafone Idea (Vi) on Wednesday announced the launch of its artificial intelligence and machine learning-based 'Ad-Tech' platform, Vi Ads. It stated that Vi Ads will give marketers a programmatic media buying platform that is cutting edge and ROI-focused. Vi explained that it has launched Vi Ads to participate as a major player in the mult...

FB parent company stock ticker changes to Meta June 9

Meta has announced that its Class A common stock will begin trading on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol 'META' prior to the market opening on June 9, 2022. The company said this will replace the company's current ticker symbol 'FB', which has been used since its initial public offering in 2012. "The new ticker sy...

Zee LIVE elevates Meenakshi Samantaray as VP marketing, PR & partnerships

Meenakshi Samantaray has been elevated as vice president of marketing, public relations & partnerships at Zee LIVE. She was previously director of marketing and public relations at Zee LIVE, Meenakshi updated her LinkedIn profile. Prior to her elevation, she handled the marketing, PR, and partnerships business for ZEE LIVE, which is th...

BBC World News, BBC Reel announce special episode ‘Extreme Conservation, The Maldives’

BBC World News and BBC Reel announced the special episode of ‘Extreme Conservation’, airing in June on, BBC wildlife. The conservation presenter Michaela Strachan tours the world meeting the individuals fighting against the extinction of species or even entire habitats, telling the extraordinary stories of their battle against the od...

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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!