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Govt. Comes to the rescue of VodafoneIdea

The government cleared conversion of Rs 16,133 crore interest dues of debt-ridden Vodafone Idea into equity after receiving a firm commitment from Aditya Birla Group to run the company and bring necessary investment, telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday. Throwing a lifeline to the troub...

ZEE5 sets premiere for ‘Salaam Venky’

The world digital premiere of 'Salaam Venky' has been announced by ZEE5, India's largest homegrown video streaming platform. Following the success of ‘Uunchai’ and ‘Chhatriwali’, the platform brings viewe...

YouTube releases ‘Go Live Together’ for creators

YouTube, owned by Google, has introduced the ‘Go Live Together’ feature, which allows creators to co-livestream and invite a guest via phone.

The company announced the news on Twi...

Ofcom outlines telcos’ obligations for 2G, 3G switchoff

Ofcom on Thursday set out what it expects from mobile providers when ...

Benaras Mediaworks, T-Series, Rel Entertainment strike distribution pact

Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha's Benaras Mediaworks and Bhushan Kumar's T-Series have signed an agreement with Reliance Entertainment to distribute their slate of upcoming titles, including Hansal Mehta's ‘Faraaz’ and Sudhir Mishr...

‘Coke Studio’ returns to India with 50 Indian artistes

Coke Studio is set to return to India with 'Coke Studio Bharat', giving music fans a reason to celebrate. The new season will feature over 50 artists from across the country and its hinterlands collaborating to create over ten memorable tracks celebrating India's roots. The...

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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!