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Remembering Disney, TV legend Barbara Walters

Disney Legend Barbara Walters, the pioneering television journalist who spent 38 years at ABC News, passed away on December 30 at her home in New York. She was 93.

“Barbara was a true legend, a pioneer not just for women in journalism but for journalism itself,” said Bob Iger, CEO of...

Google Voice adds ‘suspected spam caller’ feature

Google has announced the addition of a "suspected spam caller" label to its phone service Google Voice, which will alert users to spam calls. According to IANS, the label will help protect users from unwanted calls and potentially harmful scams. The new label will be displayed on the incomin...

Colors Kannada ends 2022 with ‘Bigg Boss Grand Finale’; lines up three new shows

Colors Kannada, in keeping with its tagline of Banna Hosadagide, Bandha Bhigiyagide (A new color with stronger bonding), is all set to strengthen its bond with its audiences even further with a new lineup of shows. The channel recently annou...

Zing strengthens Hallyu with K-Drama ‘Pinocchio’

Zing, a youth entertainment channel, has announced that the blockbuster K-Drama 'Pinocchio' will premiere on January 2, 2023. The show will be added to Zing's popular Hallyu Time Sl...

Adani finalises takeover of broadcaster NDTV

Indian tycoon Gautam Adani on Friday secured a majority stake in leading news broadcaster NDTV, finalising a hostile takeover that has sparked press freedom fears in the world's biggest democracy. Adani, 60, is the world's third-richest person, with an estimated net worth of $130 billion and interests rangi...

Colors Tamil to air ‘SA20’ s in January 2023

Colors Tamil, Viacom18's Tamil Entertainment channel, is gearing up to broadcast the SA20, South Africa's newest T20 league, live beginning January 10, 2023. Viacom18, which has secured the satellite rights to broadcast the league, will present all matches with Tamil commentary. The league consists o...

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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!