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Sony Yay celebrates 5th anniversary with new content lineup

With the onset of summer ’2022, Sony YAY! launches its three-pronged approach of ‘Entertain – Experience – Explore’ to make Sony YAY! the most preferred destination for kids. With its robust summer lineup, the channel aims to become the destination of unlimited ‘Entertainment’. The channel also plans to drive engagement with its young fans by...

Twitter’s edit feature may keep digital traces of earlier tweets

Twitter is working on the edit button, as requested by its users as well as Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk. As the micro-blogging platform is reportedly going to keep a digital trace of your earlier tweets. App researcher and reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong said in a tweet that the edit button may have an "immutable" quality. ...

Rajkummar Rao wraps shooting for ‘HIT- The First Case’

Actor Rajkummar Rao has wrapped up the shoot of his upcoming suspense thriller ‘HIT – The First Case’. Taking to his Instagram story, Rao shared a picture of the clapboard which reads “It’s a wrap.” Alongside the picture, he wrote, “Can’t wait for you guys to watch this.” Apart from Rao, the movie will also feature Sanya Malhotra, ANI r...

Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ to fight Elon Musk takeover

Twitter Inc. on April 15 adopted a limited-duration shareholder rights plan to protect itself from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s $43 billion cash takeover offer. Musk made the bid on April 13 in a letter to the board of Twitter — the micro-blogging platform that has become a global means of communication for individuals and world leade...

IPL’s TV viewership declines for the second week in a row

Television viewership of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has dipped for the second week in a row. According to the average Broadcast Audience Research Council of India’s TV ratings, viewership of matches in the second week is down by 12-17 percent compared to the first week of the tournament across different age groups. The viewership in ...

Henry Golding boards ‘Downtown Owl’ adaptation

‘Snake Eyes’ star Henry Golding has joined the cast of the upcoming movie ‘Downtown Owl’. An adaptation of author Chuck Klosterman's 2008 novel of the same title, the film will be directed by Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater. According to PTI, Golding joins Harris, Vanessa Hudgens, Finn Wittrock, Jack Dylan Grazer, and August Blanco Rosenste...

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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!