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Tamil actor Vivek passes away, Rajnikanth remembers the actor.

Tamil actor Vivek passed away in the Chennai Hospital early on Saturday morning having a cardiac arrest. The actor was 59 years old. Vivek was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital on Friday Morning after he suffered a heart attack. Soon after he fell sick, there were claims that his illness was linked to him receiving the Covid...

IPL’21 opener clocks 9.7 bn viewership minutes; matches now on Star Plus too

Star India network Friday said the IPL cricket 2021 edition has clocked 323 million total impressions for the opening match of the tournament played between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore receiving a bigger opening than any opening matches of all other IPL editions held previously ...

Amazon Prime clocks 200mn members: Jeff Bezos

Amazon Prime now has 200 million customers globally, adding 50 million in the last one year, company’s founder and present chief executive Jeff Bezos said in a letter to the shareholders.

“We’ve come a long way…and we are working harder than ever to serve and delight customers. Last ...

GTPL Hathway reports Rs. 1,885mn PAT for FY21, up 145%

GTPL Hathway Limited (GTPL), one of India’s leading digital cable TV and broadband service provider, Friday announced consolidated FY 2021revenue (ex-EPC) at Rs. 21,484 million up 21% year-on-year (YoY), while the consolidated Q4 FY’21 (ending March 31, 2021) revenue (ex-EPC) at Rs. 5,991million, up 29% compared to t...

‘Ramayan’ now returns for a rerun on Star Bharat

In challenging times human beings do turn to gods for inspirations. If last year when the pandemic locked up the whole of India for a major part of 2020, telecast of `Ramayan’ serial on pubcaster Doordarshan gave solace to people and boosted the network’s ratings, this year it’s Star that’s looking up to the...

ABP Live Podcasts unveil a suite of new programming

Extending its commitment towards providing top-notch content to its viewers on their preferred platform, ABP Network’s digital arm – ABP Live has introduced a suite of new programming within its audio content catalogue. Being an undisputed leader across platforms, ABP Network has successfully captured its viewers’ attention via unique and engagi...

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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!