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Tata Sky is now Tata Play

The Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider, Tata Sky, has rebranded itself as Tata Play as it plans to expand its television-cum-OTT (over-the-top) offerings in combined packages. The DTH company which was previously known as Tata Sky Limited will now be known as Tata Play Limited. T...

DTH players for inflation-linked NCF; digital MSOs side with LCOs on NTO 2.0

The DTH Association has suggested that there should be inflation-linked review of the network capacity fee (NCF) annually as one of the measures for smooth implementation of regulator TRAI’s tariff regime, while digital MSOs industry body AIDCF has sided with LCOs’ claim that unemployment will increase, among...

WhatsApp working on wallpapers for voice calls

Facebook-owned popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will let users choose and set wallpapers as backgrounds for voice calls on the app. As per ANI, this feature was spotted on the WhatsApp beta for iOS.

The messaging app will show the chat...

BARC report: Hindi TV channels’ ad volumes grew 15% Dec-21 vs. 2020

Even as the country continues to debate whether lockdowns are an easy way out to arrest spread of newer variants of COVID-19 virus, the BARC India Think Report for December 2021 showed Q4 of last year recorded the highest ad volumes for a quarter since 2019 with a bumper festive spike.

Snapchat rolls out new safety feature for teens

American multimedia instant messaging app Snapchat is introducing a new safety feature for teens that will limit the friend suggestions they see in the application. According to ANI, following the requests for enhanced safety features on the app, the company is modifying its buddy suggestion feature. The company is making it more difficult...

Delhi court proposes cut in Juhi Chawla’s penalty on 5G lawsuit

The Delhi High Court Tuesday proposed to reduce from Rs. 20 lakh to Rs. 2 lakh (Rs. 200,000) the costs imposed on actress Juhi Chawla and two others by a single judge while dismissing her plea against 5G roll out.

But this leniency comes with a rider: the actress would have to do som...

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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!