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PayPal to shutter India domestic biz

PayPal Holdings Inc will wind down its domestic payments business in India from April 1, the company said in a statement on Friday.

San Jose, California-based PayPal will instead focus on its cross-border payments business, which means global customers will still ...

Allahabad HC grants reprieve to Prime Video exce in `Tandav’ case

New Delhi, February, 05, 2021, By IBW Team

Amazon Prime Video India content head Aparna Purohit got some reprieve from the Allahabad High Court on February 4, 2021 as it directed authorities not to take any coercive...

Brilliant anchor of R. Bharat Vikas Sharma passed away

Media fraternity is saddend by sudden demise of Brilliant anchor of R Bharat Vikas Sharma at the age of 35.

He used to present Primetime show "Yeh Bharat Ki Baat Hai" on R Bharat everyda...

Ofcom withdraws Chinese CGTN channel licence in UK

New Delhi, February, 05, 2021, By IBW Team

The United Kingdom’s broadcast regulator on February 4 revoked the licence for China’s CGTN

MIB warns TV channels against airing content encouraging superstition

India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has warned all government-permitted TV channels that they should desist from airing programmes and ads that encourage superstition or give misleading information as they breach the progra...

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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!