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SpaceX starts hiring in India for Starlink project

Elon Musk-helmed SpaceX, which also plans to offer broadband via satellite Starlink service in India, has started hiring for its Indian subsidiary, though the commercial licences from the government are awaite...

Spotify rolls out lyrics feature globally

Swedish auto streaming platform Spotify has finally introduced its real-time lyrics feature globally. According to ANI, the platform has been testing the feature for the last year in 26 countries with a limited test run in the United States. ...

Bryan Noon joins Walt Disney Television as President of entertainment

Streaming giant Netflix vice president of original series Bryan Noon has resigned from his post and joined Walt Disney Television as president of entertainment. Noon replaced Craig Hunegs who had quit the entertainment company in May. ...

ABP Sanjha now available on Tata Sky

On the auspicious day of Gurupurab, ABP Sanjha has taken a huge leap with its launch on India’s leading Direct-to-home (DTH) provider, Tata Sky. The partnership with Tata Sky will make the channel accessible to subscribers who were keen to wat...

Murdoch attacks FB, Google at shareholders’ meet

Rupert Murdoch renewed his attacks on Google and Facebook during News Corp’s annual shareholder meeting, accusing the tech giants of trying to silence conservative voices and calling fo...

Google strikes 5-yr payment deal with AFP for content

Alphabet Inc.'s Google will begin paying Agence France-Presse (AFP) for its news content as part of a broad five-year partnership announced Wednesday that marks one of the biggest licensing deals struck by a tech gian...

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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!