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Nachiket Pantvaidya returns to Balaji as group CEO

Media and entertainment company Balaji Telefilms Ltd has announced the appointment of Nachiket Pantvaidya as group chief executive officer (CEO). He will be responsible for the overall growth and success of the group’s profit and loss of t...

Apple Music launches lossless spatial audio support in India

American tech giant Apple has finally announced that it will be adding lossless quality audio support for Apple Music users in India. Spatial audio and Dolby Atmos support is also added and these features will be available to all iOS users.

According to Mashable, the feature will sta...

MTV India- Center Fruit partner on comedy show

There is nothing in this world that uplifts the mood with some laugh or a good sense of humor. Keeping this as the crux, India’s leading youth entertainment brand, MTV India, has partnered with Center Fruit, Perfetti Van Melle India’s (PVMI) largest gum brand, to announce a talent hunt for the world’s highest-ever co...

Sonam unveils Rakeysh Mehra’s autobiography cover

Writer-director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, who has given the industry blockbuster films like ‘Rang De Basanti’, ‘Delhi-6’, and ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’, is now gearing up for the launch of his autobiography, ‘The Stranger In The Mirror’, the cover of which was unveiled by actor Sonam Kapoor.

Is the subs’ lockdown love story with Netflix plateauing?

Netflix Inc.'s plans to revive its slowing subscriber growth will be in focus when it reports second-quarter results on Tuesday (US time/early morning India time), as lockdown binge-watching subsides and competition from Disney+ and HBO Max ramps up.

Netflix has forecast it would add...

India invites global bids for public broadband project

Special purpose vehicle BBNL, an unit of the Communications Ministry, on Tuesday invited bids for Rs 19,041 crore BharatNet project to roll out high-speed broadband services in the rural areas across 16 States.

The Indian government will only provide viability gap funding under the p...

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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!