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Tech cos dominate Forbes billionaire list; Mukesh Ambani at No. 10

Forbes’ annual world’s billionaires list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos topping it for the fourth consecutive year, the media company said on Tuesday.

The ranks of the ultra-wealthy are expanding after a year in which the coronav...

YuppTV acquires IPl-’21 digital broadcast rights

YuppTV, a leading OTT platform for South Asian content, has acquired the digital broadcasting rights for India’s IPL 2021 cricket and would be streaming 60 T20 matches in close to 100 countries.

After shifting to the UAE in 2020 owing to the nationwide lockdown, the money-spinning an...

Viacom18 appoints Ghosh as biz head COLORS Bangla

Viacom18 on Tuesday said Sagnik Ghosh has been appointed as the Business Head, COLORS Bangla. Sagnik will be taking over from Rahul Chakravarti who cemented the channel’s position as the third ranked GEC in the highly competitive Bengali market.

Sagnik will be reporting to Rajesh Iye...

Saregama, Triller in global music licensing deal

Indian entertainment company Saregama on Tuesday announced a global music licensing deal with short format video platform Triller.

"As part of this deal, Saregama will license its entire catalogue to Triller allowing users to create innovative content using the robust music library o...

Mumbai court directs TikTok parent ByteDance to pay $ 11mn

An Indian court on Tuesday said China’s ByteDance must deposit around $11 million that federal authorities believe the company owes in an alleged case of tax evasion, a setback for the firm that wanted to unblock its bank accounts to pay salaries in India.

An Indian tax intelligence ...

व्हाट्सऐप कर रहा है इस फीचर की टेस्टिंग

सोशल मीडिया प्लेटफॉर्म फेसबुक के स्वामित्व वाला मैसेगिंग ऐप व्हाट्सऐप अपने यूजर्स को बेहतरीन अनुभव देने के लिए नए-नए फीचर्स की टेस्टिंग करता रहता है। इसी कड़ी में व्हाट्सऐप एक नए फीचर की टेस्टिंग कर रहा है, जिससे यूजर्स अपनी एंड्रॉइड की चैट को बड़ी ही आसानी से आईओएस पर ट्रांसफर कर सकेंगे। व्हाट्सऐप ने इस फीचर को चैट हिस्ट्री माइग्रेशन नाम दिया है।...

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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!