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COAI opposes delisting homegrown apps from App Store

Google's decision to delist startups and smaller homegrown applications and players from the Play Store for non-payment of charges for hosting them is against the spirit of the ‘Make in India’ program, and is also against the...

Google to temporarily reinstate delisted Indian apps

In response to appeals pending in the Supreme Court, Google announced on Tuesday that it will temporarily reinstate all delisted apps from developers. The move follows a meeting between the government, tech giant Google, and digital startups aimed at res...

MIB Secy: Collabs, innovations, leveraging digital tech to boost M&E sector

While assuring that the government is fully behind India’s media and entertainment (M&E) industry as an enabler for a better business environment, a senior official yesterday said, adding that recent policy decisions taken at the federal and State levels point towards that.

“As w...

Fox, Disney, WBD sports venture targets 5mn subs in 5 years

The sports streaming venture formed by Walt Disney, Warner Bros Discovery and Fox Corp expects to have five million subscribers in its first five years, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch said on Mo...

TNA Wrestling, Eurosport India extend exclusive content partnership across South Asia

Anthem Sports and Entertainment, Inc. has announced the extension of its partnership between TNA Wrestling and Eurosport India, bringing exclusive weekly TNA content to viewers across South Asia. The multi-year agreement covers territories including India,...

Govt. to conduct study on online gaming addiction

Concerned over rising online gaming addiction among youngsters, the Indian government will undertake a research study to better understand the issues, curb impulsive behaviour and promote healthy digital habits.

The study, to be piloted by the

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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!