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Reliance-Disney India merger talks in London next week?

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries and US giant Walt Disney are discussing a plan to hold next-stage talks about their India media business merger in London next week, two people familiar with the matter said.

Disney and Re...

Apple reveals best apps, games of 2023 on App Store

Apple has unveiled the most popular downloaded apps and games of 2023, with year-end charts localised for users in more than 35 countries and regions. The 2023 charts, now available on the App Store's Today tab, include the top ...

Riot Games launches first VALORANT ‘Convergence’ tournament in India

Riot Games announced on November 23 that it plans to host Convergence, the inaugural international VALORANT esports tournament in the country. Teaming up with The Esports Club, the tournament is slated to unfold between December 14 and 17, 2023, at the Manpho Convention Center in Bangalore, The Hindu...

15th Indian Film Festival Melbourne set for August 2024

The 15th edition of the Indian Film Festival Melbourne will open on August 15, 2024, and will feature the Indian Independence Day Celebrations (flag hoisting), IFFM Awards Night, IFFM Dance Competition, and IFFM Closing Night. The upcoming edition of the fi...

BBC World India adjusts ownership, seeks extension for FDI compliance

BBC World Service India, 99.99 percent owned by the British Broadcasting Corp (BBC), is restructuring its shareholding to comply with the Centre's foreign direct investment (FDI) guidelines. These limit foreign holdings in digital news entities to 26 percent. BBC News deputy chief execut...

AVIA’s women-first OTT event: Of FAST, video content investment

Online video remains growth engine of content investment with local content still key to acquiring subscribers

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) held its annual OTT Summit in Singapore on December 5, where over 90 percent of the speakers were ...

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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!