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Meta to hire 30% less engineers; girds for economic downturn

Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc. has cut plans to hire engineers by at least 30 percent this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees as he warned them to brace for a deep economic downturn.

"If I had to bet, I'd say that this might be one of the worst downturns that we've seen in ...

Instagram testing options to verify users’ age

Instagram said on Thursday it is testing new options for users to verify their age on the platform, starting with people in the United States.

The photo-sharing service owned by Meta Platforms Inc. said it is testing two new ways to verify a person's age, in addition to allowing them...

SRK’s next film titled ‘Jawan’

The title of Shah Rukh Khan and Tamil filmmaker Atlee’s film has been revealed; it’s ‘Jawan’. The first-look teaser of the film shows SRK’s character sporting a bandaged face and preparing to take on his enemies. Atlee is known for his successful action flicks with Vijay such as ‘Their’ and ‘Mersal’. Produced ...

PlayboxTV ropes in Rannvijay Singha as first brand ambassador, investor

PlayboxTV has onboarded Rannvijay Singha as their first brand ambassador and investor. As per the company press release, Singh’s experience in television and media distribution makes him a compatible fit as the company’s premier brand ambassador. PlayboxTV aggregates OTT platforms including but not limited to VOOT, Amazon Prime, SonyLIV, Z...

Netflix sets premiere date for ‘Jersey’

Shahid Kapoor-starrer ‘Jersey’ is heading to Netflix for its digital release on May 20, the streaming platform announced Tuesday. A Hindi remake of the National Award-winning Telugu sports drama of the same name ‘Jersey’ was theatrically released on April 22 after multiple delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Netflix Indi...

Adanis to take 49% stake in Quintillion Business Media

The Gautam Adani-founded Adani Enterprises Ltd., through a wholly-owned subsidiary, has taken a 49 percent stake in Quintillion Business Media Limited (QBML), which is part of Quintillion Media Limited.

Making the announcement of the shareholding percentage in a regulatory filing lat...

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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!